New CityHub Brand Attempts to Fill Void Between Hostels and Hotels
Photo Credit: CityHub's room product is all the same size, sleeping one or two people. CityHub
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CityHub is taking the best of capsule hotels and combining this with learnings that smart hostel companies like Generator have gleaned over the past two years.
CityHub is a new hospitality brand that launched in Amsterdam on October 30 with a creative design model aimed at urban travelers seeking clean, affordable, central, social, and private accommodations.
Housed inside a restored 100-year-old warehouse, CityHub consists of 50 prefab "hubs" with a bed, bench, Wi-Fi, kimonos, and mood lighting controlled by the CityHub app. There is only one room size, sleeping one or two people, which helps maximize efficiency in construction, scalability and operations.
To save space in each guest room, CityHub has a smartly designed communal bathroom for everyone to share.
For now, the average nightly room rate in Amsterdam is around $65-$75, but prices fluctuate between $45 to $110 per unit based on demand and preferred dates.
"We felt there was a big gap between hostels and hotels basically," co-founder Sem Schuurkes told Skift. "Hostels are usually like a shared dorm, and they have a good vibe and a good price, but
