| There are many reasons why airport hotels are a | | | | offer large meeting and conference rooms with all of |
| fantastic place to stay while you're travelling on | | | | the equipment you'd expect, it's easy for the |
| business. Similarly, there are some things that make | | | | different parties to simply congregate in the same |
| them less attractive - such as how they can make it | | | | airport hotel, cutting down vastly on travel and |
| quite tricky to get in and around the city whose | | | | expenses for all involved. After all, airport hotels are |
| airport they govern without spending longer than you | | | | also known for having cheaper rates, as well as |
| might if you were starting your journey from a | | | | negating the need to get taxis around the city as |
| closer hotel. | | | | you negotiate your way to and from the airport, |
| However, their location is also one of their main | | | | your hotel and the meetings themselves. |
| advantages - if you're staying overnight on a | | | | Some of the best airport hotels are beginning to get |
| connection flight, you can look forward to more sleep | | | | attention now, such as the Regal Airport Hotel in |
| and relaxation when you don't have to spend an hour | | | | Hong Kong, which has been described as more of a |
| getting in and out of a city hotel when you stay at | | | | resort than a hotel - but its business facilities are |
| the airport's offering instead. What's more, a growing | | | | unrivalled, so you know you'll be able to work hard |
| trend in airport hotels is seeing many of these | | | | when you're not relaxing. The Four Points by |
| buildings across the world raise the bar on standards | | | | Sheraton Hotel in Baltimore is a stunning business |
| of quality and service, meaning where you perhaps | | | | hotel, and the Hyatt Regency at Dallas Fort Worth |
| used to find no more than a bed and a fuzzy | | | | just finished a multi-million dollar renovation of its |
| television set in your room, you might now find a flat | | | | guest and conference rooms. London's Heathrow |
| screen TV, an iPod dock and a desk for all of your | | | | airport hotel, Sofitel, has an amazing collection of |
| important things to be stored upon. Airport hotels are | | | | business facilities, including meeting rooms, equipment, |
| on the way up and, for the business traveller, this is | | | | and, of course, the convenient of being linked to |
| definitely a good sign. | | | | Heathrow Terminal 5. |
| More and more often, businesspeople who are | | | | Airport hotels are certainly on the up when it comes |
| heading off to meetings with clients, partners and the | | | | to travelling on business, so the next time you're |
| media are finding that the increasing quality of airport | | | | taking to the air for work, don't fear the airport hotel |
| hotels makes them the perfect setting in which the | | | | - it could be the best one you've stayed in yet! |
| meetings themselves can be held. Now that many | | | | |