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Yotel to open its first UK city centre hotel in the heart of London's tech cluster

European hotel chain Yotel has announced it is to open its third UK site in Clerkenwell after revealing plans for a new 212-bed hotel in the heart of East London’s tech belt.

The property, which will be developed by Medina Investments, is scheduled for a late 2018 opening and will include Yotel’s ‘luxurious cabin’ rooms carrying smart adjustable beds, monsoon rain shower and techno-wall features.

Located at 96-100 Clerkenwell Road, the new hotel will join the US hospitality chain’s London Gatwick and London Heathrow hotels and will be its first in a European city centre.

Ground has already been broken on the development, which will also include the usual hotel facilities such as a gym, bar, independent dining outlet and flexible meeting and co-working spaces.

Yotel Chief Executive Officer, Hubert Viriot, said: “We are more than ready to bring the YOTEL city-centre concept home. Since the opening of our flagship in New York, we have been looking for the right opportunity and we finally found it in Clerkenwell.

“The mixed-use project, developed by Medina Investments, complements the YOTEL brand perfectly. It’s dynamic, creative and forward-thinking and backed by a developer with acumen and vision.”

Yotel was founded in 2007 by YO! Company founder Simon Woodroffe, who has drawn inspiration from Japanese capsule hotels for luxury, compact venues across its hotels in Paris, New York, London and Amsterdam.

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