Sleeping at airports can be a tragic procedure. We build forts with our briefcases and imitate pretzels to fit horizontally into hard chairs.
But by 2015, getting some shut-eye before a red-eye won’t be an issue for those traveling through Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. The world’s busiest airport announced plans last week to build a large number of short-term sleep units and showers in two international concourses.
The Atlanta City Council approved a contract with 聽to open the company’s largest branch of sleeping sections with 17 deluxe suites in Concourse E and six in Concourse F.聽
Atlanta 聽in domestic Concourse B in 2009, with five 7-by-8-foot rooms that cost $34 per hour or $125 overnight. The suites are equipped with noise-suppression systems, making them semi-soundproof. The suites have been so popular that the airport is extending the service to international travelers, who have “significantly more time available on their hands,” airport spokesman Reese McCranie told聽.
, Minute Suites has begun operation in Philadelphia International (13 rooms) and Dallas-Fort Worth International (10 rooms). The Dallas location also features two shower rooms. Atlanta is taking cues from Dallas and opening shower service as well, which costs $25 for showering only.聽