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Article: Tiny hotel room may fit shrunken travel budgets
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- March 24, 2009
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A New York hotel with luxury sheets and state-of-the-art audio for less than $100 a night? All you have to sacrifice is a bit of privacy and a little _ well, a lot _ of space.
Moving beyond budget accommodations to an idea that borrows from a ship's berth or a train's sleeper car, developers are gambling that in tough times travelers looking for a little pampering at lower prices will embrace micro-hotels.
The concept of an entire hotel room the size of a U.S. modern bathroom has spread across Europe in recent years. And as the U.S. economy deteriorates, interest in the idea has grown, especially in high-priced markets like New York City _ where there are fewer options for ...