A hotel chain that promises to offer a power shower and a comfy bed but charge for extras such as room cleaning and air conditioning is marking its arrival on the London hotel scene with 1p-a-night room deals.
Tony Fernandes, the man behind low-cost long haul airline AirAsia and a string of budget hotels in Malaysia and Indonesia, is to launch his first UK Tune Hotel in Westminster in August.
And to celebrate the opening, there will be a series of 'TuneDays', where the already cheap accommodation will be cut to just one penny a night when booked online.
Fifteen more of the hotels - dubbed a '5-star sleeping experience at a 1-star price' - will open in the Greater London area by 2017.
Tune is the private investment group of Mr Fernandes, founder of low-cost airline AirAsia and team principal of the Lotus F1 motor racing team.
The deal involves a partnership between Tune Hotels - part of the Tune Group - and London-based investment group Queensway.
The hotels, which offer rooms starting as low as £2 per night in Malaysia and Indonesia, do not have such facilities as conference rooms, swimming pools or gyms, with guests using a pay-as-you-go system for energy-consuming amenities.
Source : Daily Mail
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