Qbic Hotels
Encyclopedia
Qbic Hotels is a design hotel branch by the La Bergère Group
La Bergère Group
La Bergère Group is a Dutch hospitality company based in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The group is active in the creation and exploitation of concepts for property development, hospitality and related project...

. Currently there is one Qbic hotel located in the WTC
World Trade Center (Amsterdam)
The World Trade Center Amsterdam is a commercial center located at the Zuidas in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was officially opened in 1985, and renovated between 1998 and 2004. The center consists of nine buildings—labeled from A to I—with 120,000 m2 of offices and office facilities. Tower...

 in Amsterdam’s Zuidas
Zuidas
The Zuidas is a large, rapidly developing business district in the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The Zuidas is also known as the 'Financial Mile'. It lies between the Amstel river and the turnaround of the ringway A10. The greatest influences for the development of the Zuidas are La...

 district, the financial business centre of Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

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Concept

Qbic Hotels is a POD Hotel. The rooms resemble rooms from capsule hotel
Capsule hotel
A is a type of hotel with a large number of extremely small "rooms" intended to provide cheap and basic overnight accommodation for guests not requiring the services offered by more conventional hotels...

s but have the same size as regular hotel rooms.

Qbic Hotels use hotel rooms with a modular concept. Instead of a standard room, each room contains a Cubi. This is a cube-shaped furniture in which all elements of a hotel room are included. This makes it possible to put a bed, bathroom, dish, table and kitchen in a few square metres. There are different versions of the Cubi, each with a different composition.

Qbic Hotels was one of the first hotel to include full self-service at the opening in 2007. It is possible for the guest to check themselves in via a check-in terminal and use the available free internet.

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