Sleeper March/April 2010

RECEPTION
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Matt Turner
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I am sat in the canteen at CitizenM Amsterdam
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Stephen Quiligotti
City, where I have been staying for the past two
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days. It has been an enlightening trip.
Becky Thomas
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Having checked in online before leaving home, I received Design
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an electronic boarding pass – no clumsy bit of paper, just a
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barcode emailed to my Blackberry which could be swiped
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to get airside. On my way through security, I went through Dan Seaton
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the new body scanners for the ﬁrst time. Transferring from
Schiphol Airport to Amsterdam Zuid station was seam-
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transport systems in Europe. On arrival at CitizenM, an
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automated check-in terminal furnished me with a keycard,
Donna Barlow
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which throughout my stay has been used to charge any
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extras to the room – no need to sign a piece of paper each
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time. If it weren’t for the taxi driver who picked me up
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from home, I’d have barely had to speak to a human being
Laura McLaughlin
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in the whole journey from A to B. CitizenM seems to sync
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perfectly with this newly interconnected world of travel. My
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