Liverpool opens its first ‘budget boutique’ pod hotel

Liverpool’s first “pod” hotel has officially opened its doors.

Cocoon, in South Hunter Street, is the city’s first offering in “budget boutique” accommodation.

The conceptual idea behind the hotel is to envelop each guest in comfort and style in internal cabin rooms, without breaking the bank.

Rooms offer kingsize beds with American walnut wood oversized headboards, ensuite bathrooms with rose head showers, quality LCD TV, free WI-FI, MP3 docking stations and digital safes.

Cocoon is the brainchild of the team behind the award winning International Inn Apartments and Tourist Hostel and they hope this latest and unusual addition to Liverpool’s boutique hotel collection will raise the standard for budget accommodation in the city.

David Mahony, creator of Cocoon said: “The Pod hotel theme has been popular in Asia for decades and more recently proved a big hit in London and New York and we are confident Cocoon will prove just as popular with visitors to Liverpool.

“We are aiming at the “trendy traveller” market – modern travellers, complete with ipods and laptops, who may not have a lot of money to spend but who do not want to compromise on luxury.

“Each cocoon offers a conceptualized, stylish, compact space with all the comfort and amenities needed for visitors to sink back, relax and enjoy their stay in Liverpool.”

Pod hotels were inspired by Japan’s “capsule” hotels. Designed for businessmen who needed a place to crash overnight, the typical capsule hotel has a public lounge space with baths, and another large room filled with individual sleeping units - the capsules. Each capsule has its own mini TV, radio, alarm clock, and lamp. Cocoon takes this inspirational concept one step further offering a more spacious room complete with full facilities equal to that in any high standard hotel.

Prices at Cocoon start at £43 per night for a pod room. For more details call 0151 7098135.