Yotel

Bless his heart.

One of the best experiences, though, you know how if you go out of the country, a lot of times in Europe you connect through Amsterdam? Amsterdam has this great thing called the Yotel, okay? Gosh,

I thought you were going to talk about those pancakes.

Oh, they're so good.

And it was great because the warning says not to be used in the U.S.

So I don't know how it was wired, but, uh, we did it anyway.

And so I, um, like love that airport, but the Yotel was 50 euros.

And so about probably like 60 something bucks and you could get the hotel.

So I think the age of modular construction is finally arriving.

You know, I recall, this has gotta be now 15 years ago or so, there was a hotel here in Manhattan that opened called YOTEL.

Yep.

Sits off of 42nd Street.

And today I'm really happy to introduce to you Simon Woodroffe.

And in case you haven't heard of Simon, he is the founder of Yo! Sushi, Yo! Yo!Tel, and all things Yo!.

He was actually one of the original, um, dragons on the Dragons' Den, but today he's so much more than that.

He's this incredibly enlightened man, and it is my joy to h- introduce you to him and introduce you to our conversation.

Yeah.

So maybe you could, um, you know, talk a little bit about the things you've done.

I mean, clearly you're pretty well known, um, having, having, you know, been known as a founder of Yo! Sushi and all things Yo! and Yo!Tel.

And you were one of the original dragons on Dragons' Den, is that-

The hotels actually have showers.

The hotel that we stayed at Yotel has showers for you to bathe.

If you don't go to like a Target or CVS to get actual shampoo or body wash or whatever, they accommodate you with it.

They give you everything you need to come out fresh.

There's nothing near the airport at all in Istanbul.

So we booked the YOTEL Istanbul Airport landside.

They actually have an airside and a landside hotel, and the brand is YOTEL, so hotel with a Y basically.

And what it is is it's an hotel, a full hotel in the airport.

If you book the airside, you actually never leave security and customs at all.