Who was it on here who recently mentioned this nonsense? WTAF are they thinking of to build this?!! :blob_dizzy_face:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/why-are-hotels-putting-the-loo-in-full-view/ar-AA1Ws87f?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=69a84369c6b04a488bb4714bea80f458&ei=43
I am lying on the bed with a favourite book, glass of champagne beside me, surveying the glorious view from the balcony of the uber-luxury new W hotel in Edinburgh. I have been mildly discomfited on arrival, in the king-size deluxe room (£315 per night), to see that the bathroom is sited primarily within the main bedroom. Behind it are two see-through glass cubicles, housing the shower and the – er – toilet. My husband disappears from his recumbent position on the bed and I hear footsteps behind me, and then the noise of a rather flimsy glass door flipping shut. Then – oh my God – a few feet directly behind my head my husband begins his noisy and exuberant – what can I call it, politely? – evacuation. I sit up and twist around on the bed, peering between the bedhead and the mirror. This is worse. Very, very much worse. Now I can see my husband squatting unconcerned on the toilet, hands on knees, in a posture all of us recognise but thankfully very few people (ie no one) ever witness. Until now. I try to whip back around but he has seen my traumatised little face and I am frozen like a rabbit in the headlights. Although the glass to the loo is opaque, his outline is so clearly visible. And indeed, as I catch sight of him, I realise that he can now see me too, and his mouth makes a little “ooh” circle of horror. But there is nowhere for him to hide. “Stop watching me!” he hollers. “It’s not just the watching!” I shout back. “It’s the hearing.”
“More and more hotels have been moving the sink and shower into the bedroom and enclosing the toilet in glass or placing it in a cubby-like space,” says Bjorn Hanson of New York University’s Jonathan M Tisch Centre of Hospitality. The Wall Street Journal goes further and claims that there is a “bathroom privacy crisis” in the hotel industry. A recent article says: “Many travellers are raising concerns and openly criticising hotels that are redesigning guests’ rooms by removing the traditional bathroom door. The trend has sparked widespread frustration across social media and travel forums. “In place of hinged bedroom-style doors, several hotels are installing sliding panels, curtains, frosted glass or no physical barrier at all between the bathroom and the main room.” The Wall Street Journal article claims that hoteliers are trying to “reduce construction and maintenance costs and create more space through these designs”.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/why-are-hotels-putting-the-loo-in-full-view/ar-AA1Ws87f?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=69a84369c6b04a488bb4714bea80f458&ei=43
I am lying on the bed with a favourite book, glass of champagne beside me, surveying the glorious view from the balcony of the uber-luxury new W hotel in Edinburgh. I have been mildly discomfited on arrival, in the king-size deluxe room (£315 per night), to see that the bathroom is sited primarily within the main bedroom. Behind it are two see-through glass cubicles, housing the shower and the – er – toilet. My husband disappears from his recumbent position on the bed and I hear footsteps behind me, and then the noise of a rather flimsy glass door flipping shut. Then – oh my God – a few feet directly behind my head my husband begins his noisy and exuberant – what can I call it, politely? – evacuation. I sit up and twist around on the bed, peering between the bedhead and the mirror. This is worse. Very, very much worse. Now I can see my husband squatting unconcerned on the toilet, hands on knees, in a posture all of us recognise but thankfully very few people (ie no one) ever witness. Until now. I try to whip back around but he has seen my traumatised little face and I am frozen like a rabbit in the headlights. Although the glass to the loo is opaque, his outline is so clearly visible. And indeed, as I catch sight of him, I realise that he can now see me too, and his mouth makes a little “ooh” circle of horror. But there is nowhere for him to hide. “Stop watching me!” he hollers. “It’s not just the watching!” I shout back. “It’s the hearing.”
“More and more hotels have been moving the sink and shower into the bedroom and enclosing the toilet in glass or placing it in a cubby-like space,” says Bjorn Hanson of New York University’s Jonathan M Tisch Centre of Hospitality. The Wall Street Journal goes further and claims that there is a “bathroom privacy crisis” in the hotel industry. A recent article says: “Many travellers are raising concerns and openly criticising hotels that are redesigning guests’ rooms by removing the traditional bathroom door. The trend has sparked widespread frustration across social media and travel forums. “In place of hinged bedroom-style doors, several hotels are installing sliding panels, curtains, frosted glass or no physical barrier at all between the bathroom and the main room.” The Wall Street Journal article claims that hoteliers are trying to “reduce construction and maintenance costs and create more space through these designs”.
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