Hotels are using sophisticated means to ensure better sleep – including no windows and cooler rooms

SLEEPING well in a hotel room is often not as easy as it seems, no matter how comfortable the bed is.

People get used to their own mattresses and bedding and the slightest change in sleeping habits can result in them not being able to sleep all night.

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And especially in our generation, which is flooded with distractions like social media, it has become increasingly important for hoteliers to find ways to help their guests sleep more soundly.

Major hotel chains are now resorting to sophisticated methods to improve your sleep – including high-tech devices and science-based therapies.

One option is to create a dream bedroom that creates an atmosphere tailored to a restful night’s sleep.

Dr. Stephani K. Robson, an expert in the psychology of hotel design, told a media outlet: “Darkness, quiet and coolness are the special elements that guests need for a restful night’s sleep.”

Hotels like Equinox in New York are now following the holy trinity and transforming their bedrooms into “sleeping chambers” so guests can sleep soundly.

After a refreshing sleep spa session, guests can sink into beds wrapped in natural linen for a better night’s sleep.

And with just the touch of a button, guests can transform the entire room to create the perfect sleeping experience.

These include studio-quality soundproofing, deep blackout blinds and a high-quality air purification system that ensures an optimal environment for a good night’s sleep.

Chris Norton, CEO of Equinox Hotels, said: “The future of luxury hospitality is about creating an atmosphere that allows you to sleep optimally at night.”

“We’ve all stayed in a hotel room with an annoying flashing light or scratchy bedding. We’ve worked with sleep researchers to design rooms that function as ‘sleep chambers,’ so sleep is built into the hardware of our rooms.”

And then there is the room temperature, perhaps the most important factor for a restful night’s sleep.

Experts assume that the optimal room temperature for deep sleep is 16-18 degrees Celsius.

And in addition to the ideal temperature, a lower body temperature is also important for restful sleep.

However, it can be very difficult for hotels to maintain such a temperature throughout the building without using noisy air conditioning systems that can disrupt sleep.

But FreshBeds, a Dutch manufacturing company, seems to have found a way.

They produce beds in which purified air circulates silently through the mattress.

This allows guests to customize their sleeping environment and maintain the right temperature and humidity to ensure a perfect sleeping experience.

Another way hotels are promoting better sleep is by creating what is now known in the industry as “sleep cocoons.”

These are designated sleeping rooms without any sources of distraction such as televisions, eye-damaging standby lamps or mechanical machines that could cause noise.

These capsule-like rooms don’t even have windows to ensure distraction is minimized.

Some hotels, like Six Senses Ibiza, offer their guests personalized biometric programs to help them sleep better – not only during their stay, but also when they return to their normal lives.

The hotel offers bedrooms equipped with state-of-the-art sensors that record all your biological movements, including the time you snore, the deepest phase of your sleep, your dreams and so on.

The hotel staff then tracks and analyzes all reports from these scans to create customized programs that include yoga nidra, sound therapy, cryotherapy, meditation and massage.