The hotel room follows you on your journey: here is the Independent Travel Suite

The ATS won the Radical Innovation Award this year and was designed by Steve Lee of the famous American design studio Aprilli, who has signed other fascinating concepts such as the Urban Skyfarm and the Phototropic Tower . For the moment, it is only a concept, but the prospects look promising: integrate the logic of travel in a thousand ways. Just imagine, for example, a vehicle of this type that welcomes travelers returning from a long and painful journey directly to the airport. Allowing them to relax, take a shower and check in at the destination.

On Ats, indeed, there are all the typical services of a hotel room: bed, desk, toilet but also minibar, kitchen, space for luggage and relaxation area with movie and video games. The goal is fundamentally to rethink the root not only of how you move regularly, but also of the destination, taking advantage of the dead moments and long transfers. Another example is that of the business world: for those who have little time and often travel during the day, using a similar set on wheels could make the use of the day even more effective on the road. a meeting or other engagement. . On the other hand, the concept, which aims to integrate hospitality and transportation into a single solution, is also designed for longer transfers, between 6 and 10 hours, and in different sizes depending on the number of people. occupants.

The design is fascinating and seems to be born from a television series located in the near future imaginary. The suite is encapsulated in a kind of glbad box (with smart panels, can darken for more privacy or perhaps, as will happen with the windows of the aircraft, display other content) and can be customized at will. Controlled by a smartphone app, Lee's projects will allow pbadengers to book their trip by setting their departure and arrival points, as well as adding stops in the route, for example a restaurant, a park or a gym.

In an ideal model, the vehicles could also be part of the fleet of a company that operates this type of integrated and futuristic hospitality, returning to the base after use, not only to clean, sanitize and prepare other reservations, but also to unload the customer in a traditional hotel. Just as if a hotel room left to itself. According to the designer's ideas, there would be no fleet of badistance vehicles for room service – always on the move – or to solve technical problems such as recharging batteries.

"The self-contained travel suite integrates transportation and hospitality into a mobile, driverless room, providing point-to-point transport between home and destination – says the Radical Awards website – offering a new way to travel as well as to travel. An extension of a conventional hotel experience ". According to Lee, the cost should also be practical since, by integrating both realities, offering two services in one, will allow the traveler to eliminate a cost element. Besides, if you travel with more people, the savings will be bound to increase.