Hotels with self check-in

Park Inn by Radisson, Glasgow
parkinn.co.uk
Near the business district, this hotel has a kiosk check-in geared at the Y generation, and business travellers who perhaps have flown for hours and just want to check in and head to bed. You are never more than 10ft from a laptop or mobile connection. The 91-room hotel is in a beautiful old Pearl Assurance building. Doubles from £68 (€80.50).

Yotel, 570 Tenth Avenue, New York
yotelnewyork.com
There's automated check in and out, free wifi, breakfast , meeting rooms and workstations at this mid-town hotel created by aircraft cabin designers. Yotel began with airport hotels and have expanded the small, smartly designed, value-concept to New York city. The rooms are chic and have floor-to-ceiling windows. Doubles from $149 (€116).


CitizenM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
citizenm.com
This hotel is near the city centre and the museum quarter. You can check in at touch-screen terminals and later you control your room environment with a "mood pad" that puts you in charge of window blinds, temperature, coloured lighting, wake-up alarm themes, the tv and more. All beds are big doubles with Frette linen. Doubles from €104.

Emma Cullinan

Emma Cullinan

Emma Cullinan, a contributor to The Irish Times, specialises in architecture, design and property