Earlier this year, there were posts regarding the new implementation of setting up beds in planes, particularly for first class accommodation. This time around, there are plans for the architecture of a Boeing 747 that will be transformed into a Jumbo Hostel. But unlike other aircrafts that have added bed accommodations, this new concept by Oscar Dios will be mainly served on the ground.

The concept is indeed something different. We all know that cases such as delays in flight make it uncomfortable for some passengers and with this Jumbo Hostel around perhaps waiting will no longer be a problem but more of a luxury for them from hereon.

Dios bought the 500-seater jumbo jet, built in 1976, from its last owner Transjet after the air operator went bust in 2002.

The Jumbo Hostel, which will remain grounded at the airport, will begin taking reservations from travellers in December.

If the venture proves successful in Sweden, Dios hopes to open more jumbo jet hostels elsewhere.

(Source) Mail Online

Boeing 747 Transformed to Jumbo Hostel

Get this, everyone is familiar with IKEA and its various ways of enticing its marketing and promotion practices. It opens its doors to customers for potential purchases. Today however, a new twist has been added, sleep over if you are too lazy to go home or want to try out the various beds and furniture in this IKEA branch in Norway.

“It will be like an alternative hostel,” company spokesman Frode Ullebust told AFP on Friday, adding that, as far as he knew, this was the first time Ikea has ever done this anywhere in the world.

Read more about this offering here: Shop till you drop at Ikea … then sleep over in the store

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