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Trouble Sleeping on Vacation? You’re Not Alone
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If you have trouble sleeping on vacation it turns out you are not alone.
A new study has found approximately 80 percent of people have a tough time catching some z’s when they are sleeping in a strange place.
According to Travel Pulse, the global study – commissioned by IHG Hotels & Resorts – found that four out of five travelers have trouble sleeping when away from home. Business travelers, in particular, lose around 58 minutes of sleep per night when away from home with their nightly sleep averaging just five hours and seventeen minutes.
Travel Pulse are reporting a different environment, strange noises, and working late if traveling for business are mostly to blame.
IHG Hotels hope to use the results of the study to implement a circadian lighting pilot in partnership with Healthe by Lighting Science Group. Through the use of a portable ‘JOURNI Mobile Task Light’, the hotel group hopes the LED light (which was designed by Healthe) will help travelers regulate sleep while traveling.
“We’re excited to be the first hotel company to pilot this technology that uses LED lighting to improve guest sleep,” said Brian McGuiness, IHG’s senior vice president of Global Guest Experience.
According to Travel Pulse, Crowne Plaza Atlanta Airport will be the first IHG Hotels & Resorts property to install the new light as part of the pilot project.
