Sleep Pods

Workplace napping is on the rise...

Yelo, founded by Nicholas Ronco, former marketing executive, first opened in Mid-town Manhattan, New York and is a company that provides a full sensory sleep experience. Yelo is a new concept in wellness. It is a sanctuary designed to help urbanites deal with the pressures of modern life through a unique combination of sleep and reflexology massage treatments. Yelo Reflexology massage treatments include the feet, hands and/or ears, and are designed to balance and ease specific aches or ailments so that you can emerge refreshed and energized.

The YeloNap is the firm's version of the Power Nap and lasts from 20 to 40 minutes. Naps of this length are medically proven to increase alertness and productivity.

Power naps are becoming the “new coffee break” for many of Ronco’s most loyal clients.  Over 3,200 people have visited the salon in the first 12 months, spending as little as $12 for a 20 minute snooze. Ronco is currently scouting locations and hopes to open 500 salons around the world over the next two years.

Sleep problems appear to be driving the growth of the naptime spas like Yelo and another New York-based company, MetroNaps, which offer employees around the world a more dignified way to catch some workday Zs.

Like Yelo, MetroNaps originally started as a sleep lounge, set up in the company’s Empire State Building (NY, NY) office. But founder Arshad Chowdhury realized that workers didn’t want to walk several blocks just to sleep. After changing his business model, the company has recently installed pods at Proctor and Gamble, Cisco and the Savannah College of Art and Design.

An increasing number of corporations are embracing this trend as well. Google offers a massage parlor, where employees can nap and rejuvenate. Pizza Hut has instituted a policy allowing its employees to nap on their breaks, no questions asked. Nike has “relaxation rooms” equipped with napable furniture. Union Pacific permits one member per crew to take a 45 minute nap while working, to promote safe and alert train operation.

For more information about the locations of these pods:

Yelo

315 West 57th Street

New York, NY 10019   (212-245-8235)    www.yelonyc.om

MetroNaps

Empire State Building
Suite 2210
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10118     www.metronaps.com