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Ode- New York, NY

WHAT PRICE PEACE AND QUIET?

"With Yelo, Nicolas Ronco offers refuge that's almost womb-like. People need quiet and isolation-but just a little bit, and in a non-threatening environment. That's partly why Yelo offers massages and reflexology along with nap pods."

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Newsweek- New York, NY

Take a Three-Martini Nap

"A recent medical study showed that taking a nap at least three days a week is good for the heart...Yelo, a New York City store that opened last year, has private rooms with sleep pods for quick naps ($15 for 20 minutes)."

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la Repubblica- Italy

Isiesta-hotel di Manhattan la pennichella conquista i manager

"New York: nel paradiso del sonno (57ma strada) vanno a ricaricarsi i dirigenti dei giganti dell’informazione. Si dorme sdraiati su una poltrona che assomiglia a quelle della business class, in una cabina insonorizzata"

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Metro UK- United Kingdom

Sleep well last night?

"Nicolas Ronco, company founder and CEO, came up with the concept after his own experiences in the corporate world. 'People were having afternoon lulls at 3pm and going to the bathroom to take a nap,' he says. 'I lived near home, so I'd sometimes take a 20-minute nap in my lunch hour - I felt an amazing difference.' "

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Escape- Europe

Escape Guidar Dig Till New York

"Vi ger dig 51 tips for att gora din vistelse i New York lite enklare."

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InStyle - New York, NY

Soothing Nighttime Helpers

"'Sleep is probably the most important influence on good mental and physical health and is's also the most often neglected.' says Nicolas Ronco, CEO & Founder of wellness center Yelo NYC. Here is a roundup of relaxing remedies to help you catch some Zs."

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Chicago Tribune - Chicago, IL

Napping at work without the guilt

"Yelo, the company that provides this full-sensory sleep experience, opened in bustling Midtown Manhattan last year, after founder and former marketing executive Nicolas Ronco saw firsthand the effects of too much work and too little sleep."

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European Spa - Europe

Sound Asleep

"Everything can be bought - so why not sleep? Nicolas Ronco, founder of wellness centre Yelo, tell Julie Vuong why he gave the city that never sleeps a place to buy some rest."

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London Sunday Times - London, England

Snoozing in a luxury spa

"Spas are waking up to the fact that sleep, not a mango wrap, is the key to holistic happiness"

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Glamour - New York

Beauty sleep, much?

"We New Yorkers are so stressed out that there are spalike places where we can go just to nap. I finally tried one, called Yelo, where you get a private, space-age pod with a reclining chair in the center..."

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SPAing - Japan

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Vogue - New York, NY

Can I buy some sleep?

"...it won't be long before going for a nap is as common as going for a cappuccino. Lucky Manhattanites have been enjoying the benefits of sleep pods for some months. Yelo on West 57th Street is a walk-in clinic wholly dedicated to giving you a good rest."

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Allure - New York, NY

Beauty By Numbers

"Considering that we spend one third of our lives in bed, you'd think we might master the art of sleep. Yet America remains one seriously shut-eye-deprived, nap-craving country. A look at the facts, from A to Zzzzzz's"

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SpaFinder - U.S.

SpaFinder Issues 5th Annual Spa Trends Report,
"10 Spa Trends to Watch in 2008"

"The shape of things to come: the Yelo Sleep Cab in Manhattan, which offers high-tech sleep chambers designed to induce rejuvenating power naps within minutes. In fact, Yelo is opening two new locations in 2008."

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French Cove - New York, NY

SpaFinder Issues 5th Annual Spa Trends Report

"Taking Sleep Seriously...Especially id you Want to Lose Weight - Last yeas SpaFinder predicted that more and more spas would recognize sleep as an important pillar of health and step up their efforts to encourage healthy sleep for guests..."

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Daily News - THERSDAY - New York, NY

She just needs a nap!

"At Yelo, a sort of urban sanctuary, 'YeloNaps' are spent in 'YeloCabs,' cabins specifically designed to enhance your sleep with chromotherapy, aromatherapy, purified air, and a custom-designed chair that elevates your legs to slow heart rate and encourage relaxation."

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Welt Am Sonntag - Germany

Traumfabrik für gestresste Geschäftsleute

"Ermattete New Yorker können für das kleine Nickerchen zwischendurch Schlafkabinen mieten. Den Service nutzen vor allem Banker und Börsianer von der Wall Street – aber auch Frauen, die Babygeschrei und schnarchenden Partnern entfliehen wollen."

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Marie Claire - New York, NY

Big Girls Don't Cry... But They Do Nap!

"Yelo marks a new concept in wellness by offering sleep therapy and reflexology treatments in order to help us busy New Yorker's relax, recharge and find balance."

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FDpersoonlijk - Netherlands

Tijd voor de power nap

"Twintig minuten de ogen dichtdoen maakt alerter, productiever en creatiever. De power nap is al een rage in Amerika, waar een kwartiertje slaap zelfs te koop is. Ook in Nederland wint let middagddutje terrein"

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STUHL - Slovakia

Co je Yelo?

"Skutocnou novinkou vo wellness je unikatna terapia, ktora sa zrodila v New Yorku."

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Spa Life - New York, NY

YELO. NY'S NEW SLEEP SALON

"In New York, at a new sleep salon, Yelo, stressed-out New Yorkers can cocoon themselves in a Yelocab, a private hexagonal pod fitted out with a luxurious leather reclining chair, a Nepalese cashmere blanket and soothing sounds and lighting."

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Adesso - Japan

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Everyday Food - New York, NY

The art of the Power Nap

"New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Nicolas Ronco wants to change that at Yelo, his wellness center for napping. According to Harvard and NASA studies, an afternoon nap increases alertness and productivity."

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Chic Feet - New York, NY

Sole Survival Guide

"An upscale 'nap center,' Yelo is perfect for editors looking to squeeze in a quick power nap between the shows and the after parties. Yelo also offers reflexology to pamper those tired toes."

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Spa asia - New York, NY

Sleeping it off

"'People buy bottled water because they can have it close by and because it is safe. We offer exactly the same thing: a sleep and regeneration system that is transportable and safe...'
- Nicolas Ronco"

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Hotel News - Brazil

Spa do sono

"O Spa Yelo, em Nova York, apresenta uma proposta tao inusitada quanto inovadora."

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Organic Spa - New York, NY

At Rest with Nicolas Ronco

"'The idea of Yelo came from my own experience in corporate America, as well as constant traveling for work around the globe.'
- Nicolas Ronco"

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Town & Country - New York, NY

Diary of a Beauty Editor

"Trend alert — naps are in! I've just been to Yelo, a new, beautifully done little nook on 57th. Owner Nicolas Ronco just opened this quasi day spa offering reflexology and naps — period."

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The Mama Chronicles - New York, NY

Around Town

"Ever look at your tot snoozing, wishing someone would make you take ten and recharge your batteries? Nicolas Ronco, founder and CEO of Yelo, has created a wellness center where you can do just that."

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Straight Magazine - Japan

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Giant Magazine - New York, NY

The Big Sleep

"Tired? Skip that lunch date, and rush to NYC's Yelo. Thanks to the lethargy-sensitive people of Yelo midday napping, kindergarten style, is perfectly legal."

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Forbes Life - New York, NY

Power Nap

"Who says New York's the city that never sleep? Yelo, in midtown Manhattan, features seven 60-square-foot hexagonal soundproof "cabins" made of Kydex."

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CNBC - European Business - New York, NY

The New Height of Indulgence

"In January, Yelo, a salon on Manhattan's Upper West Side that sells New Yorkers the promise of a power nap, opened for business. Yelo consists of seven private chambers that can be rented for 20- to 40- minute snoozes."

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Where - New York - New York, NY

Sweet Daydreams

"Cramming a full schedule of activities into a visit to New York City can exhaust even the most energetic travelers, especially those suffering from jet lag."

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Sun Herald - New York, NY

City Sleepers

"New Yorkers worried about dropping off at their desk can now head to Yelo, a sleep parlour that offers 20 to 40 minute' kip for $15 - $30."

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Metro - New York, NY

Body & Soul

"Feeling depressed lately? Can't get quality sleep? Suffering from stress and high blood pressure? There's a therapy that can help with these ailments and many more - reflexology."

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Daily News - New York, NY

Forty winks for 14 buck!

"The city that never sleeps has started taking naps. Sleep centers offering frazzled New Yorkers rest-on-the-go have become such a growing industry for the city's weary workforce that a cot could soon part of office furniture."

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New York Magazine - New York, NY

The Nap Revolutionary

"Sleep deprivation made Nick Ronco crazy. So crazy that he opend a space-age sanctuary for power napping on West 57th Street — the first, he hopes of many"

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Zink - New York, NY

Mellow Yelo

"Yelo's patented sleep therapy system is so calming it turns overworked office zombies into fully rejuvenated human beings in record time. It's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers in reverse!"

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Gotham Magazine - New York, NY

Nap time is Nifty

"We love nothing more than a big old snooze, but sleeping on the M5 bus after too many margaritas at Rosa Mexicano is just so unbecoming (and, frankly, positively boorish)."

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Max Magazine - Germany

Sleep & Pay

"In dieser Stadt muss man auch noch für seinen Schlaf Geld hinlegen. Nein, gemeint sind keine Hotels oder schicke Appartments, sondern das Yelo-Cab."

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New York Times - Style Magazine - New York, NY

Suite Dreams

"Somewhere betweens a power nap and a disco nap lies Yelo. The new spot on West 57th Street is getting New Yorkers to take a load off - in the purely holistic sense."

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Dealmaker - New York, NY

Power Napping

"All night negotiations generally go better if you're able to get a nap in. Next time you're on Wall Street, nod off in the sleeping cabins at the new Yelo nap center."

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AM New York - New York, NY

Sleep, for the city that doesn't

"Yelo employs similar sleep technology with the added luxury of privacy. Clients relax in their own cabin, referred to as a YeloCab....Nap sessions range from 20 to 40 minutes ($12 for 20 minutes)."

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Slate - New York, NY

Why Do We Sleep?
Our Obsession with Slumber

"Nap salons like Yelo in Manhattan offer midday respite to the harried."

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The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH

Sleep salons provide place to power-nap

"Sleep is the new bottled water. Although it can be had free, it is being marketed as an upscale amenity."

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New York Press - New York, NY

Nap Time

"Though most adults find the idea of an afternoon nap laughable, you'd be surprised at how many of us are regularly slipping away for a post-lunch siesta."

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Bed and Breakfasts - New York, NY

Sleep salons (Bed and breakfasts) provide place to power nap

"Alexius Otto, a junior at Hunter College in Manhatten, has a bed in his apartment in the East Village. But twice he has paid to nap at Yelo."

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Urban Eye - New York, NY

February 13, 2007

Sleep Tight (And Fast)

"Hit your own snooze button: according to a new study, taking a nap after lunch is so heart-healthy it may actually make you live longer."

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Archives of Internal Medicine - New York, NY

Siesta in Healthy Adults Decrease Risk of Coronary Mortality

"Midday napping (siesta) is common in populations with low coronary mortality, but epidemiological studies have generated conflicting results."

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Time Out New York - New York, NY

February 8, 2007

Nap Time

"Newly opened Yelo promises cubicle dwellers lowered stress, increased productivity and improved health via 20- to 40- minute power nap sessions and concurrent reflexology massages."

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New York Times - New York, NY

February 1, 2007

Hey, Sleepy, Want to Buy a Good Nap?

"Sleep is the new bottled water. Although it can be had free, it is increasingly being marketed as an upscale amenity."

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Women's Wear Daily - New York, NY

Yelo Brings Mellow to Manhattan's West Side

"A new wellness center on Manhattan's West Side is targeting those looking to mellow out. Yelo, as the space is called, offers reflexology and aromatherapy and promotes a concept that has yet to take hold in the high-energy, corporate environment: the power nap."

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