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Sweet dreams – but only if you forget the Blackberry
LONDON – Crowne Plaza has teamed up with the sleep expert Dr. Chris (“Dr Sleep”) Idzikowski, director of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre, to address the challenge of giving hotel guests a good night’s sleep.
“Work-related stress is a major factor causing a sleepless night; checking your work e-mails before bed on any electronic device is essentially the equivalent to drinking double espresso last thing,” Idzikowski said.
“We have shown that light from a laptop or Blackberry is concentrated enough to signal the brain to stop secreting melatonin, the natural hormone that produces sleep.”
Idzikowski’s recipe for a good night’s sleep is to allow at least an hour of non-work-related activity, to empty the mind, to wind down, however late it is, along with silence, darkness and comfort.
“After a business meeting, go to your hotel room, sort out the results, what you’re going to do, put that aside,” Idzikowski said.
“A hot bath can be relaxing, especially for women; there is no point in going to bed and not sleeping.”
Idzikowski recommends sleeping in darkness and being progressively woken by an alarm clock with a light that slowly increases in intensity, simulating a sunrise.
Idzikowski sometimes uses noise-reducing headphones to cut out the sounds of plumbing, or air-conditioning fans.
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