"People deserve to be able to travel in comfort, and the industry has been trying to fit all the square pegs into round holes and hasn't been taking into account that for a lot of people, traveling by air is an uncomfortable experience, " he said.

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The 128 rooms, all at least 800 square feet indoors, have private plunge pools on their decks and round stone baths in their courtyards.

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The restaurant is also very well designed and beautiful, with paper lamps resembling jellyfish hanging from the ceiling and a wide variety of seating areas and options, all comfortable, with only round tables, creating more space than rows of the more common square versions.

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