But Song is slow in rolling out its extra amenities.
(As you would expect, extra amenities, such as windows or television, cost extra).
Extra amenities, combined with changes in consumer patterns, mean new hotels consume twice as much energy as the average hotel built in the 70s.
The extra amenities appeal to truckers, said Terry M. Levinson, a senior project manager at Argonne who has been researching idling reduction for about 20 years.
But the number of extra amenities passengers must pay for has been proliferating as cruise lines go beyond the usual extras (like shore excursions, cocktails and Internet access) and add increasingly elaborate offerings.
For example, on certain trans-Atlantic cruises on Norwegian this fall, when travelers spend plenty of time onboard, CruiseDeals.com is throwing in $150 in onboard spending money for extra amenities like spa treatments and specialty restaurants.
It contains a number of galleries and other "art spaces", as well as the extra amenities that an artist needs to survive: an independent bookstore, several cafes, a public radio station, and the occasional appearance by Sonic Youth.
Even if Song attracts passengers with its extra amenities (many of which will not be available until next year), even if it achieves significantly higher productivity levels than Delta, it still has to operate in bleakest air-travel environment in decades.
Mr. O'Shea said, "Most of the tenants are those that don't need the prestige and charges that come with the extra amenities of a large Class A building".
Sitting there in a long bathrobe, gazing at a mural of a flowery, bird-filled garden, amid potted palms and ficuses, I pondered my 24 hours of indulgence in what was really a bed-and-breakfast with some extra amenities.
All facilities, such as shared laundry or garden, are paid through a service charge ranging from a few pounds a week to a scheme with no warden to £100 or more a week if meals and extra amenities are provided.
