No Depression: The Best Airport Hotels

SOFITEL HEATHROW AIRPORT, London: This sharp business hotel, opened in 2007 and linked to Heathrow airport's 2008 terminal 5 by an elevated walkway, has a full kit of business facilities, including 45 meeting rooms and Heathrow Express rail link to central London. There's also a spa and a gym for downtime. When it debuted, the place was dedicated by Sir Cliff Richard, the Elvis of 1950s Britain.

HILTON COPENHAGEN AIRPORT, Copenhagen, Denmark: Located just across the street from the airport, this modern business hotel flaunts extra-large, well-wired guest rooms arranged around an airy central atrium and has oodles of meeting space. The bar in the main lobby is a good place to seal the deal with a drink. A fast train links the hotel and airport with Copenhagen's center.

MOVENPICK HOTEL AND CASINO, Geneva, Switzerland: Whoever thought the sober Swiss didn't know how to take a risk hasn't visited this happening hotel-cum-casino located half a mile from Geneva International Airport and a major rail station. Glamorous it's not; rooms are cramped, in-room TVs are miniature and drinks and snacks are pricey. But there is a free, 24-hour business center in the main lobby and the hotel's helpful staff and briskly efficient shuttle service do the most important thing right: getting guests to their flights on time, no matter what the hour.

MILLENNIUM AIRPORT HOTEL, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A fitness center and pool grace this circa-2000 hotel, located half a mile from the real eye-popper: Dubai's expansive, state-of-the-art airport, designed to be the premier hub of aviation in the Middle East. As expected in this on-again, off-again boom town, Dubai's 116-room airport hotel is very business-friendly, with a contemporary business center, ample meeting rooms and comfortable places to work in smartly designed guest rooms.