It’s quite literally a rain check.
The InterContinental Singapore is offering a voucher for a one-night stay to guests whose planned activities get rained out.
“I used to be chatting with a gaggle of friends about what’s next in luxury travel and one among them jokingly commented that with the ability to guarantee good weather could be the following level of ultimate luxury travel,” the hotel’s general manager, Andreas Kraemer, told CNN this week.
There are some caveats to the InterContinental’s “Rain Resist Bliss” insurance package, nevertheless.
It’s only available to people staying in suites — prices range from $633 an evening for junior suites to upwards of $3,349 for the presidential suite, in keeping with CNN.
And, the rain must “exceed 120 cumulative minutes inside any four-hour block of time during sunlight hours between 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.”
The voucher should be spent on the InterContinental Singapore inside per week.
It rains a median of 171 days of the 12 months in Singapore, with Northeast Monsoon season running from December to early March, and the Southwest Monsoon season spanning from June to September.
“Southeast Asia is renowned for surprise showers but there’s no must let that put a dampener in your plans and to be sure that, we’re giving guests an phenomenal booking option to offer extra assurance that they’ll leave with a smile on their face — irrespective of what the weather has in store,” Kraemer told the Australian site 9Travel.
He told CNN he likes visiting the Asian Civilisations Museum, touring Tiger Brewery, and shopping on the Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya when it rains.
Personalized experiences that cater to guest preferences is one among the ways hotels have been attempting to attract guests in recent times.
In-room technology and fitness offerings resembling Peloton bikes and yoga mats, in addition to a wide range of pillow decisions, are among the many top hotel trends for 2024.
