Singapore builds world’s first ‘bubble’ hotel for business travelers



Vaccines may be introduced worldwide, but there may still be a way to return to normal international travel. So Singapore has come up with an intermediate solution: COVID safe “bubble” hotel for business travelers.

Connect @ Changi offers business travelers a place to stay where they can bypass the mandatory city-state 14-day quarantine, according to Business Insider, “Connect જાહેરાત announces Changi as the world’s first bubble facility for business travelers Just catch? They can’t leave.

On February 18, 2021 in Singapore, the meeting room was separated in half by air-tight glass panels in the Connect @ good, short stop facility.

On February 18, 2021 in Singapore, the meeting room was separated in half by air-tight glass panels in the Connect @ good, short stop facility.

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However, the facility is designed to offer tourists everything they need for a “test-stay-work-meet” short stay: built inside a large expo center originally built for live concerts and conferences, connecting 150 150 hotel rooms in Changi, gym pods Have been given. And 40 COVID-safe seating rooms.

The center is separated by meeting rooms, air-tight glass panels and separate ventilation systems designed to conduct personal business with outside visitors. Opposite sides of the glass it is able to communicate through the microphone system.

A general view of the Connect @ Changi courtyard on February 18, 2021, featuring the world's first coronavirus-safe hotel and conference complex in Singapore.

A general view of the Connect @ Changi courtyard on February 18, 2021, featuring the world’s first coronavirus-safe hotel and conference complex in Singapore.

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Passengers are required to take a cove test before their flight, and once again when they arrive at Singapore’s Changi Airport. They are then shuttle directly from the airport to Connect @ Changi, where they check and wait for test results by text message for about six to 12 hours.

Room rates start at S Singapore 384 per night or about ૨ 7, 7, including meals delivered to the cubichole outside your door and covid tests (the covid-1 testing center on the hotel’s own site, where all guests have their time intervals). Is tested. Visit).

On February 18, 2021, a general view of Connect @ Changi Guest Room was given in Singapore as the world's first coronavirus-safe hotel and conference complex.

On February 18, 2021, a general view of Connect @ Changi Guest Room was given in Singapore as the world’s first coronavirus-safe hotel and conference complex.

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“Travel options without this type of facility are essentially binary – staying at home due to travel restrictions, or enduring prolonged exposure to foreign flights and exposure,” Robin Hue, one of the project’s developers, said in a press release, according to Business Insider.

For more photos of the facilities and information about the rooms, food and amenities, read the Business Insider story here.