It rains an average of 171 days per year in Singapore. But one hotel in the Lion City is taking a gamble to ensure that rain doesn’t spoil its guests’ holidays.
The InterContinental Singapore’s “Rain Resist Bliss” package will reimburse one night of a guest’s stay if one of their planned activities ends up getting rained out.
“I was chatting with a group of friends about what’s next in luxury travel and one of them jokingly commented that being able to guarantee good weather would be the next level of ultimate luxury travel,” the hotel’s general manager, Andreas Kraemer, tells CNN. From there, the concept of a rain insurance package was born.
Still, there are caveats. The InterContinental isn’t going to hand out cash every single time it rains. According to a release from the hotel, the criteria is met when “rain duration exceeds 120 cumulative minutes within any 4-hour block of time during daylight hours.”
The package also is only applicable to…
