A luxury hotel is offering guests a free overnight stay if their flight is damaged by heavy rain.
The five-star Intercontinental Hotel Singapore She said the “rainproof and bliss” package would serve as a form of insurance for holidaymakers considering staying in the city state.
However, it is said to only be available to customers who book one of the hotel's suites – with prices ranging from £500 to £2,635 per night.
Intercontinental Hotel in Singapore. Image: Alamy
For the offer to be claimed, it must also rain for a total of 120 cumulative minutes during any four-hour period during daylight hours – and the weather must also disrupt at least one of the guest's planned activities.
The hotel's general manager, Andreas Kramer, said he came up with the idea while thinking of new ways to attract big-spending customers.
“I was talking to 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 absolute luxury travel,” he told CNN.
Cramer described the promotion as a form of “guaranteed sunshine” for “discerning customers.”
Writing on LinkedIn, he added that the move would set “an unprecedented standard in luxury hospitality.”
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The free night's stay will come in the form of a voucher that must be redeemed at the hotel within six months.
The Singapore Meteorological Authority describes rainfall in the island nation as “abundant.”
The former British colony's tropical climate means that it rains on average 171 days a year.
The worst time of year for rainfall is November and December, with it raining on average 19 days each month.
