Looking for a different type of staycation?
Bored of checking in to a generic hotel?
How about sleeping in a shipping container?
Yes, you heard that right.
A.
Shipping.
Container.
If you do, then you’re going to want to hear this.
Someone’s Launching Shipping Container Hotels in S’pore
Meet Mr Seah Liang Chiang.
This entrepreneur has a dream of spreading his shipping container hotels in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.
As a start, he is setting up two container hotels at JTC Corporation’s start-up cluster, Launchpad @ one-north and have it up and running by mid-December 2019.
He even had an official launch planned for January 2020 with the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Going Where No Hotels Have Been
Hotels are big. They need space and not everywhere in Singapore is big enough for them.
That, Mr Seah hope, is key to his business.
Bringing up the example of the Launchpad, he said that the area has Timbre+ and plenty of people go at night to drink.
But there’s no accommodation in the area.
With his container hotels, he wants to bring people to live “off the grid” in places where there “can’t be permanent hotel structures”.
What You Will Get
The containers will not have a swimming pool, room service or daily cleaning services but guests will get a 24-hour hotline they can call if they need anything.
Each container comes with a queen-size bed, toilet, kitchen and dining area, TV and a sofa.
The containers will be cleaned after each stay.
Now, for the most important question: how much does it cost?
Each night at the container hotel at one-north will cost you about $150 to $200.
Will It Work?
Probably. After all, people today aren’t happy to just stay in a normal hotel. They’re looking for different experiences out of their everyday lives.
In addition, the container hotels will be shifted to new locations after every two to three years, making it an exciting & time-limited place to stay at.
And you’ve got to admit, managing to find a way for people to live “off-the-grid” in a country like Singapore where everywhere is urbanised is pretty cool too.
