A luxury hotel that looks like a quarantine facility. In Singapore, Connect @ Changi intends to provide a safe place to travelers deal in the context of a global health crisis, which already has more than 2.4 million victims worldwide. The establishment then decided to adapt its structure accordingly to allow these clients to work in the island city-state. “without suffering the limitations of quarantine”, report Western france, while guaranteeing the health security of the country.
Upon arrival at the airport, the traveler is immediately tested for coronavirus before being taken to the hotel. Then you need to wait for the results in your room – as long as they were not provided, the camera number remains red until a negative test is obtained. When the traveler is diagnosed negative, they can work, but remain within the complex.
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For an ultra-safe trip, glass partitions, equipped with hygiaphone, were installed in the meeting rooms. Special locks to do without paper documents, “disinfected by radiation on the road.” In addition, each client is tested several times throughout their stay. In case of positive result, you are invited to go to the hospital. For this package that includes three meals, transfers between the hotel and the airport and the Covid tests, count 313 euros per day.
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This initiative aims to offset the long months of closure that have seriously affected Singapore’s economy. Last year, the city-state experienced “the worst recession in its history”, explains the Swiss newspaper The morning Only 2.7 million foreign visitors were registered in 2020, compared to 19.1 million in 2019. But Vice Premier Heng Swee Keat assures us: Connect @ Changi will “preserve our role as a global financial center,” he said during its inauguration.
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