{"id":25944,"date":"2020-12-23T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/dec\/23\/glamping-at-singapore-airport-offers-in-tents-retail-therapy-covid"},"modified":"2020-12-23T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T05:45:00","slug":"glamping-at-singapore-airport-offers-in-tents-retail-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=25944","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Glamping&#8217; at Singapore airport offers in-tents retail therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guests grounded by Covid can \u2018wake up to the refreshing view of the majestic HSBC Rain Vortex\u2019 or peg a bargain in the shops<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/coronavirus-live\/latest\">Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Singapore\u2019s Changi airport is charging customers up to $269 per night for the chance to camp in a tent in its retail wing, the latest unusual travel experience aimed at boosting revenue during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the \u201cglamping\u201d experience, which have already sold out, offer guests the chance to \u201cwake up to the refreshing view of the majestic HSBC Rain Vortex\u201d, the world\u2019s largest indoor waterfall. Tents are four metres in diameter and come with blankets. Shopping discounts are also included.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/dec\/23\/glamping-at-singapore-airport-offers-in-tents-retail-therapy-covid\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guests grounded by Covid can \u2018wake up to the refreshing view of the majestic HSBC Rain Vortex\u2019 or peg a bargain in the shopsCoronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSingapore\u2019s Changi airport is charging customers up to $269 per nigh&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[376,41,1066,914,783],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-transport","category-asia-pacific","category-coronavirus","category-infectious-diseases","category-singapore"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25945,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25944\/revisions\/25945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}