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Repurposed bus hotel in Changi Village opens for bookings
The Straits Times|November 07, 2023
Buses upcycled and repurposed as luxury suites; original parts retained as features
- David Sun
Repurposed bus hotel in Changi Village opens for bookings

A new resort hotel with rooms made from old public buses has opened for bookings, with stays to begin from Dec 1.

The Bus Collective features rooms made from 20 decommissioned Scania public buses that were previously operated by SBS Transit.

The buses were upcycled and repurposed as luxury suites, and they now sit on the 8,600 sq m property next to the popular Changi Village Hawker Centre.

Original parts of the buses - including windows, driver seats and steering wheels have been retained as features of the rooms.

Bookings opened last Wednesday, with room rates starting from $398 per night for a room that can accommodate three with a kingsized bed, sofa bed and bathtub.

Other rooms have different configurations, including one with bunk beds and another with a wheelchair-accessible toilet located just outside the room.

All the rooms are 45 sq m in area.

In comparison, a 24 sq m room that sleeps two at the nearby Village Hotel Changi will cost about $198 per night.

The project is the first foray into the hotel business by travel agency WTS Travel, which partnered the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA).

This story is from the November 07, 2023 edition of The Straits Times.

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