Hyundai has opened “the world’s first car-powered resort”, providing essentially the most distinctive off-grid expertise of 2022.
Located in Essex, Lodge Hyundai is centred round a luxurious cabin and set throughout three key areas:
The visitor suite
A high-end luxurious cabin by Colemans Farm, the room affords all the things company can anticipate from a luxurious boutique resort. From the lights and all facilities, all the things is powered by the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and its Car-to-Load expertise.
V2L expertise permits homeowners to make use of the high-voltage battery to energy home equipment when away from an influence supply, making it good for off-grid experiences.
Bar & restaurant
No resort is full and not using a bar and restaurant and Lodge Hyundai isn’t any totally different. The menu and mixology have been curated by Grace Dent, offering a meals and beverage providing as progressive and sustainable because the vehicles powering it, with elements sourced domestically inside Essex. In addition to indoor-outdoor eating and cooking over hearth, the bar and restaurant space may have an Ioniq 5 espresso lounge, with expertly ready espresso powered by the automobile.
Cinema
To complete off the night, company are invited to take pleasure in a movie from a car-powered projector and audio system, with a V2L powered popcorn machine for the true cinema expertise.
The brand new one-of-a-kind expertise, curated by broadcaster and critic Grace Dent, launches as analysis commissioned by Hyundai discovered that just about half (46%) say that sustainability and the setting are extra necessary to them now in comparison with 5 years in the past when selecting vacation lodging.
An additional quarter (25%) are selecting staycations over travelling overseas to scale back their carbon footprint by flying much less.
Two fifths (40%) say they’re additionally on the lookout for cheaper journey choices this 12 months and over half (55%) admit this choice is because of the present value of residing disaster. Because of this, over half (53%) say they want to make investments their vacation spend in native UK economies quite than overseas.
Different causes for selecting staycations over travelling overseas embrace assuaging the stress of journey disruptions (51%), the truth that UK summers have gotten hotter (26%) and to save cash (25%).
Grace Dent stated: “We’re on the lookout for distinctive, memorable stays extra now than ever and it is a scrumptious mix of innovation, luxurious and luxury that will get you considering. With energy coming from the automobile, the place might Lodge Hyundai pop-up subsequent?
“I’m excited for these staying with us to pattern the sustainable, domestically sourced menu in addition to the equally fabulous cocktails, and naturally to take pleasure in an excellent evening’s sleep.
“I hope this three-week pop-up resort is simply the beginning for this idea of a automobile plugging in and powering a luxurious expertise like this. I’m predicting that company will likely be hoping that his wonderful resort and the complete expertise it affords may be right here once more in 2023.”
