Saudi Arabia’s NEOM backs $350m sustainable hot air balloon hotel
Nimbus will fly above NEOM, landing at 20 sites and costing almost $8,000 a night
A US$350 million five-star hotel in the form of a hot air balloon has been backed by NEOM. Nimbus, conceived by a group of students at Cornell University, will fly above the skies of the giga-project as a self-contained hotel room costing $7,900 a night.
A US$350 million five-star hotel in the form of a hot air balloon has been backed by NEOM. Nimbus, conceived by a group of students at Cornell University, will fly above the skies of the giga-project as a self-contained hotel room costing $7,900 a night.
Nimbus was the winning project at this year’s Sustainable Hospitality Challenge, which saw more than 40 universities world-wide work on sustainable hospitality projects to present to NEOM chiefs.
As the winning project, the four students will be flown out to NEOM to analyse the site’s geography; meet the hotel development team; see potential development sites; and “hopefully bring Nimbus to reality”.