Yes, you read that right. The Hyperloop Hotel concept is supposed to enable you to switch between cities at a moment’s notice, and all while remaining in the luxury of your own suite. The Hyperloop Hotel idea is the brainchild of Brandan Siebrecht, a graduate architecture student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and it’s the winning concept of this year’s Radical Innovation Award in the US— an annual competition for imaginative, futuristic hotel designs. It was selected by a jury of seven hotel investors, developers, and architects from among 65 submissions from 24 countries. The Hyperloop Hotel concept would actually connect 13 hotels across the US, and the high speed transit system required by the idea is currently being developed by none other than Elon Musk. The basic idea is to eliminate the need to buy separate transit tickets for traveling between 13 of the largest cities in America, because the Hyperloop Hotel would allow speedy and easy access via a podlike vehicle, which is currently being tested for its capacity to transport people at 750 miles per hour—approximately 1207 kmph! Each pod-like unit would include an office space, a living room with a flat-screen TV, a bedroom, and a bathroom. A flat fee of $1,200 is all it would take for Hyperloop Hotel guests to quickly move between the network of cities, but this amount doesn’t include the tariff for spending the night in the room.
