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China’s Nap Cinemas Draw Attention With Two-Hour Lunch Break Rest for 39.9 Yuan a Month
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China’s Nap Cinemas Draw Attention With Two-Hour Lunch Break Rest for 39.9 Yuan a Month

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A cinema in Xi’an offers office workers access to reclining seats for about two hours of weekday lunchtime rest.
  • The service costs 39.9 yuan per month and includes blankets and coffee, while disposable earplugs and eye masks are sold separately.
  • The cinema introduced the service to improve occupancy during sparsely attended weekday daytime hours.

A cinema in Xi’an is offering office workers a place to sleep during lunch, turning quiet weekday screening rooms into a paid nap service.

The Lumière Cinema has operated the service since April last year. For 39.9 yuan a month, customers can rest during weekday lunch hours in two designated theaters. The seats recline 180 degrees and can be used for up to two and a half hours from noon.

The two theaters have 76 seats in total. The cinema provides blankets and coffee at no extra charge, while disposable earplugs and eye masks cost 5.9 yuan each.

Cinema representative Xu said the service was designed to raise seat occupancy during weekday daytime periods, when few customers attend screenings.

We planned the service to increase seat occupancy during weekday daytime hours, when there are fewer customers.

— XuA cinema representative explained why the nap service was introduced.
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