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Raffles Singapore is a historic luxury hotel at 1 Beach Road, in Singapore. It was established by Armenian hoteliers, the Sarkies Brothers , in 1887. The hotel was named after British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles , the founder of modern Singapore.
In 2005, Colony Capital bought Raffles Holdings for $1 billion from the Singapore government. Raffles and Swissôtel joined Fairmont Hotels in the newly formed holding, FRHI Hotels & Resorts, in 2006. [8] In December 2015, Accor announced the acquisition of FRHI Hotels & Resorts, taking over the Fairmont, Raffles, and Swissotel hotel chains. [9]
Raffles City is a large complex located in the Civic District within the Downtown Core of the city-state of Singapore.Occupying an entire city block bounded by Stamford Road, Beach Road, Bras Basah Road and North Bridge Road, it houses two hotels and an office tower over a podium which contains a shopping complex and a convention centre.
Raffles, upon his return from Bencoolen, Sumatra in October 1822, impressed with Coleman's design, approved the house. [2] Construction of the house was soon begun on Singapore Hill in November 1822 and completed by January 1823. [3] Raffles and his wife Sophie would move to the house by early January 1823.
One George Street (Chinese: 乔治街一号) is a 153 m (502 ft), 23-storey class-A office building skyscraper in Raffles Place, Singapore. The High Commissions of Canada and New Zealand currently occupy the 11th floor and the 21st floor of the office building respectively.
Singapore’s largest hotel, Marina Bay Sands is home to the 1.2-hectare Sand SkyPark, where you can catch a view of Singapore’s skyline from 656 feet up — higher than the Eiffel Tower rises ...
Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. [1] It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Singapore in Raffles Town Plan. It was renamed Raffles Place in 1858 and is now the site of a number ...
Raffles City Convention Centre (RCCC) spans more than 108,000 square feet (10,000 m 2) of flexible function space, including 27 meeting rooms and three ballrooms. The centre also provides off-site catering. Some major long-term events include the Singapore Air Show (since 2004) and Singapore Grand Prix (since 2007)