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Swissôtel The Stamford, formerly known as The Westin Stamford, is a hotel in Singapore managed by Accor.Designed by architect I.M. Pei, at a height of 226 metres (741 ft) it was the tallest hotel in the world when opened in 1986 and remains one of Southeast Asia's tallest hotels. [1]
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 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.
Accor S.A. is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties. [5] It is the largest hospitality company in Europe, and the sixth largest hospitality company worldwide. [6] Accor operates 5,584 locations in over 110 countries.
The company purchased the Swissôtel chain in 2001, and it took over the then Westin Stamford and Westin Plaza (both in Singapore) as the contract expired at the end of the year. On January 1, 2002, the two hotels were renamed as Swissôtel The Stamford and Raffles The Plaza (now Fairmont Singapore) respectively, with a refurbished look.
Ibis Budget (stylised ibis budget) is a French budget hotel brand owned by Accor. [2] Created in 1992 in France under the name Etap Hôtel , the brand was renamed Ibis Budget in 2011. As of 2018, Ibis Budget managed 614 hotels in 20 countries.
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts (German pronunciation: [ˈmøːvənpɪk]; English: / ˈ m uː v ə n ˌ p ɪ k /) is a Swiss hotel management company headquartered in Baar, Switzerland.It is fully owned by Accor since the September 2018 acquisition from former shareholders Mövenpick Holding (66.7%) and the Saudi-based Kingdom Group (33.3%).
In 2014, the AccorHotels group announced its intent to double its Asia-Pacific portfolio with the opening of 47 new Pullman hotels in the region, 38 of those in China. [13] That same year, the 338-room Pullman Shanghai South opened, making it the 15th Pullman property in China, and the 45th in Asia-Pacific. [ 14 ]