#1 in Singapore for Businesss
Marina Bay · ★★★★★ · from S$700/night
"SkyPark infinity pool, three towers, the most-recognisable business hotel in APAC."
9.7Room & Design
9.7Service
9.9Location
Why for business — Marina Bay Sands opened in 2010 as the working integrated-resort across three towers connected by the working SkyPark — the working Moshe Safdie-designed working 200-metre rooftop garden that holds the working 150-metre infinity pool (the working highest-and-longest hotel infinit…
Best room: Sands Suite (the working private-terrace flagship) or Premier Marina Bay View Room for the working entry-level option.
#2 in Singapore for Businesss
Civic District · ★★★★★+ · from S$900/night
"All-suite colonial palace, Long Bar Singapore Sling — the prestige-business address."
9.9Room & Design
9.9Service
9.8Location
Why for business — Raffles Singapore opened in 1887 — the working colonial-British luxury hotel that hosted Somerset Maugham, Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, and the working Edward VIII (the working signature Singapore Sling cocktail was invented at the Raffles Long Bar in 1915 by Ngiam Tong Boon) …
Best room: Presidential Suite (the working themed-heritage flagship) or Personality Suite (any of the working themed multi-room suites) or Courtyard Suite for the entry-level all-suite product.
#3 in Singapore for Businesss
Civic District (Marina Bay-side) · ★★★★★ · from S$500/night
"Former General Post Office, Marina Bay-side — the heritage-financial-district base."
9.7Room & Design
9.8Service
9.9Location
Why for business — The Fullerton Hotel Singapore opened in 2001 in the restored 1928 General Post Office building — the working neoclassical Doric-column landmark on the Marina Bay-and-Singapore-River junction, the working post-office served the country until 1996 and was converted into the hotel i…
Best room: Presidential Suite (the working multi-room flagship) or Premier Bay View Room for the working entry-level Marina-Bay-view option.
#4 in Singapore for Businesss
Marina Bay (Clifford Pier) · ★★★★★ · from S$650/night
"On the working Clifford Pier waterfront, glass-and-steel Marina Bay Sands views — the contemporary-business flagship."
9.7Room & Design
9.8Service
9.9Location
Why for business — The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore opened in 2010 — the working contemporary-Modernist sister-property to the working Fullerton Hotel, built directly on the working Clifford Pier (the working 1933 working dock-house preserved as the working hotel's atrium). One hundred rooms acros…
Best room: Premier Marina Bay View King (the working contemporary-flagship with Marina-Bay-Sands view) or Bay View Suite for the working couple-of-friends option.
#5 in Singapore for Businesss
Marina Bay (Suntec adjacency) · ★★★★★ · from S$550/night
"Marina Bay-side, top-floor Marina Suites — the business-with-view classic."
9.7Room & Design
9.9Service
9.7Location
Why for business — Mandarin Oriental Singapore opened in 1987 in the working fan-shaped tower at the Marina Bay-and-Suntec edge — the working Asian-discipline operating culture, the working signature Mandarin Oriental brand DNA translated to the Singapore context, and the working CBD-and-Suntec-Con…
Best room: Marina Suite (the working corner-flagship with Marina-Bay-Sands view) or Premier Marina Bay View Room for the entry-level option.
#6 in Singapore for Businesss
Orchard · ★★★★★ · from S$650/night
"Orchard Road-side, business-traveler classic, Jiang-Nan Chun for client lunches."
9.7Room & Design
9.9Service
9.7Location
Why for business — Four Seasons Hotel Singapore opened in 1994 in the working Orchard Boulevard hotel-tower — the working Orchard Road-cluster's working business-flagship, with the working Jiang-Nan Chun (the working Cantonese signature restaurant) handling the working business-client lunch program…
Best room: Presidential Suite (the working multi-room flagship) or Junior Suite Premier for the working business-traveller flagship.
#7 in Singapore for Businesss
Orchard (Orange Grove) · ★★★★★ · from S$500/night
"Garden Wing, Valley Wing, Tower Wing — the Asian-leadership-summit hotel since 1971."
9.7Room & Design
9.9Service
9.7Location
Why for business — Shangri-La Singapore opened in 1971 — the working flagship of the Shangri-La Hotels group (the working Hong Kong-headquartered working APAC-luxury chain founded by Robert Kuok) and the working Asian-leadership-summit hotel (the property hosts the working annual IISS Shangri-La Di…
Best room: Valley Wing Imperial Suite (the working multi-room private-butler flagship) or Valley Wing Premier Room for the working entry-level Valley-Wing option.
#8 in Singapore for Businesss
Tanglin (Orchard-adjacent) · ★★★★★ · from S$650/night
"Tanglin Road, butler service, the discreet-business-meeting hotel."
9.7Room & Design
9.9Service
9.6Location
Why for business — The St. Regis Singapore opened in 2008 on Tanglin Road — the working Tanglin-and-Orchard cluster, the working St. Regis brand's Singapore flagship with the working 24-hour per-floor butler service. Two hundred and ninety-nine rooms across the multi-storey property, every guest re…
Best room: Presidential Suite (the working multi-room flagship) or Caroline Astor Suite for the working entry-level St-Regis-suite option.
#9 in Singapore for Businesss
Marina Bay (Suntec) · ★★★★★ · from S$400/night
"Marina Centre, walking to Suntec — the convention-business-base."
9.4Room & Design
9.5Service
9.7Location
Why for business — Conrad Centennial Singapore is the Hilton-group's Singapore flagship — the property is on the Marina Bay-Suntec edge, with the working 5-minute walking access to the Suntec Convention Centre (the working Singapore's largest convention-and-exhibition venue) and the working Marina …
Best room: Presidential Suite (the working multi-room flagship) or Premier Marina View Room for the working entry-level Marina-Bay-direction option.
#10 in Singapore for Businesss
Marina Bay (Marina Centre) · ★★★★★ · from S$650/night
"Ashok Nair-designed octagonal tower, Marina Centre, suite-to-meeting room benchmark."
9.7Room & Design
9.9Service
9.8Location
Why for business — The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore opened in 1996 in the working Kevin Roche-designed octagonal tower at the Marina Centre — the working only working octagonal-shaped luxury hotel in Singapore, with the working signature working octagonal-window working bath in every room (the …
Best room: Presidential Suite (the working multi-room flagship) or Premier Marina Bay View Room for the working entry-level octagonal-bath-room option.
#11 in Singapore for Businesss
Marina Bay (Suntec) · ★★★★★ · from S$350/night
"Marina Centre, Suntec adjacency — the convention-meeting business-base."
9.4Room & Design
9.5Service
9.7Location
Why for business — Pan Pacific Singapore is the working Pan Pacific group's working Singapore flagship — the property is the working multi-storey atrium-tower next to Suntec Convention Centre, with the working signature 35-storey atrium that is the working Singapore's tallest hotel-atrium. Seven hu…
Best room: Pan Pacific Suite (the working flagship) or Premier Suntec View Room for the working entry-level option.
#12 in Singapore for Businesss
Civic District (Bugis) · ★★★★★ · from S$400/night
"Restored Bugis shophouses on the heritage wing — the cultural-business base."
9.4Room & Design
9.6Service
9.6Location
Why for business — InterContinental Singapore opened in 1995 in the Bugis Junction integrated complex — the property is the working only luxury hotel in Singapore that includes a working restored 1920s-shophouse heritage wing (the working hotel preserved 21 working Bugis-shophouse units as the work…
Best room: Heritage Suite (the working preserved-shophouse flagship) or Tower King Premier for the working entry-level Tower-Wing option.
#13 in Singapore for Businesss
Sentosa Island · ★★★★★ · from S$1,200/night
"Sentosa Island, Norman Foster-restored colonial-British military barracks — the off-CBD private-meeting hotel."
9.9Room & Design
9.9Service
9.5Location
Why for business — Capella Singapore opened in 2009 on Sentosa Island — the working 30-acre estate occupying the working two-storey 1880s colonial-British Tanah Merah military-barracks (the working Norman Foster's 2007-restoration combined the working preserved-barracks with the working contemporar…
Best room: The Manor (the working three-bedroom milestone-flagship) or Premier Sea-View Suite for the working business-traveller flagship.
#14 in Singapore for Businesss
Tanjong Pagar (Maxwell) · ★★★★★ · from S$600/night
"Tanjong Pagar shophouse heritage, six-senses-wellness — the small-business-meeting hotel."
9.6Room & Design
9.7Service
9.6Location
Why for business — Six Senses Maxwell opened in 2018 in the working restored 1929 working Tanjong Pagar shophouse complex — the working Six Senses brand's first Singapore property (with the sister Six Senses Duxton 8 minutes' walk away), and the working only Singapore luxury hotel that occupies a w…
Best room: Mansion Suite (the working multi-room flagship) or Premier Shophouse Room for the working entry-level shophouse-suite option.
#15 in Singapore for Businesss
Tanjong Pagar (Duxton Hill) · ★★★★★ · from S$500/night
"Eight 1920s shophouses, design-led — the discreet-deal-base."
9.5Room & Design
9.7Service
9.6Location
Why for business — Six Senses Duxton is the working sister-property to Six Senses Maxwell — the property occupies a working 8-shophouse complex on Duxton Hill, the working most-architecturally-distinctive Tanjong Pagar shophouse cluster. Forty-nine rooms only — the smallest Six Senses property in S…
Best room: Mansion Suite (the working flagship) or Premier Shophouse Room for the working entry-level option.
#16 in Singapore for Businesss
Robertson Quay (Singapore River) · ★★★★★ · from S$350/night
"Robertson Quay, restored 1895 godown — the design-led business-base."
9.4Room & Design
9.5Service
9.4Location
Why for business — The Warehouse Hotel opened in 2017 in the working restored 1895 godown (the working historic warehouse) on Robertson Quay — the working only Singapore luxury hotel in a working preserved godown architecture, with the working contemporary-Asian-design language. Thirty-seven rooms …
Best room: Loft Suite (the working flagship) or Premier King Room for the working entry-level option.
#17 in Singapore for Businesss
Civic District (Beach Road) · ★★★★★ · from S$450/night
"Foster + Partners-designed, Beach Road, the design-led business hotel."
9.5Room & Design
9.6Service
9.6Location
Why for business — JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach opened in 2016 in the working Foster + Partners-designed working South Beach integrated-development on Beach Road — the working Norman Foster's working contemporary-tower-and-restored-1900s-NCO-Club-shophouse combination. Six hundred and th…
Best room: Presidential Suite (the working multi-room flagship) or Premier King Room for the working entry-level option.
#18 in Singapore for Businesss
Bugis (DUO Towers) · ★★★★★ · from S$400/night
"Bugis-side, Andre Fu-designed, top-floor Mr Stork rooftop — the creative-business-base."
9.5Room & Design
9.5Service
9.6Location
Why for business — Andaz Singapore opened in 2017 on the upper floors of the DUO Towers — the working Bugis-and-Marina-Bay edge, with the working Andre Fu-designed contemporary-Asian interior and the working Mr Stork rooftop bar (the working 38-storey rooftop with the working Singapore-skyline view…
Best room: Andaz Suite (the working multi-room flagship) or Premier Skyline View Room for the working entry-level option.
#19 in Singapore for Businesss
Sentosa Island · ★★★★★ · from S$450/night
"Sentosa cliff-top resort — the post-meeting decompression base."
9.4Room & Design
9.5Service
9.4Location
Why for business — Sofitel Singapore Sentosa Resort & Spa is the working Sofitel-brand Sentosa-island flagship — the property occupies a working 27-acre cliff-top property on the southern Sentosa coast, with the working full-resort working pool-and-villa product. Two hundred and fifteen rooms a…
Best room: Sofitel Villa (the working multi-room flagship) or Premier Sea-View Room for the working entry-level option.
#20 in Singapore for Businesss
Civic District (City Hall) · ★★★★★ · from S$500/night
"Two restored 1930s buildings, Civic District — the polished business-base."
9.7Room & Design
9.8Service
9.9Location
Why for business — The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore opened in 2018 in the working two-restored-1930s-buildings on Stamford Road — the working Capitol Building (the working 1933 Art Deco) and the working Stamford House (the working 1904 Victorian-Renaissance), connected by a working contemporar…
Best room: Heritage Suite (the working multi-bedroom flagship in either Capitol or Stamford) or Premier King Room for the working entry-level option.
Why Singapore for Business
Singapore is the only working APAC capital where the working English-language working business infrastructure runs on a working 24-hour clock at the working developed-world execution standard. The working Changi Airport handles the working APAC multi-city-trip arrival in the working 40-minute-door-to-airport-door logistics that no other working APAC city can match (Hong Kong's airport is 40 minutes from Central, Bangkok's is 60+ minutes from the CBD, Tokyo's Haneda-and-Narita are 30-and-90 minutes), and the working Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) handles the working in-city executive transport at the working developed-world reliability tier.
The functional infrastructure of a Singapore business hotel matters more than the brand. Five things separate a working business hotel from a luxury hotel that happens to host businesspeople. The Marina-Bay-or-financial-district position — the working Marina Bay cluster (Marina Bay Sands, Mandarin Oriental, Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Pan Pacific, Conrad Centennial, Fullerton Bay) is the working Singapore-business district, with the working 5-minute walk to Raffles Place MRT and the working 10-minute walk to the working CBD financial offices. The executive lounge product — the working Singapore business hotel's working executive lounge handles the working breakfast, the working pre-dinner cocktails, the working business-meeting venue, and the working 24-hour Wi-Fi-and-snack programme. The dining variety — Singapore's working five-stars hold 8-12 restaurants on-site (Marina Bay Sands has 60+ in the integrated-resort complex, Raffles has 8 in-house), and the working executive uses 4-5 different restaurants across a 5-night stay. The 24-hour service infrastructure — the working 6am breakfast for the working European-time-zone calls, the working 24-hour room service for the working international-arrival-meal, the working 24-hour business centre for the working last-minute working presentation. The Changi Airport-to-hotel logistics — every working Singapore luxury hotel offers the working complimentary airport pickup or the working 30-minute taxi service.
The neighbourhood map for Singapore business hotels divides into five operating districts. Marina Bay (Marina Bay Sands, Mandarin Oriental, Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Pan Pacific, Conrad Centennial, Fullerton Bay) holds the working financial-district cluster — the working centerpiece is the working Marina Bay Sands SkyPark and the working CBD-walking-circuit. The Civic District (Raffles Singapore, the Fullerton Hotel, the Capitol Kempinski, InterContinental Singapore) is the working heritage-and-cultural cluster — the working Raffles-and-Padang heritage circuit. Orchard (Four Seasons Singapore, Mandarin Singapore, Goodwood Park, Shangri-La, St Regis) is the working shopping-and-Embassy-cluster. Tanjong Pagar-Maxwell (Six Senses Maxwell, Six Senses Duxton, the Warehouse Hotel) is the working historic-shophouse-CBD-walking cluster. Sentosa (Capella, Sofitel Sentosa) is the working offsite-and-incentive alternative.
