#2 in Top 20 Singapore for Business · ★★★★★+
Raffles Singapore
All-suite colonial palace, Long Bar Singapore Sling, the prestige-business address.
All-suite colonial palace, Long Bar Singapore Sling, the prestige-business address.
"All-suite colonial palace, Long Bar Singapore Sling, the prestige-business address."
Raffles Singapore opened in 1887, the colonial-British luxury hotel that hosted Somerset Maugham, Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, and Charlie Chaplin (the signature Singapore Sling cocktail was invented at the Raffles Long Bar in 1915 by Ngiam Tong Boon), and the property emerged from its three-phase 2017-2019 restoration as Asia's most storied heritage address. One hundred and fifteen suites only, no standard rooms (the restoration added Residence, Promenade and Studio suites to take the count from 103 to 115), and the twelve Personality Suites (named for past guests such as Ava Gardner, John Wayne and Rudyard Kipling) plus the Presidential Suites sit at the top of the range. The asset is the colonial-heritage operating culture and the Long Bar, the Long Bar invented the Singapore Sling, the Tiffin Room (the 1892-founded curry-buffet) is the heritage-dining centerpiece, and the Bar & Billiard Room is the business-cocktail venue. Raffles Singapore is the right pick for the Singapore business trip with the Western-international-clientele where the colonial-heritage positioning is the centerpiece, the trip's centerpiece is the Long Bar Singapore Sling and the Tiffin Room curry lunch.
A Personality Suite (any of the twelve named for famous past guests) for the heritage stay, or a Courtyard Suite as the entry-level all-suite product.
Pre-arrange the Long Bar Singapore Sling experience on day one, the centerpiece. Eat lunch at the Tiffin Room (the 1892-founded curry-buffet) on day two. The Raffles butler service handles the multi-day APAC-trip logistics.
Raffles Singapore sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Singapore for Business list. It scored an aggregate 9.9/10 across the three editorial criteria, competitive against the field but, on business-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Singapore neighbourhood, see Civic District and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
Once your dates are fixed, aim to reserve the room about three months out. Suites with the prime view angle sell through first; for peak months, availability is measured in months rather than weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces, the ones that earn this rank, are typically the first to sell out.
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