Capella Hotel
Architecture and design
The hotel, which opened in 2009, was designed by architectural firm Foster and Partners in collaboration with DP Architects Pte Ltd. Its interiors were designed by Indonesian interior designer, Jaya Ibrahim. The landscape architecture was designed by Coopers Hill. The building integrates two Tanah Merah military buildings dating from the 1880s with a new hotel, villas, event spaces and a spa.
The Tiong Seng Group was the building and civil contractor of the Capella Singapore with Millenia Hotel Pte Ltd. as their client.
2018 North Korea–United States summit
The 2018 United States–North Korea Summit was held at the resort beginning at 9:04 a.m. Singapore Standard Time on 12 June 2018. Singapore announced the several locations related to the Trump-Kim summit would be designated as "Special event areas" and secured by both leaders' own personal security teams, elite Singaporean police, and the Gurkha Contingent of Singapore.
References
- ^ www.fosterandpartners.com, Foster + Partners /. "Capella Resort - Foster + Partners". www.fosterandpartners.com.
- ^ "Accommodations". www.capellahotels.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "About". www.capellahotels.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Inside the hotel where Trump and Kim will meet". CNN Travel. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Inside the luxury Singapore hotel that will host the historic Trump-Kim summit". The Telegraph. 2018-06-06. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ "Capella".
- ^ "Capella Singapore, Sentosa Island Hotel - e-architect". 6 April 2009.
- ^ "The Capella, Singapore". Tiong Seng Group. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "Trump-Kim summit to be held at Capella Hotel - NK News - North Korea News". 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Trump-Kim summit venue? Security tightens near two hotels". 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Gurkhas of Nepal to protect Trump and Kim at summit". ABC News. Reuters/AP. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
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