Fairmont Singapore
History
The Westin Plaza opened in October 1986, as part of the Raffles City complex, which also included a shopping mall, a convention center, an office tower and an adjoining sister hotel, The Westin Stamford. At the conclusion of Westin's 15-year management contract with Raffles Holdings, the hotels were both renamed on 1 January 2002, with The Westin Plaza becoming Raffles The Plaza and The Westin Stamford becoming Swissôtel The Stamford. Raffles The Plaza was renamed again on 12 December 2007, becoming the Fairmont Singapore. In September 2019, Fairmont Singapore completed a renovation of the South Tower.
Aquaponics Farm
Together with Swissotel The Stamford, Fairmont Singapore set up a 450 sq m rooftop aquaponics farm in 2019 where fish and plants are grown together in a closed system. The farm is expected to grow 30% of all vegetables required across the 2 hotels.
Awards
Some of the accolades Fairmont Singapore has received include:
- Singapore's Leading Conference Hotel 2019 (World Travel Awards 2019)
- Awarded the Friend of the Arts award (The Patron of the Arts 2019 Awards)
- Top 5 City Hotels in Singapore (Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards 2019)
- Singapore's Leading Conference Hotel (World Travel Awards 2018)
- Top 25 Hotels in Singapore (TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice Awards 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016)
- Four-Star Rating (FORBES Travel Guide 2018, 2015, 2014)
- Best Wedding Venue (Singapore Tatler's Best of Singapore 2017)
- BCA Green Mark Award 2017 (Gold) for Raffles City Convention Centre
- Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame (Five-Time Winner, TripAdvisor 2015)
- Best in Stay Award (Orbitz Worldwide 2015)
- Top 10 Hotels in Singapore (Condé Nast Travellers Reader's Choice Award 2015)
References
- ^ "The Westin Stamford hotel at Raffles City".
- ^ "Westin Plaza & Stamford no more, soon(1)".
- ^ "Raffles International to Commemorate the Renaming of the Two Landmark Hotels in Raffles City".
- ^ "Fairmont Singapore Opens Its Doors".
- ^ "Review: Fairmont Singapore raises the bar with a luxurious redesign both inside and out". Lifestyle Asia Singapore. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Aquaponics farming: How two hotels are looking to boost their sustainable practices". Channel News Asia Singapore. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Singapore's Leading Conference Hotel 2019". World Travel Awards.
- ^ "NAC - Patron of the Arts". www.nac.gov.sg.
- ^ "The World's Best Hotels in Singapore 2019". Travel + Leisure.
- ^ "World Travel Awards 2018 Asia Winners". World Travel Awards.
- ^ "Top 25 Hotels in Singapore - Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Awards". www.tripadvisor.com.
- ^ "2020 Star Awards Winners". Forbes Travel Guide.
- ^ "BCA Awards 2017" (PDF).
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