Raffles Hotel - Singapore
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Raffles Hotel is a British colonial-style luxury hotel in Singapore. It was established by Armenian hoteliers, the Sarkies Brothers, in 1887.
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Location: Singapore
Date Posted: 02/28/2023
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The hotel was named after British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore.
It is the flagship property of Raffles Hotels & Resorts, and is managed by AccorHotels after Accor acquired FRHI Hotels & Resorts. The hotel is owned by Qatar-based, government-owned Katara Hospitality.
Raffles Hotel has a shopping arcade with 40 speciality boutiques. The arcade also houses most of the hotel's restaurants.
In popular culture
Raffles is the setting for Ryu Murakami's novel and its film adaptation titled Raffles Hotel. The film was shot on location.
The hotel was featured as a Japanese stronghold in Medal of Honor: Rising Sun.
The hotel was where Nick and Rachel stayed when they arrived in Singapore in Crazy Rich Asians.
Raffles Hotel was the subject of Paul O'Grady's Orient for Carlton Television.
Raffles Hotel featured in episodes of the BBC/ABC co-production Tenko, with the majority of series 3 taking place in the hotel.
The 2018 renovation was the subject of the TV documentary series, Raffles: An Icon Reborn
In Malcolm Pryce's 2020 detective novel, 'The Corpse in the Garden of Perfect Brightness', the detective, Jack Wenlock, tracks down and interviews a contact at Raffles. Throughout the book, characters refer to the hotel rather unusually as 'the Raffles', rather than simply 'Raffles'.
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