Shangri-La Hotel Singapore

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Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
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Shangri-La Hotel Singapore
General information
Architectural styleHigh-rise
Address22 Orange Grove Road, Singapore 258350
Coordinates 1°18′40.4″N103°49′35.2″E / 1.311222°N 103.826444°E / 1.311222; 103.826444
Construction started1965;58 years ago (1965)
Completed
  • 1971;52 years ago (1971) (Tower Wing)
  • 1985;38 years ago (1985) (Valley Wing)
  • 1978;45 years ago (1978) (Garden Wing)
Renovated2011-2012 (Garden Wing)
Owner Shangri-La Hotels
Management Shangri-La Hotels
Technical details
Floor count38 and 3 basements
Lifts/elevators80
Design and construction
Developer Shangri-La Hotels
Main contractor Shangri-La Hotels
Other information
Number of rooms747 (hotel)
55 (condominium)
Number of restaurants6
Website
Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore

Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore is a five-star deluxe hotel located on Orange Grove Road, off Orchard Road, Singapore. [1]

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Opened on 23 April 1971, the hotel is the first hotel of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. [2] The hotel has 747 guestrooms and suites, [3] 127 serviced apartments, and 55 condominium units.

The hotel hosts the annual meeting of the Shangri-La Dialogue. [4] In 2015, the hotel was the venue for a historic meeting between the People's Republic of China's paramount leader Xi Jinping and the Republic of China's President Ma Ying-jeou; this was the first meeting between the leaders of Mainland China and Taiwan since the 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution. [5]

Tower Wing

The Tower Wing, which opened in 1971, is the hotel's main wing and houses the deluxe rooms, executive rooms, Horizon Club rooms, and Horizon Premier Suite. Additionally, the majority of the dining outlets in the hotel are located in the Tower Wing.

Garden Wing

The Garden Wing opened in 1978. In 2011, the Garden Wing closed for renovation and reopened on 31 May 2012 [6] after eight months of renovation which cost S$68 million.

The Shangri-La Dialogue

The IISS Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue , also called the "Shangri-La Dialogue", is an annual "Track One" inter-governmental security forum held by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, attended by officials from 28 Asia-Pacific states. The summit has been held at the Shangri-La Hotel since 2002.

The special event area for Trump-Kim Summit

On 3 June 2018, in preparation for the Trump–Kim summit, a "special event area" was declared around the hotel and Capella Singapore. Extra security measures were in force from 10-14 June 2018. [7]

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References

  1. "SHANGRI-LA SINGAPORE: UPDATED 2021 Hotel Reviews, Price Comparison and 2,520 Photos".
  2. Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore – Fast Facts
  3. Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore – Rooms Archived 11 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. About Shangri-La Dialogue
  5. Campbell, Charlie (7 November 2015). "Leaders of China and Taiwan Meet for the First Time". Time . Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore – Garden Wing.
  7. "Area around Shangri-La Hotel declared 'special event area' for Trump-Kim summit". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 5 June 2018.