Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore is a five-star deluxe hotel located on Orange Grove Road, off Orchard Road, Singapore.
Opened on 23 April 1971, the hotel is the first hotel of
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts () is a multinational hospitality company. Founded in 1971 by tycoon Robert Kuok in Malaysia, the company now has over 100 luxury hotels and resorts with over 40,000 rooms in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East ...
. The hotel has 747 guestrooms and suites spread over the Tower Wing, Garden Wing, and Valley Wing, 127 serviced apartments, and 55 condominium units.
The hotel is the annual host of a meeting of defense ministers, permanent heads of ministries, and military chiefs of 28 Asia-Pacific states since 2002 that has become known as the
Shangri-La Dialogue. On 7 November 2015, the hotel served as the venue of a historic meeting between
the People's Republic of China's paramount leader
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, s ...
and the Republic of China's President
Ma Ying-jeou, the first meeting between a Mainland China's and Taiwan's leader since the
1949 Chinese Communist Revolution.
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. Besides the rooms and suites, 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 after eight months of renovation which cost
S$68 million.
Restaurants at the hotel
The food and beverage outlets at Shangri-La Hotel Singapore are operated by the same management.
The Shangri-La Dialogue
The
IISS Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue, or also called "Shangri-La Dialogue," is a "
Track One" inter-governmental security forum held annually by an independent think tank, the
International Institute for Strategic Studies, which is attended by various officials of 28 Asia-Pacific states and has been held at the Shangri-La Hotel since 2002.
The special event area for Trump-Kim Summit
The hotel was part of the special event area for
Trump–Kim summit. On 3 June 2018, a "special event area" was declared around the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore,
Capella Singapore
The Capella Resort, Singapore is a luxury resort situated in of grounds and gardens located on Sentosa Island, Singapore. It has 112 manors, suites and guestrooms designed by Norman Foster. It was developed by Pontiac Land and officially opened ...
, and extra security measures were in force from 10 to 14 June 2018.
References
External links
Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore Official Website
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Singaporean companies established in 1971