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

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. 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 The IISS Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) is a " Track One" inter-governmental security conference held annually in Singapore by an independent think tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). The dialogu ...

. On 7 November 2015, the hotel served as the venue of a historic meeting between

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's paramount leader

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and the Republic of China's President

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, 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

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, 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,

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, 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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