The Singapore F1 tickets are fast selling out, but fans can still catch the action from some choice locations. Hotels along the circuit are seeing high demand but rooms with a circuit view are still available, if you're willing to pay. Offering a bird's eye view of the race, the Swissotel is probably the place to be during the F1 weekend. The hotel is also home to three major F1 teams - Ferrari, BMW and...
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Only 3 out of 15 hotels report full occupancy during Grand Prix stretch AS SINGAPORE hoteliers gear up for the nation’s first ever Formula 1 night race later this week, the initial euphoria about a potentially huge tourist windfall has given way to more realistic expectations. Of the management teams at 15 hotels Today spoke to, only three — The Fullerton, Ritz Carlton and St Regis — report full...
The Swissotel Merchant Court Hotel in Singapore is being offered for sale by international tender. The sale is managed by Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. The 476-room hotel is located on the banks of the Singapore River and is within walking distance to the city's business and financial districts. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels expects investor interest in the property to be strong from regions such as Europe and...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has released detailed sales conditions for a reserve site at Short Street for hotel development. The site, located within the Bras Basah and Bugis district, is one of two new hotel sites scheduled for release for application under the reserve list of the Government Land Sales programme for the second half this year. Developers interested in purchasing the site can...
Former Changi Camp buildings to be transformed into tourist hotel HOTELS operators are being sought to give these two rundown barracks buildings near Changi Village a new lease of life. They used to be part of a military camp in Hendon Road. However, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) believes they can be readily adapted into a hotel and is inviting a public tender. Since last year, SLA has awarded four...
The former Changi Military Camp at Hendon Road has been offered for development as a hotel. This is the second state property that has been put up for hotel use. The first state property that has been converted for hotel use is No. 175A Chin Swee Road. It is now a boutique business hotel called Hotel Re!. The former military camp has a land area of 9,666 square metres – slightly larger than a football...
No-frills establishments offering high-tech amenities aimed at business travellers MILLENNIUM and Copthorne Hotels (M&C) may build up to five more “limited service” hotels in Singapore, if the one currently under construction along Mohammed Sultan Road takes off. The London-listed hotel group’s chief executive Richard Hartman, revealing this yesterday during an interview, said more may also pop...
Allco Commercial REIT has been given the green light to build a 10-storey hotel with about 350 rooms at China Square Central. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has granted Allco REIT permission to add 16,000 square metres of gross floor area to the development in the central business district. The development currently consists of a 15-storey office block and 38 conservation shop house...
PROPERTY watchers say they do not expect to see any sale of the hotel sites under the Reserve List during the coming quarter, because of the current cautious sentiment in the market. Under the Government Land Sales programme for the second half of the year announced on Thursday, 10 hotel sites were up for sale but only one via the Confirmed List. Hotel room rates have been rising as Singapore receives...
Capitol Centre at Stamford Road may be demolished to make way for a new hotel to meet demand for hotel rooms. The location is one of eight confirmed sites that have been released for sale, under the Government's Land Sales programme. The Ministry of National Development also announced on Thursday that it will release enough land to potentially build nearly 8,000 private residential units, in the second...