Raffles Singapore was founded by Armenian refugees with a vision to create newfound hotel luxury in Singapore. The hotel bears the name of the founder of modern Singapore and with Accor acquiring the hotel, as part of a $2.7 billion deal, Raffles is a name you will be hearing more often as more Raffles hotels open around the world. Raffles represents almost everything I love about hotels. You get a strong sense that Raffles employees really love what they do and are exceptional at it. The bricks and mortar of the hotel, with its stark white, contrast in such a lovely way with the lush green foliage of the hotel’s tropical gardens.

• 00:58 – INTRODUCTION.
• 03:10 – SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES (Travel Film Archive: ⁠YouTube⁠).
• 05:02 – FOUNDERS - SARKIES BROTHERS.
• 08:56 – CELEBRITY GUESTS (Roman Styran: YouTube).
• 10:47 – LONG BAR & SINGAPORE SLING (Travel Film Archive: ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠).
• 12:40 – TURBULENT TIMES & WORD WAR TWO.
• 13:15 – THE HOTEL & GROUNDS.
• 14:38 – EXECUTIVE HOUSEKEEPER TIPS (CNA Asia: ⁠YouTube⁠).
• 15:35 – POP CULTURE.
• 17:17 – EXECUTIVE CHEF TIPS (CNA Asia: ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠).
• 18:46 – FINAL THOUGHTS.

Raffles has never looked better. There is nowhere else quite like Raffles.

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Visit the Raffles Hotel Singapore website here: www.raffles.com/singapore.