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Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | High-rise |
Address | 22 Orange Grove Road, Singapore 258350 |
Coordinates | 1°18′40.4″N103°49′35.2″E / 1.311222°N 103.826444°E |
Construction started | 1965 |
Completed |
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Renovated | 2011-2012 (Garden Wing) |
Owner | Shangri-La Hotels |
Management | Shangri-La Hotels |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 38 and 3 basements |
Lifts/elevators | 80 |
Design and construction | |
Developer | Shangri-La Hotels |
Main contractor | Shangri-La Hotels |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 747 (hotel) 55 (condominium) |
Number of restaurants | 6 |
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]
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]
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.
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 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.
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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