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Mandarin Oriental Singapore Completes Six-Month Transformation

Owned by Marina Centre Holdings, Hotel Has 36-Year Legacy
The Mandarin Oriental Singapore features 510 rooms and suites. The renovation includes a refresh of guest rooms led by DesignWilkes Principal Designer Jeffrey Wilkes. Shown here is a Bay View King guest room. (Mandarin Oriental Singapore)
The Mandarin Oriental Singapore features 510 rooms and suites. The renovation includes a refresh of guest rooms led by DesignWilkes Principal Designer Jeffrey Wilkes. Shown here is a Bay View King guest room. (Mandarin Oriental Singapore)
Hotel News Now
November 30, 2023 | 2:42 P.M.

The Mandarin Oriental Singapore has reopened following a six-month, multimillion-dollar transformation.

The renovation, which finished in September, brought an elevated look and feel to the hotel's public spaces and guest rooms.

A Singapore-based newspaper reports the total renovation cost was more than $100 million.

The Mandarin Oriental Singapore first opened in 1987 and is located along Marina Bay and near the heart of the central business district.

According to CoStar Group data, the hotel is owned by Marina Centre Holdings and operated by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. The original developer of the 510-room hotel is Singapore Land Group Limited and the architect was Portman Architects.

Interior design firm DesignWilkes Principal Designer Jeffrey Wilkes has led the recent renovation, weaving in signature Singaporean elements such as Peranakan-style architecture and Angsana trees.

Wilkes also made a point to blur the boundaries between indoors and outdoors through design.

"Guest rooms take cues from the scenes outside their windows — dappled batik patterns and a cooler color palette blend with the undulating water of Marina Bay-facing rooms, while those looking onto the South China Sea are bathed in warm tones reminiscent of the morning sun. City-facing rooms are infused with Singapore’s verdant greenery through lush botanical prints, bringing the outside in," according to a news release.

In addition to its traditional guest rooms, the Mandarin Oriental Singapore has debuted a new Presidential Suite and four-bedroom Royal Marina Bay Penthouse.

For guests who want to book extended stays, the hotel offers 45 residential suites that are fully equipped with a kitchenette, washer and a dryer.

Refreshed public spaces include a new lobby and lobby lounge that are dressed in bright colors and Vanda Miss Joaquim orchids.

Right off the lobby is the Mandarin Cake Shop, which features pastries, artisan breads and chocolates and afternoon tea. The hotel's all-day dining concept, Embu, is redefined with a garden-style aesthetic plus a buffet and a playground.

Additionally, the Mandarin Oriental Singapore's exclusive lounge, Haus 65, created in partnership with private membership club Mandala Club, has been transformed. Exclusive privileges include cultural, culinary and artistic events such as wine tastings.

The reopening of the hotel's Mo Bar will include a new collection of innovative cocktails.

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