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Raffles Hotel

Raffles Hotel is a historic luxury hotel at 1 Beach Road, in . It was established by Armenian hoteliers, the Sarkies Brothers, in 1887. The hotel was named after British colonial official Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore.
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  • Type: Hotel
  • Description: Hotel in Singapore
  • Also known as: “Raffles Hotel Singapore”, “Raffles Hotel, Singapore”, and “Raffles Singapore”
  • Address: 1 Beach Road, Singapore

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marina Bay and Raffles City Shopping Centre.

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is 's newest district, created on reclaimed land just east of . It includes the areas east of Shenton Way and Esplanade Dr.

Shopping center
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Raffles City is a large complex located in the Civic District within the of the city-state of . Occupying an entire city block bounded by Stamford Road, Beach Road, Bras Basah Road and North Bridge Road, it houses two hotels and an office tower over a podium which contains a shopping complex and a convention centre. is situated 170 metres southwest of Raffles Hotel.

Library
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The is the flagship of Singapore. A subsidiary of the Board, it consists of twin 16-storey blocks, linked by bridges on the upper floors, with three underground basements located on an 11,304-square-metre prime location in Victoria Street within the . is situated 330 metres north of Raffles Hotel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bras Basah and Suntec City.

Neighborhood
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is a district located in the Museum Planning Area of the Central Area of . means "wet rice" in Malay – beras means harvested rice with husk removed, and basah means wet.

Neighborhood
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is a major mixed-use development located in , a subzone of the in Singapore, which combines a , office buildings, and a .

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and Kampong Glam are districts of , just to the east of the central business district.

Raffles Hotel

Latitude
1.29468° or 1° 17′ 41″ north
Longitude
103.85464° or 103° 51′ 17″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Inception
December 1887
Brand
Raffles Hotels & Resorts
Open location code
6PH57VV3+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11517501222
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­hotel
Geo­Names ID
6482825
Wiki­data ID
Q1538837
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Raffles Hotel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فندق رافلس”
  • Armenian: “Ռաֆլզ (հյուրանոց)”
  • Armenian: “Ռաֆլզ”
  • Central Bikol: “Raffles Hotel”
  • Chinese: “來福士酒店”
  • Chinese: “莱佛士酒店”
  • Chinese: “莱弗士酒店”
  • Chinese: “萊佛士酒店”
  • Danish: “Raffles Hotel”
  • Dutch: “Raffles Hotel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فندق رافلس”
  • Finnish: “Raffles Hotel”
  • Finnish: “Raffles-hotelli”
  • French: “hôtel Raffles”
  • French: “Hôtel Raffles”
  • German: “Raffles Hotel”
  • Hindi: “रॅफल्स होटल”
  • Indonesian: “Hotel Raffles”
  • Japanese: “ラッフルズ・ホテル”
  • Japanese: “ラッフルズホテル”
  • Kannada: “ರಾಫೆಲ್ಸ್ ಹೋಟೆಲ್”
  • Korean: “래플스 호텔”
  • Malayalam: “റാഫിൽസ് ഹോട്ടൽ”
  • Marathi: “रॅफल्स हॉटेल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Raffles Hotel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Raffles Hotell”
  • Norwegian: “Raffles Hotel”
  • Norwegian: “Raffles Hotell”
  • Panjabi: “ਰੱਫਲਸ ਹੋਟਲ”
  • Russian: “The Raffles Hotel”
  • Russian: “Отель Раффлз”
  • Russian: “Раффлз Отель”
  • Russian: “Раффлз”
  • Spanish: “Hotel Raffles”
  • Spanish: “Raffles Hotel”
  • Swahili: “Raffles Hotel”
  • Swedish: “Raffles Hotel”
  • Uzbek: “Raffles mehmonxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Khách sạn Raffles Singapore”
  • Vietnamese: “Khách sạn Raffles”

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