The best $150m the Mandarin Oriental Singapore ever spent
A Moët & Chandon vending machine, a cake shop in the lobby and views over Marina Sands are the cherries on top of the hotel’s sparkling $150 million refresh.
The refurbishment of the Mandarin Oriental Singapore is about much more than a new colour scheme or a re-themed restaurant. It tells us about the evolution of the city-state itself.
When the hotel originally opened as The Oriental Singapore in 1987, it had a waterside location, but there wasn’t much to see. Marina Bay did not yet exist, just the dredged sand upon which it would later be built, so the Oriental’s classic fan-shaped footprint was arranged with the best rooms facing the city, not the sea.
