The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore
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The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore is a 32 floor luxury hotel located at Marina Bay
, Singapore
. The hotel is managed by the Ritz-Carlton
group of hotels, and it has won many awards. The hotel was opened in 1996.
, Kevin Roche
, who won the Pritzker Prize
, with DP Architects
. The hotel has a 4,200 piece modern art
collection which includes works by Frank Stella
, Andy Warhol
and Dale Chihuly
. The interior design of the hotel was done by acclaimed designer Hirsch Bedner Associates and the hotel's 608 rooms were renovated in 2011.
The location and construction of the hotel was completed with the intent of providing good views from every room. The hotel has 608 guest rooms and suites
. All guest rooms and bathrooms offer views of either Marina Bay or Kallang Bay and the city's skyline
. Each of the rooms is also equipped with high-speed
Internet
access, plush furniture
and walk-in wardrobe
s. Its marble
-tile
d bathroom
s feature a four-square metre octagon window each, fitted with Europe
an bath amenities. Designed by Burega Farnell Pte Ltd, the newly-renovated guest rooms have been tastefully redecorated, reflecting a timeless contemporary style set against modern essentials. The featured highlight is in the design and layout of the rooms which is maximised and enhanced with the clever use of space and designed with discerning, contemporary travellers in mind. Bathed in a soothing natural palette, the host of services and amenities will provide a memorable experience for every guest.
In line with the hotel’s strong commitment to energy efficiency, energy saving LED lights and bulbs are used throughout the guest rooms, in areas such as wardrobes, the bed cove, night stands, sofa uplighter, floor lamps and the honour bar.
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia was the first hotel in the world to be furnished with wall-mounted 46-inch Hospitality LED TVs. Business travellers can enjoy high-speed wireless internet access in their rooms as well as the large work desks with built-in power points and multiple power sockets. Other features include Internet Protocol (IP) phones, as well as iPhones or iPod
docking stations at the writing desks.
Black-out electrical roller blinds and daylight electrical roman blinds provide guests with an option to take in the breathtaking views from their rooms or unwind in the cosy ambience when the blinds are drawn, further enhanced by the dual mood lighting system. Other new additions include the bedside master control for lights and blinds, lit-drawers within credenza cabinets and saflok key systems. Nepresso coffee machines are also available in all club rooms and suites.
White marble tile flooring, high-end water-conserving bath fixtures and LED lighting adorn the bathrooms. Other highlights include rain-showers, new microfibre bathrobes and anti-fog mirrors.
At the top of the hotel is the Ritz-Carlton Club, which comprises 128 club
rooms that include 19 one-bedroom
suites, three two-bedroom suites and theRitz-Carlton suite. Guests at the Ritz-Carlton Club enjoy a dedicated concierge
service, a private lounge lounge, and luxurious rooms fitted with flat screen
television
, DVD player
s and personal butler
service.
The Summer Pavilion, which is set in a Suzhou
rock garden
, is the hotel's signature restaurant
. It serves traditional Cantonese cuisine
amidst a modern setting. Greenhouse is the hotel's all-day restaurant, featuring international cuisines. Seating a maximum of 240 guests, Greenhouse is known for its premier Sunday champagne brunch
. The Chihuly Lounge offers afternoon tea, while cocktail
s and champagne may be enjoyed throughout the day.
Conference facilities include the 1,094-square metre Grand Ballroom that features modern audio-visual and lighting
equipment, the Chihuly Room and 12 meeting
and function rooms.
The hotel also features a tropical
-themed garden
, a spa
and a swimming pool
s.
, the New York
delegation team stayed at the hotel. A number of luxurious products were launched at the hotel such as the new
Mercedes-Benz
S-Class
.
The hotel is designated as an IOC Hotel during the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
in Singapore and has successfully hosted the event, one of the highlights would be the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games Opening Gala Dinner by the IOC President.
During the annual Singapore Grand Prix Night Race, The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore is the hotel of choice as guests are located only five minutes away from the pit building. During this time, the hotel attracts international jetsetters, glitterati and members of the racing community. One of the most renowned after-race parties, The Podium Lounge, happens at the hotel poolside where sightings of race team drivers and musicians are not uncommon.
, "Best Hotel in Asia" from Business Asia, and "Best Business Hotel in Asia" from Finance Asia.
Marina Bay
Marina Bay is a bay near Central Area in the southern part of Singapore, and lies to the east of the Downtown Core. Marina Bay is set to be a 24/7 destination with endless opportunities for people to “explore new living and lifestyle options, exchange new ideas and information for business, and be...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. The hotel is managed by the Ritz-Carlton
Ritz-Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton is a brand of luxury hotels and resorts with 75 properties located in major cities and resorts in 24 countries worldwide...
group of hotels, and it has won many awards. The hotel was opened in 1996.
Facilities
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore was designed by world-acclaimed architectArchitect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, Kevin Roche
Kevin Roche
Kevin Roche is an Irish-American architect known for his creative work with glass.Born in Dublin, Roche spent his formative years in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork before he graduated from University College Dublin in 1945. He then worked with Michael Scott from 1945-1946...
, who won the Pritzker Prize
Pritzker Prize
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honour "a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built...
, with DP Architects
DP Architects
DP Architects Pte Ltd is one of the largest architectural practices in Singapore.-Corporate Profile:DP Architects started as Design Partnership in 1967, incorporated as a private limited company in 1993, and evolved to the present as the heart of the DP group of companies – a multi-disciplinary...
. The hotel has a 4,200 piece modern art
Modern art
Modern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of...
collection which includes works by Frank Stella
Frank Stella
Frank Stella is an American painter and printmaker, significant within the art movements of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction.-Biography:...
, Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
and Dale Chihuly
Dale Chihuly
Dale Chihuly is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur.-Biography:Chihuly graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Tacoma, Washington. He enrolled at the College of the Puget Sound in 1959...
. The interior design of the hotel was done by acclaimed designer Hirsch Bedner Associates and the hotel's 608 rooms were renovated in 2011.
The location and construction of the hotel was completed with the intent of providing good views from every room. The hotel has 608 guest rooms and suites
Suite (hotel)
A suite in a hotel or other public accommodation, denotes a class of luxury accommodations, the key feature of which is multiple rooms. Many properties have one or more "honeymoon suites", and sometimes the best accommodation is called the "presidential suite".Suites offer multiple rooms, with more...
. All guest rooms and bathrooms offer views of either Marina Bay or Kallang Bay and the city's skyline
Skyline
A skyline is the overall or partial view of a city's tall buildings and structures consisting of many skyscrapers in front of the sky in the background. It can also be described as the artificial horizon that a city's overall structure creates. Skylines serve as a kind of fingerprint of a city, as...
. Each of the rooms is also equipped with high-speed
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
access, plush furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
and walk-in wardrobe
Wardrobe
A Wardrobe is a cabinet used for storing clothes.Wardrobe may also refer to:* Wardrobe , a full set of multiple clothing items* Wardrobe , part of royal administration in medieval England...
s. Its marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
-tile
Tile
A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even glass. Tiles are generally used for covering roofs, floors, walls, showers, or other objects such as tabletops...
d bathroom
Bathroom
A bathroom is a room for bathing in containing a bathtub and/or a shower and optionally a toilet, a sink/hand basin/wash basin and possibly also a bidet....
s feature a four-square metre octagon window each, fitted with Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an bath amenities. Designed by Burega Farnell Pte Ltd, the newly-renovated guest rooms have been tastefully redecorated, reflecting a timeless contemporary style set against modern essentials. The featured highlight is in the design and layout of the rooms which is maximised and enhanced with the clever use of space and designed with discerning, contemporary travellers in mind. Bathed in a soothing natural palette, the host of services and amenities will provide a memorable experience for every guest.
In line with the hotel’s strong commitment to energy efficiency, energy saving LED lights and bulbs are used throughout the guest rooms, in areas such as wardrobes, the bed cove, night stands, sofa uplighter, floor lamps and the honour bar.
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia was the first hotel in the world to be furnished with wall-mounted 46-inch Hospitality LED TVs. Business travellers can enjoy high-speed wireless internet access in their rooms as well as the large work desks with built-in power points and multiple power sockets. Other features include Internet Protocol (IP) phones, as well as iPhones or iPod
IPod
iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle...
docking stations at the writing desks.
Black-out electrical roller blinds and daylight electrical roman blinds provide guests with an option to take in the breathtaking views from their rooms or unwind in the cosy ambience when the blinds are drawn, further enhanced by the dual mood lighting system. Other new additions include the bedside master control for lights and blinds, lit-drawers within credenza cabinets and saflok key systems. Nepresso coffee machines are also available in all club rooms and suites.
White marble tile flooring, high-end water-conserving bath fixtures and LED lighting adorn the bathrooms. Other highlights include rain-showers, new microfibre bathrobes and anti-fog mirrors.
At the top of the hotel is the Ritz-Carlton Club, which comprises 128 club
Club
A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth.- History...
rooms that include 19 one-bedroom
Bedroom
A bedroom is a private room where people usually sleep for the night or relax during the day.About one third of our lives are spent sleeping and most of the time we are asleep, we are sleeping in a bedroom. To be considered a bedroom the room needs to have bed. Bedrooms can range from really simple...
suites, three two-bedroom suites and theRitz-Carlton suite. Guests at the Ritz-Carlton Club enjoy a dedicated concierge
Concierge
A concierge is an employee who either works in shifts within, or lives on the premises of an apartment building or a hotel and serves guests with duties similar to those of a butler. The position can also be maintained by a security officer over the 'graveyard' shift. A similar position, known as...
service, a private lounge lounge, and luxurious rooms fitted with flat screen
Flat panel display
Flat panel displays encompass a growing number of electronic visual display technologies. They are far lighter and thinner than traditional television sets and video displays that use cathode ray tubes , and are usually less than thick...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, DVD player
DVD player
A DVD player is a device that plays discs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards. These devices were invented in 1997 and continue to thrive...
s and personal butler
Butler
A butler is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house and its...
service.
The Summer Pavilion, which is set in a Suzhou
Suzhou
Suzhou , previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part...
rock garden
Rock Garden
The Rock Garden or Rock Garden of Chandigarh is a Sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India, also known as Nek Chand's Rock Garden after its founder Nek Chand, a government official who started the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957. Today it is spread over an area of forty-acres , it is...
, is the hotel's signature restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
. It serves traditional Cantonese cuisine
Cantonese cuisine
Cantonese cuisine comes from Guangdong Province in southern China and is one of 8 superdivisions of Chinese cuisine. Its prominence outside China is due to the great numbers of early emigrants from Guangdong. Cantonese chefs are highly sought after throughout the country...
amidst a modern setting. Greenhouse is the hotel's all-day restaurant, featuring international cuisines. Seating a maximum of 240 guests, Greenhouse is known for its premier Sunday champagne brunch
Brunch
Brunch is a meal eaten between breakfast and lunch. The word is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch.-Origin of the word:The 1896 supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary cites Punch magazine which wrote that the term was coined in Britain in 1895 to describe a Sunday meal for "Saturday-night...
. The Chihuly Lounge offers afternoon tea, while cocktail
Cocktail
A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...
s and champagne may be enjoyed throughout the day.
Conference facilities include the 1,094-square metre Grand Ballroom that features modern audio-visual and lighting
Lighting
Lighting or illumination is the deliberate application of light to achieve some practical or aesthetic effect. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources such as lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylight...
equipment, the Chihuly Room and 12 meeting
Meeting
In a meeting, two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal setting.- Definitions :An act or process of coming together as an assembly for a common purpose....
and function rooms.
The hotel also features a tropical
Tropics
The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth...
-themed garden
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...
, a spa
Day spa
A day spa is a business establishment which people visit for professionally administered personal care treatments such as massages and facials. It is similar to a beauty salon in that it is only visited for the duration of the treatment. Day spas sited in airport terminals are often called airport...
and a swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
s.
Events
The hotel is known for hosting the rich and elite which includes tourists and delegations. During the 117th IOC Session117th IOC Session
The 117th International Olympic Committee Session was held for the first time in Singapore from 2 July to 9 July 2005. The meeting was particularly significant as two important decisions were made through voting during the session - namely the selection of the hosting city for the 2012 Summer...
, the New York
New York City 2012 Olympic bid
The New York City 2012 Olympic bid was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, ultimately won by London 2012.New York City's Olympic Bid, run by the private non-profit organization NYC2012, was founded by Daniel L. Doctoroff, who was managing director of a successful private...
delegation team stayed at the hotel. A number of luxurious products were launched at the hotel such as the new
Mercedes-Benz W221
The Mercedes-Benz W221 is a chassis code of S-Class, the successor of Mercedes-Benz W220.The vehicle was unveiled in 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show.-Styling:The W221 S-Class' exterior styling is distinctly different to the W220...
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
S-Class
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a series of luxury sedans produced by Mercedes-Benz, a division of Daimler AG. The classification was officially introduced in 1972 with the W116 S-Class, which succeeded previous Mercedes-Benz models dating to the mid-1950s...
.
The hotel is designated as an IOC Hotel during the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in the city-state of Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, in the XXIX Olympiad. They were the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, a major...
in Singapore and has successfully hosted the event, one of the highlights would be the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games Opening Gala Dinner by the IOC President.
During the annual Singapore Grand Prix Night Race, The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore is the hotel of choice as guests are located only five minutes away from the pit building. During this time, the hotel attracts international jetsetters, glitterati and members of the racing community. One of the most renowned after-race parties, The Podium Lounge, happens at the hotel poolside where sightings of race team drivers and musicians are not uncommon.
Awards
The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore has won "Best Accommodation Experience" from the Singapore Tourism BoardSingapore Tourism Board
The Singapore Tourism Board is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore, tasked to promote the country's tourism industry.-History:...
, "Best Hotel in Asia" from Business Asia, and "Best Business Hotel in Asia" from Finance Asia.