The winner for the number one hotel in Singapore is……

Raffles
Raffles
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A legendary five-star hotel was voted number one in the Top Singapore City Hotels category in a popular World’s Best Awards, honoring the top travel destinations and companies around the globe as rated.

A legendary five-star hotel was voted number one in the Top Singapore City Hotels category in a popular World’s Best Awards, honoring the top travel destinations and companies around the globe as rated.

The Award by Travel and Leisure ranked the iconic Raffles Singapore, a landmark hotelย  also 9th in the Top 10 Asia City Hotels category, and 75th in the Top 100 Hotels Overall category. These accolades come as a timely nod to the hotelโ€™s legendary service and charming experience, even as the hotel embarked on its current restoration programme for a planned reopening at the end of 2018.

Now in its 23rd year, the annual Worldโ€™s Best Awards recognises the worldโ€™s top destinations, hotels and resorts, spas, tour operators and safari outfitters, airlines, airports, cruise lines and rental-car companies for their remarkable rooms, facilities, food, service, value and locations based on millions of reviews and opinions collected in a single year from Travel+Leisure travellers worldwide. Details of the The Worldโ€™s Best Awards 2018 can be found here: www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best

โ€œBeing recognised as the #1 Hotel in Singapore is extremely significant in this special year for Raffles Hotel Singapore as we embark on a new chapter in our illustrious history with our current restoration. The continued support from Travel + Leisure readers and our guests is incredibly heartwarming and is a true testament to the Raffles promise – sincere and bespoke service right from the heart,โ€ said Christian Westbeld, General Manager, Raffles Hotel Singapore.

โ€œIt is our honour to be awarded this recognition from Travel + Leisure and especially for our colleagues, this is a strong motivation to continue delivering the renowned Raffles experience. We look forward to welcoming our guests when this Singapore icon reopens and present Singapore and the world with a restored 19th century lifestyle destination that is designed to make Raffles Hotel Singapore the place to meet, spend time, shop and celebrate,โ€ added Christian.

Raffles Hotel Singapore is currently closed for the third and final phase of its restoration, with a planned reopening at the end of 2018. During the closure of the hotel, the Raffles Gift Shop and pop-up Long Bar has moved to a temporary location at 3 Seah Street and will remain open throughout the restoration.

For more details on The Worldโ€™s Best Awards 2018, please visit www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best

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Juergen T Steinmetz

Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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