Swissôtel The Stamford, formerly known as The Westin Stamford, is a hotel in Singapore managed by Accor. Designed by architect I.M. Pei, at a height of it is one of Southeast Asia's tallest hotels. It is part of the Raffles City complex comprising two hotels, the Raffles City Convention Centre, Raffles City shopping centre, and an office tower. Situated at 2 Stamford Road, the hotel sits above City Hall MRT station and Esplanade MRT station. The 5-star hotel is a sister hotel of Fairmont Singapore and has 1,252 rooms and suites, 15 restaurants and bars, Raffles City Convention Centre, and one of Asia's largest spas, Willow Stream Spa. A major renovation of the hotel was completed in 2019.
History
The hotel was designed by architect I.M. Pei as The Westin Stamford, along with its adjacent smaller sister hotel, The Westin Plaza. When completed by the South Korean firm SsangYong Group in 1986, the Westin Stamford was the world's tallest hotel building, rising to a height of, and held that title until 1997 when the Baiyoke Tower II was completed in Bangkok, Thailand. On 1 January 2002 the two Westins were sold to Swissôtel/Raffles Hotels and both hotels were renamed, The Westin Stamford became Swissôtel The Stamford and The Westin Plaza became Raffles The Plaza. When Raffles Hotels was acquired by Fairmont in 2006, the smaller hotel was again renamed, becoming the Fairmont Singapore. Swissôtel The Stamford has 15 food and beverage outlets including JAAN by Kirk Westaway, recreational facilities, and a convention center.
Restaurants at the Raffles City hotels
The food, beverage and spa outlets at both Swissôtel The Stamford and Fairmont Singapore are operated by the same management.
Raffles City Convention Centre offers more than 108,000 square feet of prime, flexible function space, including 27 meeting rooms and three magnificent ballrooms. Be it a global conference, a state-of-the-art presentation, from a lavish charity ball to a thematic banquet, support is offered along every step of the way to ensure that your meeting or event is a rousing success. Raffles City Convention Centre is the off-site caterer at these notable events:
