When in Singapore: Stay at the Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore's towering icon of Swiss hospitality

I.M. Pei, architect extraordinaire. In Paris, he created the iconic glass and metal pyramid landmark of the Musée du Louvre. In Singapore, he also left his mark on the city's landscape and designed a 226-meter-tall tower of hospitality, one of Asia's tallest (and the world's when it was completed in 1986)—the Swissotel The Stamford Singapore.

Swissôtel The Stamford shares the Raffles City Singapore address with its sister hotel, the Fairmont Hotel. Within the complex of Raffles City Singapore is a mall, award-winning restaurants, a convention center with state-of-the-art space for meetings and events, and easy access to transportation systems. With these amenities, the Swissôtel The Stamford makes for an ideal hotel for businessmen and leisure travelers to reside in the city.

Voted as Asia Pacific’s Best Business Hotel, the Swissotel The Stamford welcomes everyone to experience a world of ease and comfort—the finest in Swiss hospitality. “The hotel will enchant every guest with unrivaled comfort in 1,261 guest rooms and luxurious suites with private balconies providing breathtaking panoramas of the country’s bustling landscape as well as the scenic views of the nearby islands of Malaysia and Indonesia,” says Ee Jin Lim, Director of Marketing and Communications.

With a multitude of businessmen zipping in and out of the premises, the Swissotel The Stamford is one of the city's busiest hotels. But this doesn’t in any way diminish their attention to the needs of any of their guests. 

The deluxe room's features are impressive, and so is the view of Singapore at day or night from the rooms on the higher floors. The panorama captures the magnificence of the city: Marina Bay, the Quays, the business skyline, and beyond. 

As an additional amenity, guests of the Grand Stamford Crest Suites have access to the Swiss Executive Club on the 60th floor. The Swiss Executive Club is an exclusive lounge where select guests can enjoy breakfast with a view of the sun rising over the iconic bay, watch the busy streets while having afternoon tea, and catch the glow of the city lights during evening cocktail hours. 

While the Club Floor guests can enjoy breakfast in a quieter space, they have the option to have it at the Cafe Swiss on the second level of the hotel. The Cafe Swiss is busier catering to more hotel guests, but the breakfast spread presents more offerings of Swiss delicacies as well as traditional and modern fare.

Be on top of the world, or in Singapore, at least, at the hotel's 70th floor, where the Equinox is. The dining and entertaining complex is one of Singapore's most happening destinations. Exploring the complex, the 70th level houses five contemporary restaurants and bars, including the Equinox Restaurant and JAAN, an award-winning French restaurant that can seat an intimate number of 40 guests. Head up to the 71st level to the New Asia Bar, where the Lion City’s night owls converge to party while enjoying a 360-degree view of the city.

To experience everything Swissotel The Stamford Singapore has to offer, time should be on your side. If it's not, then there's a good reason to go back.