The Best Hotels for Business Travellers in Singapore

Rising 23 storeys above the mall-lined Orchard Road, this 350-room luxury hotel is stellar for on-foot jaunts around the city – a meeting here, a hawker centre lunch there (or some shopping, schedule permitting). Digital nomads who book certain room categories score a hefty list of extras, including access to the Pacific Club Lounge with its round-the-clock refreshments and shaded outdoor terraces, plus complimentary daily laundry and a 4pm checkout.

Creatives head for Duxton Hill, a charming neighbourhood of cobbled Singapore Four of the best stays for business travellers. streets adjoining Chinatown, where Mondrian has planted its first roots in Singapore. The 302-room property is primed for collaboration: in the Shophouse Suites, sleek bar-style kitchenettes are made for in-room meetings or mixers (and direct access to the hotel’s herb garden ensures nextlevel cocktails). A sprawling rooftop terrace with banana palms, cabanas and a poolside bar lets you make the most of your downtime.

The ultimate antidote to the city’s hustle and bustle, the Singapore chapter of Edition cushions its guests in a bubble of sand-hued calm near the western end of Orchard Road. The nerve centres of the 204-room stay, such as a Josh Niland-led, steakhouse-style seafood eatery and the requisite rooftop pool, have plenty of energy, though. For digital nomads who spend as much time playing as working, the property is impeccable as a meeting place and a crash pad.

Convenience is the hallmark of this newly expanded 563-room stay, especially as guests have direct access to Terminal 3 (clearing passport-free, biometricbased immigration and customs is required). Day-use bookings are available in slots of four, six and eight hours – lying on a lounger beside the outdoor pool amid lush landscaped gardens is a chilled alternative to waiting at the airport.

Setting lush flora against stratified concrete, the exterior of Parkroyal on Pickering looks like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Inside, however, the hotel is all about the now. An organic palette draws influence from nearby Hong Lim Park, while textured surfaces hide doors and openings, giving rooms a slick, streamlined look. Eco smarts are another strong suit. From the use of recycled materials to filtering its bottled water, the hotel is proof that good design can be good for the planet, too. 

There’s likely to be more pleasure than business in the mix when you set your suitcase down at this Koreatown outpost. Hidden behind a string of heritage shopfronts, Duxton Reserve Singapore by Autograph Collection boasts the kind of character more readily associated with boutique properties, as well as being within walking distance of some of the city’s best hawker centres.

You could be in London for all the cultural cachet that The Warehouse Hotel, a cavernous building on the Singapore River dating back to 1895, exudes. There are the kind of careful details that clientele who subscribe to the boutique mindset can’t resist: Bang and Olufsen speakers, a mini-bar packed with local-leaning goodies and impossibly chic furniture populating the rooms.

Marina Bay Sands is a destination unto itself. There’s an entire galaxy of food and beverage options on site—almost 50 in total—so almost everyone can be catered for, from burgers to Michelin-starred Japanese. It also connects to the city’s largest convention centre, in case you’re in town for one of the nearby happenings. And that rooftop pool overlooking the sprawling metropolis? Well, you’ll bag any deal if you seal it with Singapore’s best view as a silent partner.

What constitutes an essential part of your Singapore stay? Is it a great on-site eatery, or is it a rooftop pool to combat the city’s often oppressive heat? The Mandarin Oriental Singapore has both of these features, in addition to spacious rooms, a luxurious on-site spa and a convenient location near the central business district. You’ll never lose your way, either—the building itself is distinctively shaped like its iconic fan logo so it’s hard to miss amongst Singapore’s glittering skyline.

There’s much more to discover here than the iconic Long Bar and its strawberry-red Singapore Sling—since the hotel’s splendid refurbishment, Raffles Singapore has galvanised its stately, heritage glamour and confirmed its place in hospitality history. With nine restaurant and bar options and an outdoor pool and a spa, there are few places in the world, let alone the city of Singapore that can rival the chalk-white Raffles.

Discerning business travellers will find it difficult to fault Four Season Hotel Singapore. An in-house restaurant serves stellar food for a quiet bite before early starts or late finishes, a clever database that keeps all guest preferences on file and it takes only 10 minutes to drive to the central business district.

Set in a grand, column-ringed building dating back to 1928, The Fullerton Hotel is imbued with a sense of heritage. Interiors hark back to the former General Post Office and government department days, with rooms lit by glittering chandeliers and common areas topped with soaring atrium ceilings. The highlight is the outdoor pool, bordered with the building’s magnificent columns and a canopy of lush palms.

If the majority of your trip to Singapore is likely to be spent in front of your laptop, The Ritz-Carlton is a great choice. You don’t have to venture far from your room to experience a Michelin-starred eatery (it’s on-site) and you can easily squeeze in a visit to the indulgent spa.

JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach looms large above the heart of Singapore, in the form of two separate shimming columns. Rooms from Club Deluxe and above can take advantage of the hotel’s Executive Lounge, a soothing, quiet space to work and regroup with refreshments served all day, in addition to breakfast, lunch, tea and evening cocktails to fuel all-hours sessions. An hour of complimentary private meeting room access is also available for eligible guests.

Luxury with attitude, Naumi Hotel has a way of offsetting Singapore's signature hustle and bustle, especially if you opt for simply styled The Habitat, Oasis and Patio rooms. The Eden and Nirwana rooms are something else entirely; the interiors inspiration was Andy Warhol, so you expect a little kick to your stay.

Nods to local Peranakan (Straits Chinese) culture are dotted throughout the rooms of Fairmont Singapore’s north tower, while dark timber and purple accents give the lodgings a modern air. Got a thing for old-school décor? Ask to stay in the retro-leaning south tower.

No, your taxi driver isn’t lost. From the outside, The St Regis may look like an office block but inside, the hotel delivers emphatically on the brand’s elegant luxury credo. Marble and plush textures feature prominently, from the grand lobby to palatial guestrooms (love those freestanding baths). The hotel’s impressive private art collection includes originals from Joan Miró and Singaporean artists, including Chua Ek Kay. A 24-hour butler service completes the package.

The genius of The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore isn’t limited to its glorious takeover of the former Capitol Theatre, one of the city’s most treasured Art Deco buildings. It’s in the considered approach the property takes to the transiting business traveller; here, stays are calculated in 24-hour blocks, which means if you get in at 11pm after a red eye, that’s what time you can check out the next day.

Even locals like to linger in the historic neighbourhood of Kampong Glam, a lively suburb of tradition and trend, where the InterContinental Singapore is located. Rooms are light, bright and airy and there’s also an outdoor pool, a sauna and a yoga studio, as well as a stellar on-site Chinese eatery.