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Singapore Works - 1
That was quite an arrival at Capella Singapore at the end of an immemorable Thai Lion Air flight in a packed aging 767.
Singapore Works - 2
The anchor of Capella Singapore is the Tanah Merah UK officers’ club, dating back to the 1880s – see above. To this colonial-style building Norman Foster added – Dolder Grand style – what look like rusted metal arms that here wrap-around to become a bracelet.
Singapore Works - 3
And so to Raffles. THE Raffles. You don't need to say the location. It just is. The welcome was warm as always.
Singapore Works - 4
At Raffles, the long awaited 1887 by André is discreetly hidden behind the afternoon tea area of the lobby. The discretion is commendable.
Bangkok Luxury - 1
Somehow, you smile more, you breathe more easily, you move more fluidly whenever you get to Thailand.
Bangkok Luxury - 2
Oh the colour of Thailand, typified in its silks, above. And oh the service. It's not often that one arrives at a hotel and instantly wants to wrap up and take home the person there to welcome you…
Bangkok Luxury - 3
The 299-key hotel’s always up to something new. Currently, its admirable and seriously professional Art Space is showing a retrospective of local modernists displayed since the hotel’s 2020 opening – GM Lubosh Barta, above, showed off one piece that changes colour as you watch,
Bangkok Luxury - 4
Antonio Saponara has more of a challenge than most GMs. He knew before he arrived at Country Group’s 100-key Capella Bangkok on Chao Phraya River that the hotel consistently wins best awards: best this, best that, best hotel in the world, best hotel in the universe.
Bangkok Luxury - 5
Capella Bangkok’s colourful Phra Nakhon breakfast pastries make anyone smile.