Raffles Hotel in Singapore opened on December 1, 1887 as a ten-room hotel developed by the Armenian Sarkies Brothers, who leased the property from its owner, Syed Mohamed Alsagoff. Regent Alfred John Bidwell of Swan and Maclaren designed the main building, completed in 1899, after the Palm Court Wing of 1894. The infobox calls the style Colonial.
The three-story hotel is said to be the first in the region with electric lighting and powered ceiling fans. Its Long Bar is where the Singapore Sling is said to have been invented. The article gives no materials or footprint. Rooms grew from 10 at opening to 75 by 1894, and suites rose from 103 to 115 in the 2017 to 2019 renovation.
It became a National Monument on March 4, 1987. It closed from 1989 to 1991 for restoration, and again from December 2017 to August 1, 2019. Katara Hospitality has owned it since 2010, and Accor manages it.
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