Pan Pacific Singapore Hotel

{{Short description|Hotel skyscraper in Singapore}}

{{Use Singapore English|date=April 2025}}

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{{Infobox building

| name = Pan Pacific Singapore

| image = The Pan Pacific Hotel 4, Dec 05.JPG

| native_name =

| location = Downtown Core, Central, Singapore

|coordinates = {{coord|1.2924|103.8584|region:SG_type:landmark|display=it}}

| architectural_style = Modernism

| building_type = Hotel

| floor_count = 37
1 below ground

| status = Open

| start_date = 1984

| completion_date = 1986

| elevator_count = 4 interior and 4 exterior

| architect = John Portman & Associates
DP Architects Pte Ltd

| developer = Singapore Land

| management =

| owner = Pan Pacific Hotels

| room_count = 790 rooms and suites

| main_contractor =

| website = [http://singapore.panpacific.com singapore.panpacific.com]

| references = {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/106415 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626171126/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/106415 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=26 June 2019 |title=Emporis building ID 106415 |work=Emporis}}{{SkyscraperPage|5645}}{{Structurae|20038594}}

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Pan Pacific Singapore is a hotel located in Marina Centre, Singapore, operated by the Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts. With 38 floors, it is the tallest of the three hotels which are part of the Marina Square development, the other two being the Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay and Mandarin Oriental Singapore.{{Cite web |date=10 June 2007 |title=Singapore 1:1- CITY |url=https://www.ura.gov.sg/spore1_1/publication1-29.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610050850/https://www.ura.gov.sg/spore1_1/publication1-29.htm |archive-date=10 June 2007 |access-date=31 May 2022 |website=}} The hotel has 790 rooms and suites, arranged around an atrium extending 35 floors of the building.

The hotel was renovated in 2005 and again in 2012. It features a lounge in the atrium.

All the guest lifts are bubble lifts in this hotel. The low-rise lifts serve 1 through 22, and face the interior of the hotel. The high-rise lifts located opposite the low-rise lifts serve 22 through 35 and 38,{{clarify|date=December 2024}} and are outdoor observation lifts.

2012 transformation

The hotel completed its four-month transformation and had a soft opening on 31 August 2012. It has been in full operation as of October 2012.

Level 37 of this hotel was renamed as Level 38, and Hai Tien Lo restaurant gave up its place at the top of the hotel and moved down to Level 3.{{Cite web |title=Hai Tien Lo: Forging Waves Of Change In Cantonese Cuisine |url=https://guide.michelin.com/sg/en/article/dining-out/hai-tien-lo-forging-waves-of-change-in-cantonese-cuisine |access-date=31 May 2022 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-SG}} The Pacific Club, which is the hotel's club lounge, took the restaurant's former location.

Events

The hotel was one of the main venues for Singapore 2006, hosting the Program of Seminars in its meeting rooms.

{{Gallery

|File:The Pan Pacific Singapore, panorama, Aug 06.jpg|Atrium of the Pan Pacific Singapore

|File:Pan Pacific Singapore Elevators.jpg|Interior elevators at the Pan Pacific Singapore

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The shooting of the Hindi film De Dana Dan took place in the hotel.

References

Further reading

  • Aun Koh, Susan Leong (2006), Singapore chic, Archipelago Press, {{ISBN|981-4155-74-8}}