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The Scarlet Singapore

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Opening
  
2004

Architect
  
HK Hia & Associates

Number of suites
  
5

Owner
  
Grace International

Number of rooms
  
75

The Scarlet Singapore

Location
  
33 Erskine Road Singapore 069333

The Scarlet Singapore is a luxury boutique hotel located at Erskine Road, Chinatown, Singapore. The Scarlet Singapore was opened in 2004, comprising 13 Early Shophouses built in 1868 and a 1924 Art Deco building. It is affiliated to Small Luxury Hotels.

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The 80-room hotel is managed by Singapore-based hospitality management group, Grace International. The exterior was restored to its original state while the interior was completely restructured. The decor is predominantly gold, bronze and crimson, and includes rose-patterned furniture, chandeliers, and gilded mirrors. The hotel has two restaurants, a bar and fitness centre.

History of No.33 Erskine Road

The hotel incorporates No 9 to 37 Erskine Road which includes a four-storey concrete building which was constructed in 1942 and fourteen two storey 'shophouses'. The shophouses were built in 1868 and were the homes of Chinese immigrants until the 1980's when the first storey was used for retail. The shophouses were bought in 1988 to make a boutique hotel (The Inn of Sixth Happiness). This closed down and was bought by Grace International in 1997.

Development

Grace International bought and renovated the site, spending 45 million SGD in 1997. It was again updated in 2013 and then in May 2014 the sister hotel, The Scarlet Huntington Hotel, in San Francisco was opened.

Awards

The building was awarded 2005 Architectural Heritage Award for restoring and preserving the older buildings. The Scarlet Singapore was listed on Condé Nast Traveler magazine's "Hot List" of 2005. The magazine praised its "extragant public spaces" but complained that some rooms were woefully small. In 2014, the hotel won Singapore's Leading Boutique Hotel at the World Travel Awards.

References

The Scarlet Singapore Wikipedia