Just when we think the greatest hotel innovation remains the toilet paper origami fold, in comes One Farrer Hotel & Spa which has, not one, but a slew of imaginative ideas.
First up is the audio and visual fibre-optic live feed, which can beam how lunch is being made, by a chef working in the hotel’s cooking studio, to the Grand Ballroom where guests can even ask the chef a question or two about the ingredients or method of cooking. Video streaming connections from Farrer Park Hospital’s 18 operating rooms to the hotel’s conference centre are also available. The 243-room five-star hotel is part of a mixed-use lifestyle complex, Connexion, which includes a medical centre.
Another innovation is an electronic ordering system that allows guests to order any food or beverage from all the hotel’s menus 24/7 and have it delivered to the room or as a takeaway – so wave goodbye to exorbitant room service prices and charges, and the often long wait before the room service order is fulfilled.
The hotel’s location in the Farrer Park district is central and convenient. A colourful, bustling, historical neighbourhood that includes Little India, once inside the property, peace, serenity and greenery (14 gardens over 20 levels) take over. From any guestroom, the view of the city’s skyline and Farrer Park surroundings is unique and gives guests a real feeling they are in Singapore, not just any metropolis.
One Farrer Hotel & Spa also boasts a ‘hotels within a hotel’ concept featuring the Urban Hotel, Loft Apartments and Skyline Hotel & Sky Villas, all with well-appointed and tastefully furnished rooms with the latest in-room technology.
Oh, did we also mention its 600 specially commissioned paintings and sculptures by Asian artists? Pity these aren’t for sale.
Website: www.onefarrer.com – Raini Hamdi
