Raffles Hotel Singapore recently celebrated its 125th anniversary. Named after Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, Raffles began as a 10-room bungalow in 1887. It was the third venture of the Sarkies brothers after the success of their Eastern & Oriental Hotels in Penang. Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham and Noel Coward waxed lyrical [...]
