FOLLOWING a S$3 million (US$2.3 million) refurbishment, the Park Regis Singapore hotel is gearing up to welcome guests with its spruced-up facilities by end next month.
The 202-key hotel, managed by the StayWell Hospitality Group, will sport new features that include a new restaurant, meeting room, lobby and reception.
Explaining the decision to relocate the hotel lobby from the ground floor to the third floor, Jason Dowd, general manager of the Park Regis Singapore, said: “When you look at a property, especially hotels, the prime real estate is normally taken by a non-revenue producing facility which is normally a lobby and reception.
“Yet 90 per cent of the time they (lobby and reception) take up the ground floors which hold the highest real estate returns (which is important) especially for F&B facilities,” he said.
As such, Dowd said the hotel has now created a more exclusive area on level three for the reception, which resembles an executive lounge, while its all-day dining restaurant has now expanded to occupy the entire ground level.
To court MICE traffic, the hotel now sports a new 92m2 pillarless function space, which can fit 50 delegates in boardroom style, with floor-to-ceiling windows and views of the hotel’s waterfall.
According to Dowd, the hotel guests largely come from South Korea, Australia and Germany, with 60 per cent made up by business travellers.
Understanding that connectivity is of utmost importance to guests, Dowd added that the hotel now offers free complimentary Wi-Fi access with upgraded bandwidth throughout the property.
