RESERVATIONS
THE MERLION
A REPRESENTATIVE SYMBOL OF SINGAPORE, THE MERLION IS AN IMAGI-NARY CREATURE WITH THE HEAD OF A LION AND THE BODY OF A FISH.
THE MERLION, 1972 , SCULPTOR LIM NANG SENG
IN THE 11TH CENTURY, WHILE A MALAYSIAN PRINCE SAILED TOWARDS AN ISLAND HE'D SEEN FROM A FAR, A BAD STORM BLEW UP,THREAT-ENING TO SINK THE SHIP. TO PREVENT THIS AND LIGHTEN THE LOAD, HE THREW HIS CROWN OVERBOARD AND THE STRORM PASSED. AFTER MAKING IT SAFELY TO LAND, A LION APPEARED AND LEFT HIM WITH PERMISSON TO RULE THE LAND. THE HEAD OF THE MERLION REPRESENTS THIS LION. THE LEGEND EXISTS THAT HE NAMED THE CITY SINGAPURE, (SINGA MEANS LION AND PURA MEANS CITY), AND WORSHIPPED THE MERLION AS THEIR PROTECTIVE GOD.
THE FISH TAIL OF THE MERLION SYMBOLIZES THE ANCIENT CITY OF TEMASEK (MEANING "SEA" IN JAVANESE), THE NAME BY WHICH SIN-GAPORE WAS KNOWN BEFORE THE PRINCE NAMED THE LAND SINGAPURA.
ACCESS
NEAREST MRT STATION: CITY HALL, EXIT A
BOARD BUS 162 FROM BRAS BASAH ROAD, RAFFLES HOTEL
BUS STOP No.B02049
ALIGHT 2 STOPS LATER, COLLER QUAY, CLIFFORD PIER, AFTER ONE FULLERTON
BUS STOP No.B03019
RAFFLES PLACE, EXIT H (3-MINITE WALK)
MARINA BAY, EXIT B (5-MINUTE WALK)
ESPLANADE, EXIT D (8-MINUTE WALK)
PROMENADE, EXIT A (9-MINUTE WALK)
OPENS 13 MARCH-15 MAY 2011,10AM-7AM DAILY
THE MERLION, ONE FULLERTON
FREE ADMISSION
ADDRESS
MERLION PARK
SINGAPORE 049213
STRATEGICALLY LOCATED AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD' S SEA ROUTES, SINGAPORE BEGAN AS A HUMBLE PORT TOWN. IT HAS HIS-TORICALLY BEEN DISTINGUISHED AS A PLACE OF TRANSIT, WITH PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. FOR THIS HOTEL ROOM, WE REPLICATED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PORT TOWN WHERE STRANGERS FROM DISTANT PLACES MEET AND INTERACT BEFORE PARTING AGAIN. THE MER-LION HOTEL, WHERE YOU SPEND A NIGHT WITH THIS SYMBOL OF SINGAPORE, IS CERTAINLY AN APT REPRESENTATION OF THE COUNTRY ITSELF.
NEAR CENTRAL AREA IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SINGAPORE, AND LIES TO THE EAST OF THE DOWN-TOWN CORE
MARINA BAY WAS FORMED THROUGH LARGE-SCALE LAND RECLAMATION PROJECTS THAT BEGAN IN THE 1970s. IT TRANSFORMED THE MOUTH OF THE SINGAPORE RIVER INTO AN URBAN AMPHITHEATRE, CREATING THE CENTRE OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL AND CULTURAL PRECINCTS AND A SITE FOR MAJOR EVENTS INCLUDING NATIONAL DAY AND NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS AND THE FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX. SINCE THE MARINABARRAGE WAS COMPLETED IN 2008, MARINA BAY HAS FUNCTIONED AS A FRESHWATER RESERNVOIR, AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM. ITS CONSTANTLY TRANSFORMING LANDSCAPE IS SYMBOLIC OF SINGAPORE'S URBAN PLANNING AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE.
GUESTS STAYING AT THE MERLION HOTEL WILL ENJOY A LUXURY HOTEL STAY IN A FULLY - FURNISHED ROOM WITH AMENITIES, COMPLETE WITH PERSONALISED ROOM CHECK - IN, DEDI - CATED MERLION HOTEL BUTLER, AS WELL AS PANORAMIC CITY VIEW OF MARINA BAY WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN SIGHTS IN SINGAPORE. ALL GUESTS WILL RECEIVE A DELIGHTFUL WEL - COME BASKET COMPLIMENTS.
SOLD OUT
RESERVATIONS AT THE MERLION HOTEL
FROM 4 APRIL - 5 MAY 2011
CHECK-IN:8.30PM / CHECK-OUT: 8.30AM
S$150 NETT FOR TWO PERSONS, ONE-NIGHT STAY ONLY(BREAKFAST INCLUDED)
RESERVATIONS OPEN 10AM ON 28 FEBURUARY,
ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
RESERVATIONS AT (+65) 6332 9870,
BETWEEN 10AM-5PM(GMT +9), FROM MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS,
CASH, CHEQUE OR CREDIT CARD PAYMENT IS ACCEPTED,
RESERVATIONS WILL ONLY BE CONFIRMED ON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT.
