The borders are open and the people are out. But not everyone wants to travel, as evidenced by the surge of staycationers at the new Hilton Singapore Orchard, which opened in late February and is netting 30 per cent more bookings than expected, says general manager Cedric Nubul. Maybe it’s because the 1,080-room Orchard Road stalwart is the hottest kid.
Credit – Hotel Soloha
I checked into Hotel Soloha at 12, Teck Lim Road on 26th November 2020 at 10 am. Yes, I do realise how long overdue this review is. But in between Christmas, SingapoRediscovers vouchers, news about hotels unable to keep up with a surge in demands, and now, Chinese New Year, I have been kept dutifully occupied. But that’s not to say that I have forgotten all about my stay at this 45-room boutique hotel at the heart of Keong Saik.
As with my previous reviews, I approach my stay at Soloha from the perspective of a solo staycation traveller an untapped market that has been unfortunately kept out of everyone’s marketing efforts. It’s an exclusion that has, in some ways, worked because unless there’s a golden goose in the room that auto orders room service for me without needing me to lift a finger, I baulk at having to effectively pay for a night’s stay for two guests in a room, solely because I chose this lifestyle. The single lifestyle I mean.