Fully renovated in 2007, this smoke-free business hotel in the city comprises a total of 511 non-smoking rooms, including 29 suites, 17 junior suites and 3 disability-friendly rooms. Facilities offered to guests include free WLAN Internet access in every corner of the hotel, free minibar in all rooms, a fully-equipped business centre, 9 meeting and function rooms, a Da Vinci Shop and duty free shopping at the DFS Gallery next door. Fully air-conditioned, this 15-storey hotel offers a reception which is open 24 hours and provides currency exchange services as well as a café, a Chinese restaurant and a bar/lounge. For an additional fee guests may take advantage of the room and laundry services as well as the parking facilities. The lobby is very impressive in Greco Roman style with large black and white marble floors and faux painted skylight dome. Large wooden curving staircases flank the side.
This hotel is located on Scotts Road, opposite the Grand Hyatt Hotel Singapore and the Marriot Singapore, this Singapore hotel is within around a 5 to 10-minute walk from the major shopping centres and malls, a cineplex, many Orchard Road hotels, and the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), Orchard Station. The DFS Gallery is located next door and a stroll down Orchard Road will bring guests to around 1000 shops, restaurants and entertainment venues and other well-known fashion boutiques in and around Orchard Road. About a 5 to 10-minute drive away guests will find Kallang Theatre, Victoria Theatre, The Esplanade, The National Museum, The Museum of Asian Civilisation and the Drama Centre, and it is just a 20-minute journey to Singapore's Changi Airport and the Singapore Expo.
The Carousel restaurant has four tastefully designed dining sections: The Living Room, The State Rooms, The Verandah and The Terrace. Offering sumptuous Asian and Mediterranean buffets and as well as an extensive à la carte menu, the restaurant offers a spread of seafood, rotisserie, a sushi bar with sushi and sashimi, a salad bar, a dessert counter, a juice bar and a take away bakery. The hotel also has a lounge featuring live music.