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From Travel + Leisure , SEP 2006

The mod style of the new Hotel 1929, with furniture by Panton, Eames, and Jacobsen....MORE>>

– Peter Jon Lindberg Take the New Grand Tour: Asia

From Travel + Leisure , NOV 2005

Chinatown was once infamous for Keong Saik Road, a hub of debauchery (there are still a handful of brothels today). It's better known now as a tangled and narrow collection of streets lined with Sino-British storefronts, colonial-era apartment buildings, and the occasional hawker center. The first chic property to claim the area: Hotel 1929, which opened up in a set of Chinese Art Deco storefronts last year....MORE>>

– Rob McKeown Asia Major - Six Emerging Asian Neighborhoods

From Travel + Leisure , DEC 2004

The city's hippest hotel has tiny guest quarters with vintage furniture by Verner Panton....MORE>>

– Howard W. French Singapore Lives

From Travel + Leisure , SEP 2004

The tiny red lanterns and low-cost snack shops running along Singapore's Keong Saik Road recall its Red Light-district past, but with the opening of Hotel 1929, the area is earning a more sophisticated reputation. Built into five landmark buildings, the 32-room property is colonial in style on the outside, pure Mid-Century Modern within. The hotel is named after the year of its original construction, and the owner has filled the small rooms with big-name design details—from Verner Panton, Arne Jacobsen...MORE>>

– Asia Made Easy

Last updated September 2006