Goodwood Park Hotel

Singapore, Singapore. Located on Scotts Road in a six-hectare landscaped garden, a short walk from Orchard Road.

Goodwood Park HotelSingapore, Singapore

Compare rates for your dates: Booking.com Expedia Hotels.com

Practical information

233 rooms and suites spread across four wings: Lobby, Mayfair, Tower and Parklane.
Five restaurants, among them Gordon Grill, Min Jiang and the Coffee Lounge, plus The Deli and a bar.
Two outdoor swimming pools, including the Balinese-inspired Mayfair Pool, a fitness centre, spa services and banqueting venues.
Located on Scotts Road in a six-hectare landscaped garden, a short walk from Orchard Road.

11 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

28 June 1856
The Teutonia Club is founded as an exclusive club for Singapore’s German expatriate community.
1899
Construction begins on Scotts Road of a new clubhouse designed by R. A. J. Bidwell of Swan and Maclaren, with turrets in an eclectic Victorian style.
21 September 1900
The clubhouse opens as the Deutsches Haus with a ball for some 500 guests, including Acting Governor James Alexander Swettenham.
World War I
Germans are declared enemies by the British authorities and the club is seized by the Custodian of Enemy Property.
1918
The Manasseh brothers buy the building at auction and rename the estate Goodwood Hall, after the English racecourse; it becomes a venue for dining and entertainment.
April 1929
Goodwood Hall becomes the Goodwood Park Hotel, with rooms in the Tower Wing and suites in the houses behind it.
World War II
The hotel houses senior Japanese army officers; after the war, war crimes trials are held in a tent in its grounds.
1947 – 1963
Returned to Vivian Bath, the hotel is refurbished and gains Singapore’s first hotel swimming pool; it is sold to the Malayan Banking Group in 1963.
1978
The Tower Wing is extensively renovated, its original roof replaced, and new suites including the Brunei Suite are added.
23 September 1989
The Tower Block is gazetted as a national monument of Singapore.
June 2013
The renovated Mayfair Wing reopens with 77 rooms and suites and a Balinese-inspired pool, designed by Ernesto Bedmar.