Orchard Hotel Singapore

Along Orchard Road

When you say Orchard Road, you will always refer to that famous shopping street which is the retail and entertainment hub OF Singapore. Orchard road is a major tourist attraction. One of the major malls in the place is the Lucky Plaza which is frequented by most Filipinos in Singapore.  

The Orchard Station

The place is very accessible since the Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transport has three major stations within the Orchard vicinity namely the Orchard Station, Somerset and Dhoby Ghaut Station. There are also many bus services plying the area with SBS Transit, SMRT Buses and Tower Transit Singapore which makes the place easier to go to.

My room at the Hotel

The Orchard Hotel Singapore is one of the top hotels in the area as the hotel boasts of more than 600 rooms and suites that will fit your need. The Orchard Hotel is a part of the Millennium Hotels and Resorts group that manages other hotels form around the world. That means what you get is world class service in this hotel.

The Orchard lobby

One thing nice about this hotel is the accessibility to other things. You can walk to the MRT and go to Universal Studios if you like. You can also eat at their fine dining restaurants or opt to get your food from the adjacent convenient store or supermarket which is just beside the hotel.

The usual amenities

Registration took us just a few minutes to finish and with no paper work. At the same time they let us check-in way before the standard 2:00 pm check in time which helped us a lot since we were going to the University studios and were rushing to get there. The rooms are classy and it will definitely fit your needs of having a good hotel with great service. When in Singapore, you can check out this hotel if you want to go and shop and look for great signature stuff in Singapore.

Address:

442 Orchard Road

Singapore,

238879

     

The Grand Waldo Hotel in Macau

The Grand Waldo Hotel offers 342 luxurios five star guest rooms equipped with LCD TVs, mini bars and electronic safes to ensure maximum comfort for their guests. I must admit staying in this hotel gave me the comfort I needed in a five star hotel.

The ambience is quite enticing which makes one enjoy the comfort of the beds that someone my size would have a hard time in other hotel beds. I love it when you put the airconditioner on high cool and settle for the warmth inside your blanket. You dont have to call the front desk anymore for additional pillows for you are provided with three pillows right away.

All rooms are equipped with plasma wall televisions which is quite a luxury while watching your favorite television show. For business people on the go, they hotel has provided a cable for free internet surfing which helped me a lot in sending information to my Manila officemates who were to join me in two days.


Call me corny but I have never been to a hotel that gives out free apples at the frontdesk. An apple lover myself I immediately summoned the Filipino in me and got two apples right away.
Well as they say, "An apple a day is seven apples a week!"

What really made it easier for our group was the great help of the two Filipino receptionists Jeanna (the above left) and Monique plus the hotel phone operator Denlee. There were times that the language barrier was becoming a problem with the people in the hotel and they definitely made it a lot easier for us to communicate with the others. No offense but It was really hard talking to the other Chinese receptionists. On the other hand two other Chinese receptionists were also as nice and handled every concern of us with a smile - Amanda Lao (with the peace sign above) and Bobo Shao (picture below). I believe that their natural charisma as front desk officers really made our stay a lot easier since they answered every concern of ours with a smile.


The STI Education Services Group got 61 rooms in this hotel and all were more than satisfied with the presentation of the rooms, the food in the Restaurant, the entertainment at the Monkey Bar and the games in the casino.

The Grand Waldo Hotel is just a 10 minute taxi ride from the Macau International Airport which will cost you just 30 to 50 Hong Kong dollars depending on the tip that the taxi drivers will ask for. Our group totalled 117 pax via Philippine Airlines which just opened its first direct flight to Macau last May 1, 2008. Hotel address is Avenida, Marginal Flor de Lotus, Taipa, Macau with telephone numbers (853) 2888-6888 fax (853) 2888-6889.

If I will have a chance to go back to Macau I will definitely choose to stay at the Grand Waldo once again.