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Raffles Hotel is a colonial-style luxury hotel in Singapore. [1]

41 relations: AccorHotels, Armenians, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, Bring 'Em Back Alive (TV series), British people, Carlton Television, Colonial architecture, Colony NorthStar, Eastern & Oriental Hotel, FRHI Hotels & Resorts, Government of Singapore, Great Depression, Hotel, Hotel Majestic (Kuala Lumpur), Japanese occupation of Singapore, List of national monuments of Singapore, Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, Paul O'Grady, Qatar, Qatar Investment Authority, Raffles Holdings, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Raffles Institution, Regent Alfred John Bidwell, Robert A. Heinlein, Ryū Murakami, Ryokan (inn), Sarkies Brothers, Singapore, Singapore Sling, Sovereign wealth fund, Stamford House, Singapore, Stamford Raffles, Strand Hotel, Swan & Maclaren, Tenko (TV series), The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, W. Somerset Maugham, Waltz, World War II.

AccorHotels

Accor S.A., using the brand name AccorHotels, is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts, and vacation properties.

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Armenians

Armenians (հայեր, hayer) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian Highlands.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) founded in 1929 is Australia's national broadcaster, funded by the Australian Federal Government but specifically independent of Government and politics in the Commonwealth.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Bring 'Em Back Alive (TV series)

Bring 'Em Back Alive is an adventure television series starring Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, and Ron O'Neal.

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British people

The British people, or the Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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Carlton Television

Carlton Television (now part of the non-franchise ITV London region) was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties from 9.25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday.

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Colonial architecture

Colonial architecture is an architectural style from a mother country that has been incorporated into the buildings of settlements or colonies in distant locations.

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Colony NorthStar

Colony NorthStar is a diversified equity REIT with an embedded institutional and retail investment management business.

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Eastern & Oriental Hotel

The Eastern & Oriental Hotel (popularly known as E&O Hotel) is a colonial-style hotel in George Town, Penang, Malaysia that was established in 1885 by the Sarkies Brothers.

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FRHI Hotels & Resorts

FRHI Hotels & Resorts is a Toronto, Ontario, Canada based hotel management company owned by AccorHotels.

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Government of Singapore

The Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore to mean the Executive branch of government, which is made up of the President and the Cabinet of Singapore.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis.

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Hotel Majestic (Kuala Lumpur)

Hotel Majestic is the historical hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Japanese occupation of Singapore

The Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II took place from 1942 to 1945, following the fall of the British colony on 15 February 1942.

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List of national monuments of Singapore

National monuments of Singapore are buildings and structures in Singapore that have been designated by the National Heritage Board (or NHB) as being of special historic, traditional, archaeological, architectural or artistic value.

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Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is a first-person shooter video game, the fifth installment of the ''Medal of Honor'' series, released by EA Games in November 2003.

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Paul O'Grady

Paul James O'Grady, MBE (born 14 June 1955) is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio disc jockey.

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Qatar

Qatar (or; قطر; local vernacular pronunciation), officially the State of Qatar (دولة قطر), is a sovereign country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Qatar Investment Authority

The Qatar Investment Authority (جهاز قطر للإستثمار) (QIA) is Qatar's state-owned holding company that can be characterized as a National Wealth Fund.

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Raffles Holdings

Raffles Holdings was the parent company of Raffles International.

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Raffles Hotels & Resorts

Raffles Hotels & Resorts is a chain of luxury hotels owned by AccorHotels since 2016.

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Raffles Institution

Raffles Institution (RI), founded in 1823, is the oldest school in Singapore for pre-tertiary education.

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Regent Alfred John Bidwell

Regent Alfred John Bidwell, or R. A. J. Bidwell, was an English-born architect noted for his colonial era buildings in Singapore.

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Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (See also the biography at the end of For Us, the Living, 2004 edition, p. 261. July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science-fiction writer.

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Ryū Murakami

is a Japanese novelist, short story writer, essayist and filmmaker.

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Ryokan (inn)

A is a type of traditional Japanese inn that has existed since the eighth century A.D. during the Keiun period, in which the oldest hotel in the world, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, was created in 705 A.D. Another old ryokan called Hōshi Ryokan was founded in 718 A.D and was also known as the world's second oldest hotel.

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Sarkies Brothers

The Sarkies Brothers, Martin (1852–1912), Tigran (1861–1912), Aviet (1862–1923), and Arshak (1868–1931), were a group of brothers of Armenian ethnicity best known for founding a chain of luxury hotels throughout Southeast Asia.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Singapore Sling

The Singapore Sling is a gin-based cocktail from Singapore.

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Sovereign wealth fund

A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) or sovereign investment fund is a state-owned investment fund that invests in real and financial assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, precious metals, or in alternative investments such as private equity fund or hedge funds.

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Stamford House, Singapore

Stamford House is a historic building located at the corner of the junction of Stamford Road and Hill Street, in the Downtown Core of Singapore.

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Stamford Raffles

Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, FRS (6 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British statesman, Lieutenant-Governor of British Java (1811–1815) and Governor-General of Bencoolen (1817–1822), best known for his founding of Modern Singapore.

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Strand Hotel

The Strand (also known as Strand Hotel) is a Victorian-style hotel located in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), built by Aviet and Tigran Sarkie, two of the Sarkies Brothers.

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Swan & Maclaren

Swan and Maclaren Architects is the oldest architectural firm in Singapore.

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Tenko (TV series)

Tenko was a television drama, co-produced by the BBC and the ABC.

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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science-fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, about a lunar colony's revolt against rule from Earth.

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W. Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham, CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965), better known as W. Somerset Maugham, was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer.

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Waltz

The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in time, performed primarily in closed position.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffles_Hotel

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