Welcome To The Clan

At the heart of Singapore’s city centre, where the heritage and commercial enclaves converge, The Clan Hotel Singapore puts soul back into the hospitality trade

ALL PACKED AND STILL NOWHERE TO GO. That’s us right now with the new Covid-19 variants and surges in infection dashing our hopes of vacationing abroad. One silver lining is the hospitality industry pivoting its operations to cater to the local market. Although they cannot replace the experience of gallivanting abroad, staycations can satisfy our need to break the monotony of the daily humdrum.

“The modern guest is looking for authentic encounters. The Clan Hotel Singapore bears this in mind. It is a modern luxury hotel with plenty of nostalgic stories to share,” Arthur Kiong, CEO of Far East Hospitality Management, said at the launch.

The Clan Debuts

The hotel is the first of The Clan brand by the Far East Hospitality group. Situated at the crossroads of culture and commerce within the Far East Square heritage precinct, it offers guests curated touch points and services that will unveil nuggets of local culture and stories of the vicinity’s history. In fact, its very name reflects the history of clan guilds around Amoy Street where our forefathers helped Chinese settlers make Singapore their home.

Signature to the hotel are the Master Series (18 Grand Premier and 60 Premier rooms), offering customised services to discerning guests.

Mementos of a bygone era are also displayed throughout the hotel’s spaces, while its 324 guestrooms carry the theme through with modern interpretations of oriental design. The bedside lamps, for example, are modernised lanterns that blend with the chic contemporary styling. Clever design isn’t confined to aesthetics but extends to practical features, such as making filtered water on tap available in all rooms in lieu of bottled water.

The Food Connection

Aligned with the idea of supporting clan members, the hotel works with heritage names in Singapore’s restaurant and street food scenes. Taking pride of place on levels four and five is Qin Restaurant and Bar, a dining concept by the Tung Lok Group. The name Qin, which means relation, is spot on. But better than a good name are dishes that keep guests craving for more ‒ such as the Chilli Crab Crostini, which delivers the flavours of the classic chilli crab on a bed of avocado, pomelo and herbs.

As an extension of The Clan Collective idea, the hotel collaborates with a network of streetfood vendors, delivering favourite local dishes such as satay and bak kut teh to its guests in bespoke tiffin carriers and food warmers.

Guests can eat to their heart’s content without guilt. But should they want to work off binging on great food, there is a rooftop pool and gym. And while the latter offers state of the art equipment, it also has something of heritage value ‒ wing chun sparring posts for guests to channel their inner Bruce Lee.