Merlion hotel fully booked

• Clivebenss

  1 Mar 11, 11:15

  Mar 1, 2011 - Straits Times

  By akshita nanda

  There are no more vacancies at the Merlion Hotel, a five-star suite temporarily enclosing the tourism icon at Marina Bay.

  The reservation hotline switched on at 10am on Monday and an hour later, by 11.12 am, all nights were fully booked by guests eager to snuggle up to the half-lion, half-fish statue.

  The 'hotel', a 100 sq m luxury room built around the Merlion, is actually an art installation by Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi. It has been commissioned specially for the Singapore Biennale, which will showcase local and international artworks from March 13 to May 11. The biennale is organised by the Singapore Art Museum.

  The Merlion Hotel will host overnight guests from April 4 to May 5 at $150 nett, though daytime visitors can walk through for free for the duration of the biennale. Only 32 nights were available for public booking, with the rest set aside for winners of contests held by the biennale organisers or for sponsors and the media.

  The suite can accommodate two adults and will be operated by The Fullerton Hotel. It comes with a double bed, bathroom, amenities, as well as a dedicated Merlion Butler. Overnight guests will also get a complimentary breakfast at The Fullerton Hotel.

  Among the earliest successful callers was Madam Shana Tai, 35, who hit the redial button non-stop from 10am in the morning and got through to reservations at 10.30am.

• FireIce

  1 Mar 11, 12:24

  not artistic at all.

• Junyang700

  1 Mar 11, 12:25

  Now Merlion is gone, covered up.
  
  With the tourism icon gone, I wonder what will remind foreigners about Singapore?
  The Durian?

• FireIce

  1 Mar 11, 12:40

  the wheel
  the casinos

   

  and sports illustrated model on trishaw in chinatown

  and the chewing gum ban

• Fatum

  1 Mar 11, 12:57

  Among the earliest successful callers was Madam Shana Tai, 35, who hit the redial button non-stop from 10am in the morning and got through to reservations at 10.30am.

  so persistent, lol ...... they keen to try for a dragon baby inside the lion issit ? ......

   

• Clivebenss

  1 Mar 11, 15:59

  I wonder if by some mistakes the merlion start gushing water while someone is in that "room".

  

• tranquilice

  1 Mar 11, 17:55

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  I wonder if by some mistakes the merlion start gushing water while someone is in that "room".

  

   

  Take your bath with the merlion. 

   

• Clivebenss

  1 Mar 11, 17:56

  Originally posted by tranquilice:

   

  Take your bath with the merlion. 

   

  wonder if the shower rose is attached to the mouth?

  

• tranquilice

  1 Mar 11, 18:03

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  wonder if the shower rose is attached to the mouth?

  

  
  It's a five stars hotel. What do you think?

   

• Clivebenss

  1 Mar 11, 18:05

  Originally posted by tranquilice:

  
  It's a five stars hotel. What do you think?

   

  more than five stars...

  in some scaffoldings.

  

• tranquilice

  1 Mar 11, 18:26

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  more than five stars...

  in some scaffoldings.

  

  
  More like workers dormitory.

   

• charlize

  1 Mar 11, 18:38

  Got any pic?

   

  Is it really 5 star ?

• Clivebenss

  1 Mar 11, 19:26

  Originally posted by charlize:

  Got any pic?

   

  Is it really 5 star ?

  

• TehJarVu

  1 Mar 11, 19:26

  wtf

• donkhead333

  1 Mar 11, 19:33

  No surprise. Singaporeans like novelty.

• charlize

  1 Mar 11, 19:57

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  

  This is 5 star?

   

  What about inside?

   

   

• charlize

  1 Mar 11, 19:58

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sq8VDXlWQk

   

  I'm living in a box ... a cardboard box.

• Clivebenss

  1 Mar 11, 19:58

  Originally posted by charlize:

  This is 5 star?

   

  What about inside?

   

   

  won't be much different from Changi...