A New Start, A New Journey: Hotels, Hotels and More Hotels....Pt II

Hi all, it's the weekend once again and off to carry on our photo-taking of the various hotels as mentioned in our earlier post..

We visited a few hotels within the City Hall / Marina Boulevard area and managed to sneak in more than a couple of pics for everyone's viewing pleasure...so sit back and enjoy the visual fest...

First up...Swissotel Stamford...

There was a couple that would be celebrating their 50yrs of marriage (ok everyone go AWWWWWWW!!!)...the ballroom was huge but only had 25 tables...the thing i liked about this ballroom was the 'tent' in the middle of the stage...pretty cool idea to do that for our KL banquet...a 'tent' lit with many LEDs, making us the centre of attention... =P

Loved their cocktail/reception area as well...

Next...to the newly refurbished Marina Mandarin...

The 'ballroom' at the Pool Garden..

Both of us agreed that the new look works great for the hotel...nice, cosy ambience greeted us when we stepped into the 4th floor lounge...On the 5th floor is the entrance to the Pool Garden..and a Chinese Restaurant by the name of "Peach Blossom"..the best thing about this restaurant is that there are live birds (kept in cages) singing and hung along the whole stretch of the corridor...sorry didn't manage to capture a picture of that..will do that another time...

Here's the other Ballroom...The Vanda Ballroom...nice with lit stairs leading up to it...a nice touch i must say...most of the settings i would say is common amongst the hotels / magazines we've seen so far..

On another note, I used to work in that hotel when i was much younger..when i was still in my poly years (about 18-20yrs old)...worked there as a banquet waiter pretty much both years as a classmate's father was the F&B manager then...was pretty fun esp when you get to find out the nooks and crannies of the hotel...the places that the general public are unable to see... =P well that was so long ago but going back into the hotel sure brings back memories...

Taking a break in between viewing these ballrooms, we finally arrived once again at The Raffles Hotel...

Here are some clearer pics of the East India Rooms, the adjacent Palm Gardens and luckily (or unluckily) depending on how you view it, a solemnization ceremony ended earlier...we got a pic of the decorated chairs but the ballroom was locked...(ARGH!!!!)...

The Palm Gardens does look pretty spacious...and with the stairs at the start of the march-in to the solemnization, the ceremony is set to be a very romantic and intimate one.. =) now we need to trash it out with the hotel to give us freebies and MORE FREEBIES!!! (Where's Sun when you need her???) lol..

Ok that's pretty much the end of today's little report...our feet exhausted and sore but we treated ourselves to a nice reward for our hard work...here's a lil sneak preview...