The hotel is the holiday trend
Raffles Sentosa Singapore Redefines the Getaway Game
Skyscanner’s latest travel trends report confirms what most luxury travellers have quietly suspected for years that the hotel is the holiday, and sometimes it’s perfectly reasonable to plan your trip around the minibar.
Enter Raffles Sentosa Singapore, the grande dame of getaways and the brand’s latest Asian sanctuary. It’s also Singapore’s first all-villa resort, which feels like something the universe should have arranged sooner.
According to Skyscanner, 27 per cent of travellers now choose destinations based on the hotels they want to stay in, a finding that will surprise precisely no one who’s ever booked a flight because the spa looked like it could solve all known problems. And if that’s your kind of logic, Raffles Sentosa is your kind of place.
Perched on the southern coast of Sentosa Island, it’s where design, gastronomy, and wellness feature as the itinerary.
Raffles Sentosa offers 62 private pool villas
Raffles Sentosa is for those looking to lie very still while Singapore happens gently around them. Just 25 minutes from Changi Airport, it’s close enough for convenience, yet somehow feels several emotional time zones away from the city bustle.
There are 62 private pool villas, each hidden behind swaying palms and serviced by a personal butler who seems to materialise at the faintest whiff of need. You’ll find peacocks strolling the paths, kingfishers perched in the trees, and a view that suggests someone at Raffles pulled some strings with the South China Sea.
Wellness here is a lifestyle with its own postcode. Guests can begin with sunrise tai chi, graduate to yoga, and then hand themselves over to a Wellbeing Butler (yes, that’s a thing) who curates personalised programs blending traditional wisdom and modern science.
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Naturally, the dining scene is ridiculous in the best possible way. Choose from refined Cantonese at Royal China, modern Italian at Empire Grill, or omakase artistry at Iyasaka by Hashida. Afternoon tea happens in The Raffles Room. Aperitifs await in the Chairman’s Room, where the Sentosa Sling is set to become the next big thing in Singaporean diplomacy.
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The resort’s design, courtesy of Yabu Pushelberg, is an exercise in calm intelligence. Pathways, pavilions, and pools flow seamlessly into lush tropical gardens. It’s striking without shouting, elegant without effort, and unapologetically Raffles. Families can spread out across multi-room villas designed for the modern multigenerational holiday or what used to be called “a family trip” before everyone needed their own plunge pool.
Raffles Sentosa is close to golf courses and beaches and the city
Raffles Sentosa offers that rare thing, serenity without isolation. Guests can dip into Singapore’s beaches, golf courses, and the Garden City’s buzzing attractions in minutes, then return to their villa to pretend civilisation no longer exists.
So if 2026 is the year you decide your next holiday should feel like a deep exhale, Raffles Sentosa Singapore is ready to provide the punctuation.
About Raffles Sentosa Singapore
Singapore’s first all-villa hotel, Raffles Sentosa Singapore features 62 contemporary villas, each with its own private pool, terrace, and tropical garden. Located on a hilltop in Sentosa, Singapore’s “island in the city”, the resort offers five restaurants, a luxurious wellbeing spa, two grand ballrooms, and direct access to an award-winning golf club and Tanjong Beach.
For more details or to reserve your villa, visit www.raffles.com/sentosa.
