Katong Park Hotel is a hotel in Bishan, Singapore.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel in Singapore, originally known as Embassy Hotel, closed 1999”. It opened in 1953 and closed in 1999. It stands about 7.1 km from the centre of Bishan.[3]
Overview
Katong Park Hotel was a hotel on the corner of Meyer Road and Arthur Road in Singapore. Opened as the Embassy Hotel in 1953, it was the "biggest" hotel in Malaya to have been opened following the end of World War II at the time. The hotel closed in the middle of 1960 and reopened as the Hotel Ambassador later that year under new management.
From “Katong Park Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1953. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 7.1 km from the centre of Bishan. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Seletar Airport (XSP), about 7 km from the centre of Bishan.[4]
It is one of 110 hotels in and around Bishan recorded in Wikidata, 73 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 46 with a recorded opening date, it is the earliest. See Hotels in Bishan.
See also
References
- ^ Katong Park Hotel (Q107803959). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Katong Park Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-04-24.
- ^ Bishan (Q3249777). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Bishan. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.