WATG's design of Pan Pacific Singapore's Pacific Club a success

The Pan Pacific Singapore is attracting business travelers from around the world to its recently redesigned Pacific Club. Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) designers have created "a new benchmark of excellence in executive floor accommodations," and "rooms that are simply ahead of their time," according to Yasuhiro Uetani, general manager of The Pan Pacific Singapore and executive vice president Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts.

Located on the hotel's 33rd and 34th floors, each of the guest accommodations in the Pacific Club offers panoramic views of the Garden  City and the Singapore Straits. Jim Guequierre, WATG senior designer on the project, notes that the most rewarding aspect of this project was "setting higher corporate standards in accommodations for the business traveler." 

Much of original architect John Portman's classic detailing has been retained, while newly designed rooms have been given marble-floored vestibules and a new color palette. With the inclusion of the Aeron Chair by Herman Miller in each room, the Pan Pacific Singapore is one of the first full-service hotels in the world to offer what many consider the best task chair in existence. A series of controls allows guests to customize the seat to their comfort.

A new, four-meter credenza is edged in polished stainless steel and paneled in blond wood veneer - another example of the return to clean, modernist design with a timeless appeal.

So well received are the new accommodations at the Pan Pacific Singapore, they are paying dividends for The Pan Pacific in terms of ever increasing occupancies and, according to Pan Pacific's Uetani, customer satisfaction.
"Our guests are enjoying some of the finest executive accommodations and service in the world today." 

Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) is associated with many projects that have become international landmarks. Since its founding in 1945, the firm has become the world's leading design consultant for the hospitality, leisure, and entertainment industries with offices in Singapore, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Seattle, Orlando, and London.

WATG-designed projects can be found in 120 countries across six continents. Recent work includes Mandarin-Oriental Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Grand Hyatt Bali, Indonesia; Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Japan; Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, California; The Palace of the Lost City, South Africa; Disney's Grand Floridian Beach Resort, Florida; La Manga Club Resort, Spain; and Hyatt Regency Kauai Resort & Spa in Hawaii.