Ka taƙaita labarin:  Akwai otal-otal kalilan da ke da irin wannan tarihi mai kayatarwa kamar otal din Raffles a Singapore. An gina shi a shekara ta 1887 yana da haɗuwa mai haɗari na ladabi, salo da sophistication da kuma sanin yadda za a jefa wani ɓangare mai raɗaɗi. Manyan mazauna mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya sun yi tsere don zama a cikin ɗakunansa, cin abinci a gidan abincin ko kuma zagayawa a cikin lambun da ke kewaye da itacen dabino. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Doris Geddes, wanda ya gudanar da The Little Shop a Raffles, da kuma wasu 'yan mata mata suna nunawa a hotel din a cikin tufafi masu kyau. Facade na Raffles Hotel da aka dauka a 1921. Otal din ya bude a 1887 kuma ya zama sananne ga baƙi masu ban sha'awa. Ya sanya wani kusurwa na Asiya mai sauƙi da abokantaka; sanannen rami a cikin ƙasar da ba a sani ba. Lokacin da aka buɗe shi a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1887, otal ɗin yana da ɗakuna 10 kawai kuma gini ne mai salon bungalow wanda ke kallon rairayin bakin teku da Tekun Kudancin China. An yi hayar dukiyar a 1 Beach Road daga mai mallakar Larabawa mai arziki ga 'yan uwan Sarkies na Armenia, Tigran, Aviet da Arshak waɗanda suka canza shi daga gidan rairayin bakin teku zuwa otal. A cikin 1890 an kara wasu fuka-fuki guda biyu tare da sabbin ɗakuna 22. Iyalin mai otel din sun nemi taimakon R. A. J Bidwell daga kamfanin gine-ginen Swan & Maclaren don gina babban ginin a 1899. Charlie Chaplin (hagu) da ɗan'uwansa Syd (dama) suna cin abinci tare. Yanzu akwai wani suite mai suna bayan comedian. 'Yar wasan Amurka Ava Gardner (hagu) da (dama) facade na otal din tare da trishaw dauke da baƙo. Elizabeth Taylor a cikin rigar da Doris Geddes ya tsara a shekarar 1957 wanda ta yi tunanin yana da tsayi sosai. Tare da sunaye kamar Somerset Maugham, Noel Coward, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad da Charlie Chaplin suna dubawa a cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, Raffles ya girma. Wataƙila labarin da ya fi shahara duk da haka ya fito ne daga 1902 lokacin da tiger a bayyane ya shiga cikin dakin biliyan na otal. An tura wani mutum ya harbi dabbar - wanda ake zaton ya tsere daga gidan circus na gida - kuma rayuwa ta ci gaba kamar yadda aka saba. Hoton otal din a shekara ta 1887, shekarar da aka bude shi, lokacin da akwai dakuna goma kawai don...
Shahararrun baƙi sun haɗa da Liz Taylor, Charlie Chaplin da Somerset Maugham. Otal din ya bude a 1887 kuma ya zama mashahurin masarautar mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya. A shekarar 1902 wani tiger da alama ya shiga dakin biliyan ya ɓoye a ƙarƙashin tebur. Shugaban barman Ngiam Tong Boon ne ya kirkiro Singapore Sling a shekarar 1915.