A new hotel with at least 220 rooms will be built at Changi Airport Terminal 2 by 2027 to cater to an expected growth in passenger traffic.
This will be the third landside hotel at the airport, and will be built above the coach stand at the southern end of the newly reopened T2.
Landside refers to the areas of the airport that are before immigration clearance and accessible to the public.
The two current landside hotels there are the 130-room Yotelair Singapore Changi Airport in Jewel, which opened in 2019, and Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, which is next to T3 and has 563 rooms. It opened in 2008.
There are four airside hotels catering to transit passengers at T1, T2, T3 and the JetQuay terminal, which serves commercially important passengers.
According to the tender document, the new T2 hotel has to be distinct from the two existing landside hotels, targeting new customer segments.
It should meet the standards of a three- to four-star hotel and have a “wow factor” commensurate with the “world-class image and standing” of Changi Airport.
The Straits Times
