Charity gala dinner launches Hotel Fort Canning

The 86-room heritage boutique hotel will officially open on 27 July.

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Hotel Fort Canning, an award winning heritage boutique hotel in a city park with 86-rooms will officially open with a charity gala dinner on 27 July 2012. Minister for Defence, Dr Ng Eng Hen, is set to grace the ceremony as guest-of-honour and unveil the opening plaque accompanied by Mr Oh Chee Eng, Chief Executive Officer, Hotel Fort Canning at the Hotel’s porte-cochère at 6:30pm.

The ceremony which includes a lion dance performance with plucking green presentation will be followed by a charity gala dinner at the hotel’s largest ballroom – Legends Ballroom at 7:00pm.

In conjunction with Club Rainbow (Singapore) 20th Anniversary and in continuation of the company’s long-standing charity efforts since 2002, the hotel will be hosting a 40-table charity gala dinner to help raise funds for Club Rainbow. Funds will be raised through selling of tables at $8,000, $5,000 and $3,000 respectively.

In line with the heritage background of the Hotel Fort Canning’s building, the history of Fort Canning Park as well as the Architectural Heritage Award being conferred to the hotel in November 2011, the gala dinner theme has been named “Hot on Heritage”. There will be an art exhibition on display at the Legends Ballroom’s foyer prior to the start of the dinner and guests will be entertained with an array of exciting stage performances by the children from Talent Development Fund of Club Rainbow.