<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: Ambalwa amahhotela anomlando ocebile futhi onemibala njengeRaffles Hotel eSingapore. Lakhiwa ngo-1887 futhi lalinokuhlanganiswa okubulalayo kobuhle, isitayela nokucwengisiswa kanye nokwazi ukuhlela umcimbi omkhulu. Izakhamuzi zaseBrithani ezingamalungu omphakathi ophakeme zaziphuthuma ukuyohlala emakamelweni ayo, zidle ukudla kwasemini endaweni yokudlela noma zizungeze izingadi zayo eziwubukhazikhazi ezihlotshiswe ngamapulangwe. Skrolela phansi ukuze ubone ividiyo. UDoris Geddes, owayephethe i-The Little Shop eRaffles, nabangane bakhe besifazane babeka izithombe ehhotela begqoke izingubo ze-couture. Ingxenye engaphambili yeRaffles Hotel ethathwe ngo-1921. Leli hhotela lavulwa ngo - 1887 futhi lalidume ngezivakashi zalo ezikhangayo. Yenza ikona laseAsia lafinyeleleka futhi laba nobungane; imbobo ejwayelekile ezweni elingajwayelekile. Lapho kuvulwa ngomhlaka-1 Disemba 1887 ihhotela lalinamakamelo ayishumi kuphela futhi laliyisakhiwo sesitayela se-bungalow esibheke olwandle kanye noLwandle lwaseNingizimu China. Le ndawo e-1 Beach Road yaqashiswa kumnikazi wayo ocebile ongumArabhu kubazalwane base-Armenia uSarkies, uTigran, u-Aviet no-Arshak abayiguqula yaba ihhotela. Ngo-1890 kwanezelwa izakhiwo ezimbili ezinezitezi ezinezindlu ezintsha ezingu-22. Umkhaya wasehhotela wacela usizo luka-R. A. J. Bidwell ovela enkampanini yezokwakha i-Swan Maclaren ukuze bakhe isakhiwo esikhulu ngo-1899. UCharlie Chaplin kwesobunxele nomfowabo uSyd kwesokudla bahlanganyela itafula. Manje sekune-suite ebizwa ngegama lomhlaya. Umlingisi waseMelika u-Ava Gardner kwesobunxele kanye kwesokudla nophahla lwamahhotela olune-trishaw ethwele isivakashi. U-Elizabeth Taylor egqoke ingubo eyayizoklanywa nguDoris Geddes esithombeni ngo-1957 ayekholelwa ukuthi yayicindezela kakhulu. Amagama afana noSomerset Maugham, uNoel Coward, uRudyard Kipling, uJoseph Conrad noCharlie Chaplin abafika emashumini eminyaka alandela, idumela likaRaffles lakhula. Nokho, mhlawumbe indaba edume kunazo zonke ivela ngo-1902 lapho kubonakala sengathi ingwe yangena ekamelweni le-billiard lehhotela. Kwathunyelwa indoda ukuba iyokudubula lesi silwane - okwakucatshangwa ukuthi sasibalekile esikhungweni sendawo - futhi ukuphila kwaqhubeka njengenjwayelo. Isithombe sehhotela ngo-1887, unyaka elavulwa ngawo, lapho kwakunamakamelo ayishumi kuphela...  <response>: Izivakashi ezidumile zihlanganisa uLiz Taylor, uCharlie Chaplin noSomerset Maugham. Ihhotela lavulwa ngo - 1887 futhi laba yindawo ethandwayo yaseBrithani yamakoloni. Ngo-1902 kubonakala sengathi ingwe yangena egumbini le-billiard yacasha ngaphansi kwetafula. Umphathi wendawo yokudlela uNgiam Tong Boon wasungula iSingapore Sling ngo-1915. 