July 19, 2021 Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay For close to a decade, PARKROYAL on Pickering has been Singapore’s last word in hotel eco-chic, with its iconic façade draped in vertical greenery . Now, though, there’s a freshly bloomed hotel-in-a-garden breezing into town – its sister concept Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay, launched in December last year. Formerly known as Marina Mandarin, the hotel was reborn in a nine-month overhaul by Pan Pacific Hotels Group. And while little has changed of its blocky exterior, don’t judge a hotel by its façade – within lies a bold new world of green design . Location & space