THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL

Eco-conscious tourism takes on a new meaning with verdant, chic properties by UOL Group Limited and Pan Pacific Hotels Group (PPHG) is designed with a plethora of sustainable, green features, with foliage covering 300% of the land area.

Pan Pacific Orchard is a low-waste property—a rarity for a hotel in Southeast Asia and the world. The hotel is equipped with eco-conscious technologies such as food waste management, rainwater harvesting and recyclable water systems.

Pan Pacific Orchard, designed by award-winning firm WOHA Architects, boasts an exemplary architectural design that draws nature inwards. The project has four levels of self-sustaining sky gardens in themes of forest, beach, garden, and cloud, creating a new prototype for highrise hospitality. With 350 rooms and suites, the interiors work to reinforce the experience of each sky terrace.

UOL Group Limited emerged as one of the most triumphant winners of the 2022 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards series. Named Best Hospitality Developer (Asia) at the 17th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final, UOL Group Limited won Best Hotel Development (Asia) for its eco-conscious development Pan Pacific Orchard.

In Singapore alone, the company won the Best Developer, Best Transnational Developer, and Best Hospitality Developer awards, in addition to two Special Recognitions, at the 12th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore). Pan Pacific Orchard itself won the Best Hotel Development title.

Sustainable travel is more in vogue than ever, with thousands of travellers clamouring for ways to reduce their carbon footprint following the pandemic. According to a leading travel marketplace, 83% of global travellers perceive sustainable travel as vital.

This awareness strengthens with youth. Millennials and Generation Z are increasingly mindful of the environment when they are traveling. Many members of these demographic cohorts are known to consider sustainable options in their travel plans.

UOL Group Limited has many of these options on offer. Rising 23 storeys above Singapore’s retail heart, Pan Pacific Orchard is set to be an iconic masterpiece with four distinct yet seamlessly interconnected stacks. The Orchard Road development

A host of lifestyle concepts complement the rooms and suites. Pan Pacific Orchard is home to unique dining venues, a luxury spa, and creative high-rise spaces, including the highest ballroom along Orchard Road.

Pan Pacific Orchard is one of more than 50 hotels owned and/or managed by UOL Group Limited through its hotel subsidiary Pan Pacific Hotels Group Limited. Pan Pacific Orchard is the first hotel under UOL Group Limited to have obtained a green loan, partially financing its development.

UOL Group Limited’s efforts to align itself with climate realities do not end with Pan Pacific Orchard. The Group further nurtured the growth of its ecochic PARKROYAL COLLECTION brand with the June 2022 opening of PARKROYAL COLLECTION

Kuala Lumpur. Each hotel under the collection is one of a kind, but they all have one thing in common: a sense of responsibility and care towards the environment and self.

The property features biodegradable packaging, filtered drinking water in every guestroom, and a variety of airpurifying plants and trees serving as natural humidifiers.

Located at the corner of Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Imbi, the eco-chic hotel contains 527 rooms and suites, in addition to flexible meeting spaces and upscale F&B outlets. An entire floor is devoted to holistic wellness and includes a spa, gymnasium and fitness studio, and outdoor swimming pool.

The PARKROYAL COLLECTION has also made its mark on the sustainability front in Singapore with the nation’s first ‘Garden-in-a-Hotel’: PARKROYAL COLLECTION

Marina Bay which reopened in 2021 after undergoing an extensive transformation. The 583-room hotel houses one of Southeast Asia’s largest indoor sky-lit atriums, a 15,000-square-foot space home to over 2,400 plants, trees, shrubs, and groundcovers. Its rooftop is crowned by an urban farm housing over 60 varieties of fruits, vegetables, herbs and edible flowers. The natural bounty of this urban farm brings the hotel’s farm-to-table, farm-to-bar, and farm-to-spa concepts to reality.

Meanwhile, PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering, Singapore, an award-winning, eco-friendly garden concept hotel, has been putting Singapore on the world map since 2013, winning multiple international awards.

In July 2021, PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering was selected by TIME magazine and featured on its magazine cover for its listing of The World’s 100 Greatest Places 2021.

By making such powerful statements of sustainability and green architecture and design, UOL Group Limited, along with PPHG, makes sure that the future of travel and hospitality is in good hands.