Rudyard Kipling visited Singapore on a round the world trip in 1889, just a year and a half after Raffles Hotel opens its doors to the world.

In the account of his journey entitled "From Sea to Sea" published in 1899, Kipling wrote, "Raffles Hotel...where the food is as excellent as the rooms are bad. Let the traveller take note : Feed at Raffles and sleep at the Hotel de L'Europe".

The "Feed at Raffles" was often quoted by the Sarkies brothers in the Hotel's advertisements.

Of all the English writers of his day, Kipling had the widest geographical range. He visited every continent, traversed almost every sea and wrote stories, verses, essays about almost every place he visited.

For this and his memorable words about Raffles Hotel, we pay him tribute in the Rudyard Kipling Suite. And certainly if Kipling were alive today, he would tell travellers to take note : Feed and sleep at Raffles.  Among the memorabilia displayed in the suite is an original Kipling autograph.