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Review of the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Hotel

As a traveller in Singapore, one of the places I’m most happy to see is Changi Airport – it signifies both the start of exciting travels ahead, or the happy-sad feeling you get when you come in to land at the end of a trip. So when Crowne Plaza Changi Airport invited me to check out their hotel, I was quite stoked indeed – even though i wasn’t actually travelling out of the country, I was just happy to go check out this cool looking airport hotel that I’ve always bypassed on my way in and out of the terminal. Check out my review below.

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Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Entrance Selfie

gratuitous selfie at entrance of Crowne Plaza before checking in!

LOCATION

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Pool Control Tower

Where else can you see Changi Airport’s famous control tower from the pool?

Crowne Plaza is at Changi Airport’s Terminal 3; for most Singaporeans, getting to the far eastern end of Singapore is already a trip in itself so that should put you into a staycation mood! It is a little out of the way, but given that it really only takes half an hour to get from east to west in Singapore, it’s not so bad. It’s also really convenient if you have a long stopover or you’re meeting someone who only has a very short amount of time to spend in Singapore given that it’s practically in terminal 3 itself.

THE ROOM

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Hotel Room

Very spacious and comfortable deluxe room – 36 square metres to be exact!

I was given a King Bed Club Room on the club floor level 3, which is also the same level as the pool, gym and club room. The room itself is quite spacious and comfortable, with a leather couch at the end of the bed so you can watch TV. There’s quite ample table and bench space, so you can get work done if you need to.

I was actually pretty stoked at first to find the swimming pool right outside my door – it’s the feeling of being able to just step out my door and jump into the pool! However, the door of the room is such that while you can go out, there isn’t a door handle on the outside for you to come back in, so unless you leave the door propped open, you will have to go around the front again. Another drawback is that people from the pool tend to wander around outside your doorway, so keep your curtains drawn!

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Hotel Bathroom

Floral prints decorate the bathroom glass, might be a bit much for some people!

The bathroom is also quite spacious and comes with both a bathtub which fills relatively quickly and a rain shower. No complaints there – I had a good soak in the evening after my rather cold swim!

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Room Safe

The very well hidden safe in the side of the table!

I couldn’t find the safe at first as it wasn’t in the cupboard like most hotel safes are. Only after a bit of searching around did I realize it was actually quite well hidden in the side of the desk, and it’s one that opens from the top and spacious enough for my 13″ MacBook Pro.

THE HOTEL

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Pool

The pool is in the center of the hotel and quite large

The swimming pool feels like the main centerpiece of this hotel in which the rooms are build around – I love the wooden decking and there it feels like you’re exploring an island, very pretty indeed. It’s not very deep, about 1.2m at the deepest part but man is the water COLD. I like to think I’m pretty resilient to cold water, but I couldn’t swim for very long because my teeth were chattering.

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Pool Panorama

Panorama of the pool area – there are both swimming areas and soaking areas

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Pool Toes

Did more suntanning and reading by the pool than actually dipping in it, which is surprising for me because I love the water, but it was really cold even with the sun up!

I took a walk around the hotel to explore – it has over 300 rooms and the highest floor is the 9th storey gives you a glimpse of the airport runway from the right angle. The facilities are mostly on the 1st-3rd floor.

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Airport View

Plane Watching from the highest floor

I had privileges for the Club Lounge and the room is accessed via tapping my keycard at the door; feels kinda special to have the glass door slide open for you! Usual club lounge privileges apply – you can eat breakfast up here and have evening cocktails as well. This lounge is quite large and not very crowded while I was there, so I had a lot of space to myself.  It also has 2 nice meeting rooms with proper facilities that a business person could use to conduct meetings.

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Club Lounge

Some snapshots of the Club Lounge – it’s very spacious

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Club Cocktail

Cocktail hour with a glass of wine and snacks! The lounge overlooks the pool

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Club Breakfast

Morning breakfast time! It’s much quieter and peaceful up here in the lounge as compared to being down in their restaurant for sure!

I did head over to their in-house restaurant Azur on level 2 for the Weekend Changi Brunch from 1230pm – 330pm on Sunday afternoon. Pretty crowded, but I managed to find a seat and try a range of food, both Asian and Western. Quite a good spread and though I was still a tad full from breakfast, I made sure I ate my fill!

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport - Azur Food

Some of the food at Azur – naturally my favourite was the free flow of ice cream!

AROUND THE AREA

The hotel’s entrance is at the link-bridge of Terminal 3, and I never realized this but the airport actually has quite an active retail scene in Basement 1 that sees a lot of families and local Singaporeans visiting on the weekends. It gets quite crowded! Since I was on my own and feeling kinda tired that day, I ended up grabbing some fast food and enjoying dinner in my room, catching up on TV shows and just relaxing, but even if you don’t want to eat at Crowne Plaza’s in-house restaurants Azur or the Chinese dim sum place Imperial Treasure on level 1, there’s a lot of options to consider.

Changi Airport - Slide

Super long slide! You get free rides when you spend at Changi Airport’s retail outlets

I wish I tried the Changi Airport slide though – it looks kinda fun :)

To get anywhere else, you will need to take public transport or drive out of the airport. East Coast Park and Pasir Ris Park are nearby, as are Singapore Expo Convention Centres.

PRICE

For my room, the King Bed Club non-smoking room, the usual rate is S$360/night. The cheapest rooms are the deluxe ones that go at S$260/night, while suites cost up to S$530/night. Late check out at 6pm is available but at a higher cost. Check out more information at booking.com [affiliate link]

All in all, I really did enjoy my stay there! It really is a pretty fancy hotel given that it’s at the airport – my past experience with airport hotels in the past is that they’ve been a little cramped and more functional than pretty, but Crowne Plaza definitely isn’t built like that.

Thanks again to Crowne Plaza Changi Airport for the complimentary stay. All views are my own.

Mark

Wednesday 13th of August 2014

I absolutely love the pool access rooms at the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport!

Jaclynn Seah

Wednesday 13th of August 2014

They are super convenient I have to say :) I kinda wish there was more of a balcony to them though, so it's easier to lounge outside and pop back into the room...

Nikole

Monday 2nd of June 2014

looks like a very nice place to stay

Jaclynn Seah

Monday 2nd of June 2014

it is a nice place indeed! especially considering it's an airport hotel which aren't always the fanciest :)

Tommy

Sunday 25th of May 2014

Wow..the hotel looks GREAT! :)

Have always wanted to try the Crowne Plaza @ Changi Airport but keep procrastinating..

Envy your complimentary stay! :)

Thanks for sharing!

Jaclynn Seah

Sunday 25th of May 2014

Thanks Tommy! It is a pretty cool hotel, go try it :) Just going to Changi Airport feels like such a holiday!

Escape Hunter

Friday 23rd of May 2014

I've been to Changi and I loved it. But that hotel is stunning, thanks a lot for sharing! I didn't know about the slide, too bad I missed it :P

Jaclynn Seah

Friday 23rd of May 2014

the design of the hotel is really quite pretty! and yeah there were too many kids on the weekend when I was there so I skipped the slide, boo~