The Westin Plaza opened in October 1986,[1] as part of the Raffles City complex, which also included a shopping mall, a convention center, an office tower and an adjoining sister hotel, The Westin Stamford.

[3] Raffles The Plaza was renamed again on 12 December 2007, becoming the Fairmont Singapore.

[4] In September 2019, Fairmont Singapore completed a renovation of the South Tower.

[5] Together with Swissotel The Stamford, Fairmont Singapore set up a 450 sq m rooftop aquaponics farm in 2019 where fish and plants are grown together in a closed system.

The farm is expected to grow 30% of all vegetables required across the 2 hotels.