Marina Mandarin: Art and luxury

You like a bit of sauciness in your hotel just like you prefer an extra splash of olive juice with your martini -- you dirty thing -- but what about a little underground art scene during your Singapore stay? Welcome to the city's Marina Mandarin, a Singapore hotel with an Artist-in-Residence program where a local artist is given hotel residency in the form of a studio on the 4th floor.

During the artist's six-month stay, guests can visit the studio and chat with the artist about their work and views on the local arts scene. The six-month residency culminates in an art exhibition displayed around the hotel.

Add to that the Marina Mandarin's elegant business-class rooms that have full-length windows facing Marina Bay Sands, the Formula One race track, or the Singapore Flyer, and you're in saucy Singapore heaven.