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aving recently obtained a hotel license, Oakwood Premier OUE Singapore is now providing short-term visitors to the city-state a new place to rest their head in the central business district. Opened as a luxury serviced apartment in 2017, the property, which occupies the landmark OUE Downtown building (once the tallest high-rise in Singapore), features 268 residential-style accommodations done up in a

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