Originally Posted by
yosithezet
Novena is actually getting lots of hotels. There are business here, it isn't any less convenient than Orchard to areas like Suntec and Shenton, and I suspect there are also families that stay in the area if they have lived ones in the hospitals here.
But unlike the other Marriott which is in about the most ideal spot you can get for a hotel, being located in Novena means they just get business travelers and tourists who don't know any better.
Who knows what Marriott had to pay for the land (proabably major factor in deciding where to build) but the best spots for hotels is the Raffles or Orchard area.
Novena is strange place for a CY IMO.