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As to the original question, thanks for starting something here - the Orchard Towers thread on this forum has gone totally dead. Anyway, you needn't worry about taking a ladyboy back to your room - despite a perception held by some that Singapore is an overregulated and sterile nanny state, prostitution absolutely thrives in this town. Always has.

I have stayed in a number of hotels in the Orchard Road precinct and never had a problem taking ladyboys back to my room, sometimes several at a time. But my hotel of choice is absolutely the Pan Pacific Orchard, which is virtually next door to Orchard Towers. It also has a very discrete back entry on Claymore Drive (the little alleyway that separates the towers). You don't even have to go through the lobby or past any doormen/concierge using this entry, making the so called "walk of shame" almost completely anonymous. They lock this door at 11.00pm. After that time, you just have to go through the main lobby entrance around on Claymore Road - still no problem, bit not nearly as private.

Pan Pacific Orchard would be four and a half star (approximately AUD$260 per night). In expensive Singapore, that's not bad value. It is a nice hotel - good rooms, friendly staff, nice pool, etc. But it's convenience to Orchard Towers is its greatest asset.