Opening of Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree and Rainforest Festival
Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree
Banyan Group’s inaugural Rainforest Festival celebrating sustainable design, biodiversity and wellbeing in support of President’s Challenge 2025.
Banyan Group and Mandai Wildlife Group marked an achievement on November 26 with the Opening of Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree. President Tharman Shanmugaratnam officiated the opening, inaugurating the resort’s Wishing Wall and previewing Banyan Group’s inaugural Rainforest Festival, which opens to the public today.
Located in the Mandai Wildlife Reserve, Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree marks Banyan Group’s 100th resort and its symbolic homecoming to Singapore. Owned by Mandai Wildlife Group, the resort is the first-ever resort situated within a world-leading wildlife and nature destination in a capital city.
The programme also featured a City in Nature dialogue introduced by Ho Ren Yung, Deputy CEO at Banyan Group, which explored Singapore’s City in Nature vision and the role of regenerative design, nature-positive development and collaborative stewardship in shaping future cities. Moderated by Dr Mark Watson, Group Director of Sustainability and Impact at Banyan Group, the dialogue brought together leading voices from conservation, design and architecture, including Mandai Wildlife Group Deputy CEO of Life Sciences and Chief Life Sciences Officer Dr Cheng Wen-Haur, DesignSingapore Council Executive Director Dawn Lim and WOW Architects Co-Founder Wong Chiu Man.
