PALM GROVE BEACH HOTELS PVT. LTD. v HILTON WORLDWIDE MANAGE LIMITED & Anor

Q: Which legislation does [2024] SGHC 125 consider?

The judgment refers to Arbitration Act (Cap 10), International Arbitration Act (Cap 143A), and International Arbitration Act (Cap 10). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

[2024] SGHC 125 High Court (General Division) 10 May 2024 HC/OA 1203/2023 88 min read

5 cases cited Cited by 1 case

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	10 May 2024
Judge	S Mohan
Charges / claim	Arbitration
Counsel	Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, TSMP Law Corporation, WongPartnership LLP, Chrystal Lee Tze En, David Isidore Tan Huang Loong, Foo Hsien Weng, Goh Wei Wei, Ku Chern Ying Vanessa, Lin Weiqi Wendy, Nakul Dewan, Poon Kin Mun Kelvin, Thio Shen Yi

Source: [2024] SGHC 125, High Court (General Division), decided 10 May 2024 — eLitigation. Updated 3 July 2026.

Catchwords

Arbitration — Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside

Practice Areas

Arbitration

Judges (1)

S Mohan Delivered

Counsel (12)

Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Firm TSMP Law Corporation Firm WongPartnership LLP Firm Chrystal Lee Tze En Counsel Defendant David Isidore Tan Huang Loong Counsel Defendant Foo Hsien Weng Counsel Claimant Goh Wei Wei Counsel Claimant Ku Chern Ying Vanessa Counsel Defendant Lin Weiqi Wendy Counsel Claimant Nakul Dewan Counsel Claimant Poon Kin Mun Kelvin Counsel Defendant Thio Shen Yi Counsel Claimant

Parties (3)

Hilton Hotels Management India Private Limited Defendant Hilton Worldwide Manage Limited Defendant Palm Grove Beach Hotels Pvt Ltd Claimant

Case Significance

Palm Grove Beach Hotels Pvt Ltd v Hilton Worldwide Manage Ltd and another [2024] SGHC 125 was decided by S Mohan J in the General Division of the High Court on 10 May 2024, following a hearing on 15 March 2024 in Originating Application No 1203 of 2023. The claimant, Palm Grove Beach Hotels Pvt Ltd, a company incorporated in India that owns luxury hotels, sought to set aside two partial arbitral awards (or parts thereof) rendered by a Singapore-seated arbitral tribunal. The arbitration with the defendants, Hilton Worldwide Manage Limited and Hilton Hotels Management India Private Limited, concerned disputes arising from the defendants' management and operation of a luxury hotel in Pune, India, the Conrad Pune. S Mohan J dismissed the application.

[2024] SGHC 125 explained

PALM GROVE BEACH HOTELS PVT. LTD. v HILTON WORLDWIDE MANAGE LIMITED & Anor ([2024] SGHC 125) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 10 May 2024. It is categorised under Arbitration. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2024] SGHC 125 about?

PALM GROVE BEACH HOTELS PVT. LTD. v HILTON WORLDWIDE MANAGE LIMITED & Anor ([2024] SGHC 125) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Arbitration — Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2024] SGHC 125 consider?

The judgment refers to Arbitration Act (Cap 10), International Arbitration Act (Cap 143A), and International Arbitration Act (Cap 10). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

How influential is [2024] SGHC 125?

Within this corpus, [2024] SGHC 125 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

Summary

The claimant, Palm Grove Beach Hotels Pvt. Ltd., an Indian company that owned a luxury hotel in Pune operated as the Conrad Pune, applied to set aside two partial arbitral awards rendered by a Singapore-seated tribunal in disputes arising from the defendants' management and operation of the hotel under the Conrad brand. The defendants were two companies in the Hilton group engaged to manage the hotel. The General Division of the High Court dismissed the application in its entirety, finding among other things no breach of natural justice in the tribunal's decision regarding the appointment of a budget expert, and indicated it would hear the parties separately on costs.

What was Palm Grove Beach Hotels v Hilton Worldwide [2024] SGHC 125 about?

Palm Grove Beach Hotels Pvt Ltd applied in Originating Application No 1203 of 2023 to set aside two partial arbitral awards from a Singapore-seated tribunal, arising from disputes over Hilton's management of the Conrad Pune hotel in India. S Mohan J dismissed the application on 10 May 2024.

Did the High Court set aside the arbitral awards in [2024] SGHC 125?

No. S Mohan J dismissed Originating Application No 1203 of 2023, declining to set aside the two partial awards rendered by the Singapore-seated tribunal. The decision was reached after considering the affidavit evidence, including the arbitral record, and the parties' written and oral submissions.