Clockwise from top: Arshak, Tigran and Aviet Sarkies

The Sarkies Brothers were a group of four Armenian brothers, best known for founding a chain of luxury hotels throughout Southeast Asia. The brothers were:

• Martin Sarkies (1852-1912)
• Tigran Sarkies (1861-1912)
• Aviet Sarkies (1862-1923)
• Arshak Sarkies (1868-1931)

In chronological order, the hotels founded by the brothers were:

• 1884: Eastern Hotel, George Town, Penang, Malaysia
• 1885: Oriental Hotel, George Town, Penang, Malaysia
• 1889: Eastern and Oriental merged into Eastern & Oriental Hotel
• 1887: Raffles Hotel, Singapore
• 1891: Kartika Wijaya, Batu, Java, Indonesia^[1]
• 1901: Strand Hotel, Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar)
• 1910: Hotel Majapahit (as Hotel Oranje), Surabaya, Indonesia

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• the History of Armenians in Singapore and Malaysia