Hotels & Tourism
STB names Stefanie Sun Tourism Ambassador in Greater China
STB names Stefanie Sun Tourism Ambassador in Greater China
Singaporean artiste to promote STB’s new destination brand “YourSingapore” to China.
Marina Bay Sands secures 370 deals for convention center
Sands Expo & Convention Center has held 150 events at since its opening.
Singapore remains Top International Meeting City
STB attributes Singapore's constant re-invention and innovation of itself as key for obtaining the position thrice.
Pan Pacific Hotels Group appoints Stanley Ng Director of Global Sales South Asia
Stanley’s 13 years of sales experience to bolster his new responsibility as region’s key account manager.
Businessman loses $18m at RWS casino in one day
Total losses, incurred over three gambling days, amounted to $26.3 million, said TODAY.
Singapore casinos pose threat to Las Vegas
Singapore is already rivaling Las Vegas with its two major casinos as analysts forecast combined revenue of as much as $5.1 billion for 2011.
Pan Pacific Hotels Group appoints Tan Joo Lin Director, Resourcing & Staffing
Tasked to develop talents for Group’s planned hotel portfolio expansion in Asia, North America and Oceania.
Singapore's visitor arrivals seen to increase by 7%
STB expects visitorship of between 12 to 12.5mln this year and 17mln by 2015.
StarHub and The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore to offer IPTV Experience
StarHub also to provide full Internet, mobile and IDD services to luxury hotel.
Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore appoints Michael Cottan as Vice President
Played important role in Shangri La Hotel, Jakarta in 1994 and Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai opening in 1998.
Roxy-Pacific profit up 39% to $21.9mln
Achieves 100% take-up rate for Haig 162 and 77% for Straits Residences in July 2010.
Pan Pacific Hotels Group to open PARKROYAL Serviced Suites Kuala Lumpur
To follow October opening of Kuala Lumpur hotel with upcoming launchings of three hotels in Australia.
Jones Lang LaSalle arranges sale of Ibis Singapore
More than US$115mln purchase showed that investors are getting interested in economy hotels.
Singapore receives 26.7% more visitors in June
Record 950,000 arrivals were mostly by tourists from Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Australia, and China.
Smithsonian to organize World Tour of Shipwreck Treasure Exhibition in Singapore
The exhibit, which will focus on on the 1998 discovery of a 9th century shipwreck and its load of about 60,000 objects from Tang Dynasty, is expected...
TMS to conduct 2010 travel industry salary report survey
TMS Asia-Pacific CEO said the 2010 survey will be more significant than the surveys in the previous years, after following a 3-year economic...
Amara Group to open hotel in Thailand
The Singapore lifestyle group will enter the Thai market as Amara Holdings Limited's hospitality arm, Amara Hotels & Resorts, develops a 272-room...