Tag: Singapore
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A new Japanese restaurant tops ‘Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants’ list
[ad_1] Tokyo’s Sézanne is the newly crowned winner of “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024” list. The two Michelin-starred neo-classical French restaurant, located on the 7th floor of the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi, climbed from No. 2 on the 2023 list to secure the top spot. Japan had nine restaurants make this year’s list,…
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Passport-free travel in Singapore is here — but only for certain travelers
[ad_1] Singapore made global headlines last year when the government announced that biometric processing will replace travel document verifications at Changi Airport in the first half of 2024. But the city-state is going “passport-free” in another area: its land border with Malaysia. From Tuesday, people traveling by car between Singapore and Malaysia can show self-generated…
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Singapore eases travel hassles, introduces QR code system in place of passports for border crossings
[ad_1] Bloomberg | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz Singapore is making it even easier for people to come and go from the tropical city-state, allowing drivers crossing into the country through two land checkpoints to use a QR code instead of their passports. Tourists walk on the Supertree skywalk at Gardens by the Bay in…
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Debate heats up as Singapore prime minister says exclusive Taylor Swift deal isn’t ‘unfriendly’
[ad_1] Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Tuesday that a closed-door deal for Taylor Swift to perform in the city-state ensured she would not perform in other Southeast Asian countries during her Eras tour. “(Our) agencies negotiated an arrangement with her to come to Singapore and perform and to make Singapore her only stop…
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Low-cost carrier Zipair discusses domestic travel demand in Japan
[ad_1] ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Yasuhiro Fukada, founder and CEO of Zipair discusses the demand recovery for domestic travel in Japan and the impact of rising air travel costs on low-cost carriers. [ad_2] Source link
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Adani holds Singapore meeting for first dollar bond since Hindenburg crisis | Company News – Business Standard
[ad_1] By Harry Suhartono and Saikat Das Adani Group met with investors in Singapore, marketing an overseas bond for the first time since weathering the rout caused by shortseller Hindenburg Research a year ago. An executive arrived at an office tower overlooking the city state’s Marina Bay in a black van on…
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Coldplay, then Taylor Swift: Concert economics are driving a tourism boom in Singapore
[ad_1] Taylor Swift performing onstage in Nashville, Tennessee. John Shearer/tas23 | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, and now Taylor Swift. Singapore is eyeing concert economics as its new growth driver, which is set to add hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism receipts. “The Lion City has traditionally been more a…
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Frog species in ‘perilous state’ bred at Cotswold Wildlife Park
[ad_1] The cinnamon frog, native to south-east Asia, is classed as a near threatened species. [ad_2] Source link
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Chinese tourists are driving Asia-Pacific’s travel boom — flight bookings to hit pre-pandemic levels
[ad_1] Outbound passengers queue up to check in at Yantai Penglai International Airport on February 9, 2023 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific’s travel sector is seeing strong growth, with demand for flights set to match pre-pandemic levels this year — thanks to Chinese tourists. The…
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Chinese Lunar New Year travel boosts Asian tourism
[ad_1] Chinese travellers flocked to tourist hot-spots across Asia over the Lunar New Year break, with visitor numbers and spending in destinations including Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia exceeding pre-COVID levels. Visa-free access for Chinese tourists to the Southeast Asia countries boosted traffic and signalled a robust revival in travel since Beijing lifted strict COVID restrictions…