John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan, Reuters
The latest stimulus packages unveiled are a strong signal from the Singapore government that it empathizes with the plight of the hard-hit tourism and aviation sectors amid the coronavirus crisis. After all, many livelihoods and the survival of businesses are at stake.
5 days ago
Reuters
Coronavirus is looking like it may take an unprecedented hit on the travel industry, and tourism-dependent economies like Singapore's stand to lose the most.
1 week ago
Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift
The coronavirus not only exposes the varying political alignments between Asian governments with China, but also their different approaches to crisis communications, all of which would have knock-on impacts on travel confidence to a country.
1 week ago
Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift
The growing number of coronavirus cases in Singapore has heightened worries about human-to-human transmission among travelers, but the government’s swift and clear response so far shows its ability to manage a crisis.
2 weeks ago
Richard Whiddington, Jing Travel
Singapore is ahead of the curve when it comes to its Chinese inbound strategy. It's the first country destination to roll out a WeChat Mini Program specifically targeted to Chinese business travelers attending meetings and events.
2 months ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
New players create unique tours such as an inside look at the disappearing trades of Singapore. If they aren’t encouraged and supported, the city’s inbound travel agencies could disappear.
2 months ago
Yixin Ng, Skift
A new generation of entrepreneurs is creating unique tours for visitors to Singapore. But fighting legacy tour players and online travel giants only makes the high costs of doing business harder to do business.
2 months ago
Faris Mokhtar, Bloomberg
Singapore's tourism sector has plenty of things going for it currently. Unfortunately for Hong Kong, travelers choosing to skip the protests there and visit Singapore instead appears to be one of them.
2 months ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
A new system that enables the sharing of guest data between hotels and the authorities is meant to increase productivity at hotels. Really? Better communication is needed.
3 months ago
Yixin Ng, Skift
Self check-in by facial recognition at hotels is unlikely to be an industrywide reality anytime soon in Singapore — and that’s not exactly bad news.
3 months ago
Jack Sidders, David Hellier and Gillian Tan, Bloomberg
London’s super-prime hotels don't go on the market very often. The Ritz London could be the next one as its owners hire a team to pursue a deal. Only a small group of wealthy investors will get a chance to bid on it, but luxury hotel groups could swoop in to nab the storied hotel.
4 months ago
Melissa Cheok and Dan Murtaugh, Bloomberg
We'll believe it when we see actual passengers in real flying taxis that authorities have approved as safe.
4 months ago
