Local and Global Experiences
AirAsia is launching four times weekly direct flights from Singapore to Ipoh from 2 December 2018. This is the low-cost carrier’s 16th route from Singapore. The flight between the two cities takes 1 hour 30 minutes. AK1310 departs Singapore at 11.40 am and arrives in Ipoh at 1 pm on […]
Finnair will be adding three new routes to Bologna, Bordeaux and Porto for the peak summer season in 2019. The oneworld member airline will operate its Airbus A319 aircraft to these routes via Helsinki. Capacity to other popular summer destinations will also be added. Finnair will fly up to three […]
Pullman Tokyo Tamachi has opened its doors on 1 October 2018. That’s Japan’s first ever Pullman property to open. And also the 1,000th AccorHotels property to open in the Asia Pacific region contributing to over 200,000 rooms in the region. The hotel was designed to reflect the ethos of early […]
Le Club AccorHotels members get up to 40% discount and 30 members get to win 500,000 points worth USD11,000 each in AccorHotels’ Asia Pacific Asia Pacific Sale. Members of Accor Plus enjoy an additional 10% off throughout Asia Pacific. The offer can be booked from 13 to 15 November 2018 […]
The next time you visit Bangkok to shop and eat, stay at the Siam@Siam Design Hotel Bangkok located within walking distance to Siam Discovery, MBK and many malls in that area. The 220-room hotel’s nearest BTS station is National Stadium. And if you like to soak in the Thai culture, […]
Far East Hospitality has unveiled two of its three new hotels located in Sentosa Island of Singapore on 18 October 2018 during ITB Asia 2018. The three hotels will add 839 keys at Artillery Avenue in Palawan area of Sentosa. Village Hotel at Sentosa and The Outpost Hotel are scheduled […]
Jetstar Asia and Tourism Northern Territory celebrate 10 years of direct flights between Singapore and Darwin by unveiling a special livery featuring landmarks of Northern Territory, Australia designed by local Singaporean Artist Ben Qwek. The new livery on a 13-year old Airbus A320 aircraft with registration number 9V-JSB was unveiled […]
When it comes to flying, what I enjoy most onboard is a good rest as well as the inflight dining. So when Dennis and I flew back from Frankfurt to Singapore after sailing the River Rhine on the inaugural sailing of U by Uniworld’s The A, earlier this […]
All Nippon Airways will be introducing daily non-stop flights between Tokyo Haneda and Vienna International Airport on 17 February 2019. It will be operated with a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The aircraft has 48 Business Class seats and 167 Economy Class seats. ANA has partnered with Austrian Airlines, a member of […]
KLM has introduced an Augmented Reality service to help its customers determine whether their hand baggage is of the correct size. The service is available for iPhone users (6s or above) in KLM’s Messenger. KLM’s AR hand baggage check uses a transparent, virtual KLM suitcase that is placed in reality […]
Avis Car Rental launches Avis Prestige service in Singapore with Wearnes Leasing, a division of Wearnes Automotive. The collection of Avis Prestige vehicles include premium marques such as Jaguar, Infiniti, Land Rover and Volvo. Customers can collect their Avis Prestige vehicle at Changi Airport when they arrive in Singapore Changi […]
Scoot took delivery of its first A320neo from Toulouse, France with the aircraft registration 9V-TNA. It has been named CHAPATI PARTY and landed in Singapore Changi Airport on 7 October 2018 at 7.39pm. This is the low-cost carrier’s first of 39 firm orders placed with Airbus in 2014. The A320neos […]
