Local and Global Experiences
Singapore Airlines is rewarding its PPS Club members with more benefits and rewards from 1 June 2017. PPS Club members’ KrisFlyer miles will no longer expire. They will get priority access to Saver Award redemption inventory and fast track security and immigration clearance at selected airports. Members will have access […]
Korean Air will make its inaugural Dreamliner B787-9 flight for its daily Incheon, Seoul to Toronto, Canada flight from 1 June 2017. The aircraft was previously operated on the Gimpo-Jeju route and will be replaced by a B777-300 aircraft. The Skyteam member airline will receive its third B787-9 aircraft in […]
I just got back from Yilan last week having stayed at the Silks Place Yilan, in Yilan County. Visited some of the bright and colourful attractions in this small town popular with domestic tourists. Yilan is also known for its hot springs and sodium bicarbonate mineral water. Westin Hotels and […]
Marriott International launches a new Club Marriott programme combining Club Marriott, Eat Drink & More and Star Privilege, three dining loyalty programmes in Asia-Pacific into one single paid membership programme. Check out the previous Club Marriott programme we got from Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza last year. Members enjoy more […]
From 30 October 2017, SilkAir will commence three return flights per week to Hiroshima, Japan, on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The new service to Hiroshima will be operated with SilkAir’s fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which features both Business and Economy class cabins. Details of the flight schedules are as follows […]
Sydney was just a stopover of under 24 hours before we headed off to Uluru for Season two of Field of Lights, a massive light installation under the stars. Arriving on our red eye flight aboard Scoot flight TZ2 from Singapore at 11.30 am, we checked into the Swissôtel Sydney located […]
Most first time parents I know will always want to wait for the kid to be older before they start travelling with them. How old is old enough? Well, you got to subscribe to the belief that your kid is never too young to travel! Better to start them […]
Etihad Airways took delivery of its 10th and final Airbus A380 this week. The airline’s fleet of Airbus A380s fly from UAE’s capital of Abu Dhabi to London, Sydney, Melbourne, New York and from 1 July 2017, Paris. Etihad Airways’ A380 is the most customised aircraft of their kind in […]
Singapore Airlines customers travelling from US airports can enjoy expedited security screening procedures under the TSA Precheck programme. The airlines is the first Asian airline to offer TSA precheck which lets low-risk known travellers enjoy the programme’s benefits while reducing checkpoint wait times with separate lanes for security screening […]
The Mori Trust Group will launch a total of five Marriott resorts in Japan this summer with the grand openings of these properties in July 2017. They will be the first internationally branded hotel in these locations. They have also launched a new destination-oriented website JapaTabi.com featuring video footage introducing […]
Photo credit:Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland Star Alliance introduces its first Connecting Partner, Juneyao Airlines. The Shanghainese airline started operations in September of 2006. Today it operates 62 Airbus A320 aircraft with an average fleet age of three years. The airline targets the middle-to-high level official, business and leisure […]
The island city of Singapore is home to many new hotels and serviced apartments. This year, a couple of hotels have already opened while others are scheduled to open after construction delays. We researched some of these new hotels and picked out a few to help you decide where to […]
