Category: BUSINESS

As an increasing number of airlines outfit their aircraft for ultra-longhaul missions, Singapore Airlines has chosen an all-premium passenger experience for its ultra-long-range Airbus A350-900ULR aircraft, which will debut next year when SQ resumes ... ( read original story ...)

In January, it began flying the aircraft to Manchester as part of a wider route between Singapore and Houston. Meanwhile earlier this month the airline confirmed to Business Traveller Asia-Pacific that it would be launching a supplementary non-stop A350 ... ( read original story ...)

Over the years, Singapore has become a cultural melting pot, attracting travellers from across the world. Impeccable perfection and attention to detail showcased in every aspect make it an inviting destination for business travel as well. In 2015 alone ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing’s crackdown on capital flight is also expected to cast an impact on the gambling business in the Lion City. Singapore’s two gambling resorts, the Marina Bay Sands – owned by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation – and locally-owned Resorts World ... ( read original story ...)

According to business strategy experts, Singapore is one of the best countries to set up either a local business or an international one which has operations in Asia and Europe. It has strong investment and trade. Also, it enjoys agreements on avoidance of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Airlines has teamed up with Wellington craft brewer Garage Project to put its beer on all flights to and from New Zealand. The airline says that in response to growing demand for craft beer in the air, it will serve Hapi Daze throughout its ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — The Republic is the most “digitally competitive” place in the world, based on an inaugural report measuring an economy’s ability to adopt and explore digital technologies leading to transformation in government practices, business ... ( read original story ...)

This tiny country has established itself as a model for smart urban development and exports its know-how to giants like India and China. Singapore is tiny, beside the giants of India and China; it nevertheless manages to play an important role where ... ( read original story ...)

But Singapore's laws cannot be static because globalisation and technology are changing how business is done, he said at the launch of the E W Barker Centre for Law and Business. "Up to date, effective but not onerous regulation has become a new source of ... ( read original story ...)

We opine that AREIT’s business/science park and hi-tech portfolio (48% of overall portfolio value) will position it defensively against the slowdown in Singapore from the unprecedented simultaneous supply glut across other industrial segments," UOB ... ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Singapore Business Council (MSBC) sees the upcoming KL-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project as a strategic avenue to boost trade between the two countries. Its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Nik Norzrul Thani said the council saw ... ( read original story ...)

According to EY, more than two in five (44%) in APAC and a third (33%) in Singapore say they would accept a lower salary if it meant working for an ethical employer. This was the result of 1,698 employees from large businesses in 14 Asia-Pacific ... ( read original story ...)

Representatives from 17 Singapore firms co-led by IE Singapore and Singapore Business Federation have completed a week-long business mission to Poland and the Czech Republic, in conjunction with President Tony Tan Keng Yam’s state visits to these countries. ( read original story ...)

It could be a downside risk to its GDP growth. In a CNBC report, Loh Khum Yean, Singapore's permanent secretary for trade and industry, said the better performance came on the back of improved growth prospects in advanced economies. However, he said rising ... ( read original story ...)

And here's what tenants need to know about renting a house in Singapore. From CNBC via Yahoo!: Singapore's first quarter GDP rose 2.7 percent year-on-year as expected, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Thursday, as it affirmed the full-year ... ( read original story ...)

The recorded export and import values of shark fin in Singapore was S$50.4 million and S$65 million, respectively, during that period, second only to Hong Kong's S$57.2 million for export and S$215.4 million for import trade, the report said. Traffic and ... ( read original story ...)