In this trip report I review my flight on Singapore Airlines (SQ) A330 in Business Class from Singapore Changi International Airport to Ho Chi Minh City, which I flew in April 2017. For the first leg of my journey (Düsseldorf to Singapore), I travelled on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines flies its A350 to Mumbai
The economy class cabins hold 187 seats, 24 in premium economy and 42 in the business class cabin. Singapore Airlines General Manager India, Mr. David Lim said, “Singapore Airlines continually looks for opportunities to enhance the travel experience of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines A330 Business Class Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City
Wednesday newsletters always feature a hotel and/or flight review. A couple of weeks ago, I enjoyed a great holiday in Vietnam, where some resorts far exceeded my sky-high expectations (and rank among the best hotels I have ever stayed at). You can ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines’ Munich service is going all-A350
Singapore Airlines deploys its four-class B777-300ER to Munich, which has four first class, 48 business, 28 premium economy and 184 economy class seats, making first class seating available on three of the route’s seven weekly flights. Meanwhile the A350 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore boosts economic ties with Chengdu
SINGAPORE: Singapore was Chengdu’s second largest foreign investor in 2016. In continuous efforts to strengthen Singapore-Sichuan economic ties, International Enterprise (IE) Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Commission of ... ( read original story ...)
Seminar organized in Singapore to attract business in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan High Commission in coordination with the Singapore Business Federation organized a seminar with the title of “Spotlight on Pakistan” to attract Singaporean businesses to invest in Pakistan. While addressing the seminar, Pakistan’s ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore is falling behind Hong Kong, just do the math
Yet, despite benefiting from the world’s biggest market in terms of population size as its hinterland, the gap between Hong Kong’s GDP per capita and that of Singapore has widened, and is predicted to be about US$30,000 this year.-- Letters to the ... ( read original story ...)
Rebranded Groupon’s Fave MD sets ambitious targets for revamped business
Fave Singapore managing director Ng Aik Phong is charting new growth targets and having ambitious ideas for the business. Speaking to TODAY, Mr Ng shared that with its 2 million subscribers and 50,000 to 80,000 unique users daily, the deals-and-discounts ... ( read original story ...)
Business owners, beware of spoof email senders out to scam your money
Business email impersonation scams have increased by 20 per cent year-on-year. Now, that's scary. SINGAPORE - Business owners, beware: there is an email impersonation scam going around requesting for payments to be made to different bank accounts. ( read original story ...)
Singapore sees 1.4% inflation in May
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.4 percent in May, compared to the 0.4 percent of CPI-All Items inflation in April, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in a joint release on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore exports shrink in May in second straight month
SINGAPORE — Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) decreased by 1.2 per cent last month, following the 0.8 per cent contraction in April, which ended five months of growth since November, according to data by trade agency International Enterprise Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Why Singapore exports’ rally is losing steam
The 1.2% slump is a clear sign of lethargy.Whilst the decline in the headline figure for non-oil domestic exports was due to non-electronics exports' high base, it remains clear for analysts at DBS Group Research that Singapore export rally is now losing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s economy expected to grow by 2.7% in 2017
SINGAPORE: The Singapore economy is forecast to grow by 2.7 per cent this year despite uneven sector performance, noted a report by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) out on Thursday (June 22). This projection is up from ... ( read original story ...)
SMEs’ business confidence hampered by uncertain outlook
SINGAPORE — Business sentiment for the second half of the year has improved slightly as small and medium enterprises (SMEs) anticipate more sales in the run-up to the year-end festive season. However, overall confidence in profits remain weighed down by ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore LNG performs first small-scale reload on Cardissa
SINGAPORE: Singapore LNG (SLNG) has completed its first small-scale reload this week, filling the fuel tanks of the LNG bunker-supply newbuilding Cardissa. The operation took place on Jurong Island, at SLNG’s secondary jetty, which is designed for LNG ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore firms the least optimistic in Asia: Survey
SINGAPORE — Business optimism in Singapore is the lowest in the region although the overall business sentiment for Asia as a whole has risen to a three-year high, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters and INSEAD released on Wednesday (June 21). ( read original story ...)