Hotels & Tourism
China-Singapore visa exemption boosts February visitor arrivals
China-Singapore visa exemption boosts February visitor arrivals
The percentage of arrivals from China rose from 65.9% to 96.3%.
SREITs’ retail, office, hospitality saw strong recovery in Q4 2023: analyst
Hospitality and retail will continue to benefit from visitor arrivals and domestic spending.
Trip.com posts a 60% rise in China-Singapore bookings in February
Visitors from China going to Singapore soared 825.9% YoY in February.
Sentosa soft launches Sentosa Sensoryscape
It is the first key milestone of the Sentosa-Brani master plan.
Singapore Airlines and Shangri-La lead YouGov’s 2024 Women’s Ranking in the travel category
Emirates and Club Med stood in second place.
Pan Pacific Hotels Group earns GSTC certification
The certification is for all eight properties in Singapore
Singapore named the best Asian city for expats in 2024
The city-state has 1.23 million expats and migrant workers.
Ascott reports record-high $331m fee earnings in 2023
It also reported the highest number of property openings in a single year.
Singapore among top Chinese New Year destinations: report
Tourists spend a lot on shopping, local food and attractions.
Singapore's tourism gets boost from Taylor Swift’s 6-day concert
Tour bookings rose 2,373%.
Andrew MacDonald steps up as Resorts World Sentosa director
He currently serves as the chief casino officer of the integrated resort.
Genting Singapore’s net profit soars 80% YoY to $611.6m in FY23
With the increase, the company declared an 80% YoY higher earnings per share.
1.44 million travellers visited Singapore in January
The average length of stay dropped to just 3.45 days, from 4.32 days a year ago.
Singapore ranks 8th most searched destination for Valentine’s Day: Agoda
The city-state trails behind other major Asian countries.
Singapore-China visa-free programme boosts CNY bookings to SG
The volume of CNY bookings to Singapore increased 206x compared to 2023.
Singapore sees 46.8% higher inbound travel for CNY holiday
Singaporean travelers, meanwhile, are flocking to theme parks in Hong Kong and Japan.
SG to log $24.5b-$26b tourism receipts in 2023, beating STB forecast
In 9M23, tourism receipts already crossed the $20b mark.
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