Hilton announced the move to new Asia Pacific headquarters, located at the prestigious Centennial Tower in the heart of the Singapore's vibrant central business district. The move comes amid a period of rapid growth for the company, which was recently named Asia's best multinational workplace* and celebrates its 100th anniversary in May 2019.
Oakwood Premier OUE Singapore, an award-winning luxury serviced apartment in the heart of Singapore's vibrant Central Business District, is pleased to announce that daily stays are available for reservations now. The property has successfully obtained a hotel license whereupon the guests are no longer required to have a minimum of six nights stay.
There has been a number of exciting changes for Regent Singapore this year - the management agreement with Four Seasons was not extended for 2019 (the official last day was 31 December 2018) and the Potiac Land Group (who owns the property) has appointed Capella Hotel Group to manage the hotel this year.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®) has announced the latest addition in Singapore, the fourth Holiday Inn Express hotel in this country, Holiday Inn Express Singapore Serangoon. Located within walking distance of Little India heritage area, this contemporary hotel offers comfort, convenience, and the best value for smart travellers for both leisure and business purposes.
HRS (Hospitality & Retail Systems), Oracle Hospitality's largest partner worldwide, has opened their new Regional Headquarters in the AXA Tower, Singapore. This operations hub, located in the heart of Singapore's business district, heralds the beginning of a new development phase for HRS in the Asia Pacific region.
Following the highly successful opening of Six Senses Duxton, sister property Six Senses Maxwell is scheduled to open on December 1, 2018. Six Senses Maxwell is the second of two heritage buildings that together form Six Senses Singapore. Split across two buildings and five minutes walking distance away, both are an easy wander apart and add a touch of luxe to the vibrant Chinatown community.
Many Singapore Polytechnic students under the hospitality programme are uninterested in joining the hospitality sector due to its semi-professional nature. The other reasons for not joining the sector include the over stressful and demanding job nature, long working hours, shift work, dealing with unpredictable circumstances in the job environment and having lower starting remuneration when set against other industries.
The inaugural Direct Booking Summit: Asia-Pacific will take place in The Fullerton Hotel Singapore on February 27-28. The event, hosted by Triptease, will bring together hoteliers from across the region to discuss practical strategies to increase the number of bookings that come directly through the hotel website (as opposed to through online travel agents, or 'OTAs'). The conference will specifically address regional challenges such as the problem of rogue wholesale rates, mobile UX challenges and the struggle to maintain rate parity in a fragmented OTA market.
Raffles Hotel Singapore has commenced accepting reservations for stays commencing 1 August 2019 onwards, ahead of its reopening in mid-2019.
An accomplished hotelier with over 20 years of experience, Getzova has held various general manager and leadership roles across luxury and boutique hotels in New York, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge in luxury hotel operations, strategy and business acumen. InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay is her first foray into Asia.
Following the highly successful opening of Six Senses Duxton, sister property Six Senses Maxwell is scheduled to open on December 1, 2018. Six Senses Maxwell is the second of two heritage buildings that together form Six Senses Singapore. Split across two buildings and five minutes walking distance away, both are an easy wander apart and add a touch of luxe to the vibrant Chinatown community.
View in a web browserPan Pacific Hotels Group Kurt Otto Wehinger appointed General Manager of Pan Pacific SingaporePan Pacific Hotels Group - Oct 01, 2018 17:29 +08An accomplished hotelier, Kurt brings a wealth of hospitality experience spanning Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and the USA
Jeff Tisdall joined AccorHotels in 2016 from FHRI (Fairmont, Raffles and Swissotel) to the role of Vice President Residential Development International and has now been promoted further to Senior Vice President Development Residential and Extended Stay. Jeff played a key role in integrating the FHRI residential pipeline and using the AccorHotels brand name buying power to increase this pipeline from 24 projects in 2016 to over 50 now.
The St. Regis Singapore is delighted to welcome Ms. Denice Lim as its new Director of Marketing Communications from September 2018. In this role, Denice will be responsible for the strategic direction of marketing campaigns at The St. Regis Singapore, and will spearhead key initiatives to strengthen the hotel and restaurants' profiles in the local and international markets.
Located in Singapore's downtown Civic and Cultural District is the architectural gem, once discretely known as Capitol Building and Stamford House, about which many locals fondly reminisce. Today, after years of meticulous restoration by acclaimed architects and updated with refreshing modern touches by famed interior designers, its glories will be revived as it unveils as a luxury haven - The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore.
Ascott Residence Trust (Ascott Reit) has acquired a prime greenfield site for S$62.4 million for its maiden development project. It will build the first coliving property in Singapore's research and innovation business hub, one-north. Located at Nepal Hill amidst 400 companies, 800 startups and 50,000 professionals, the property is expected to be managed by its sponsor, The Ascott Limited (Ascott) under the coliving brand, lyf, targeted at the rising millennial segment. To be named lyf one-north Singapore, the property will offer 324 units[1]. It is slated to achieve Temporary Occupation Permit by 2020 and open in 2021.
ITB Asia, 'Asia's Leading Travel Trade Show', will focus on the interdependence of travel and technology this year, under the overarching conference theme of "Travel Reimagined". Key leaders in travel and tech will provide profound insights on the major trends provoking disruption across the travel industry whilst analysing how companies are innovating to stay ahead. Hosted at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Marina Bay Sands, the conference will take place from 17 - 19 October 2018.
Mr Lee Chee Koon, former Chief Executive Officer of The Ascott Limited (Ascott), will be appointed President & Group Chief Executive Officer of Ascott's parent company, CapitaLand Limited, with effect from 15 September 2018. As President & Group CEO, Mr Lee will lead the top leadership team to scale up CapitaLand's real estate capabilities across asset classes and geographies, to achieve sustainable competitive advantage as it rides the waves of economic and technological changes ahead.
Julian Wipper has been appointed General Manager at Hotel Jen Orchardgateway Singapore, the flagship hotel of the Hotel Jen brand.
Raffles Singapore unveiled today its new line-up of dining experiences, which combine the hotel's much-loved culinary traditions with contemporary dining concepts by renowned celebrity chefs. Each dining concept promises to tantalise the senses and has been carefully selected to enhance the famed 'Raffles Experience' for the local community and the discerning travellers.