Changi Singapore

Changi is an area at the eastern end of Singapore. It is now the site of 2 well known landmarks: Singapore Changi Airport and Changi Prison. In day-to-day conversation, Changi commonly refers a place of leisure: the Changi Point for sea sports, the Sungei Changi (Changi River), the Changi Beach Park, Changi Golf Club, Changi Point Coastal Walk and Changi Village Hotel. Being close to the sea, the 2 commercial ferry terminals at Changi are also the departure point for one to visit famous beach resorts in the neighboring countries.

Raffles Singapore

Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (1781 – 1826) was the founder of the city of Singapore (now the Republic of Singapore), and is one of the most famous Britons who expanded the British Empire. In Singapore and in other parts of the world, his name lives on in numerous entities. Singapore well known landmarks include: Raffles City, Raffles Hotel, Raffles Avenue, Raffles Boulevard, Raffles Place and Stamford Road. Other well known business and non-business brand names are: Raffles Hospital, Raffles Institute, Raffles Girls’ School and Raffles Class (business class) of Singapore Airlines.

Sentosa Singapore

Sentosa, which means tranquillity in Malay, is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some two million people every year. A major tourist attraction, it hosts a sheltered beach of more than two kilometres in length on its southern coast and a historical fortifications in Fort Siloso, dating from World War II. The island main attractions are: Underwater World, Carlsberg Sky Tower, Dolphin Lagoon, Tanjong Beach, Images of Singapore and the Sentosa Merlion

Singapore Airport Hotels

Visitors arriving Singapore in transit do not need to check out of immigration and customer in between flights. There are Transit Hotels within the terminals where they can check in at budget price. Besides standard dining, gym, swimming and transpa services (hairdressing, foot feflexology, aromatherapy massage, facial, manicure, pedicure etc), the hotels also provide special passenger service to assist passenger to check in for connecting flights or to the next terminal and even immigration clearance for foreign workers.

Singapore Chinatown

Singapore’s Chinatown is the traditional Chinese quarters of town with an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population. The area is also known as Niu Che Shui in Chinese and Kreta Ayer in Malay, both names meaning “bullock cart water”, a reference to the carts that used to haul in drinking water. The district retains significant historical and cultural significance with large sections of it being declared national heritage sites officially designated for conservation. The area visited most by tourists is between Pagoda Street and Smith Street.

Singapore Orchard Road

Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction. Often the surrounding area is known as Orchard and associated with the road. Orchard Road got its name from the nutmeg, pepper and fruit orchards that used to lie on either side of the street in the 1800s. Commercial development only began in the twentieth century, and took off in the 1970s. The most elegant building on Orchard Road is the Istana. Other landmarks of orchard road include Goodwood Park Hotel, a colonial architecture, and the TANGS, a department stores and hotel with oriental architeture.

Singapore Orchid

Singapore orchid, the world’s first cultivated Vanda hybrid was bred by an Armenian woman Ashkhen Hovakimian (Agnes Joaquim). It is also named Vanda Miss Joaquim after her and became one of the most popular and prolific orchids in Singapore, the Philippines and Hawaii. In Singapore itself, the orchid became one of the most common flowering plants. Its is one of the easiest orchids to grow and propagate and one of the few garden flowers to bloom throughout the year. It’s exquisitely beautiful color, shape and resilience ensured its popularity among the keen gardeners.

Singapore Tourism Board

Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, first established in 1964 with the mandate to promote Singapore as a tourist destination, is an economic development agency for one of Singapore’s key service sectors - tourism. Singapore tourism industry has grown rapidly over the years with yearly tourist exceeding 8 million visitors. The board now oversees all aspects of tourism, including resource allocation and long-term strategic planning. It establishes offices around the globe to actively market the Singapore destination. It has set a bold target of achieving visitor arrivals to 17 million by 2015.