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🇸🇬 Singapore•Travel•Oct 15, 2026

Singapore Airlines will have new in-flight amenities across all cabin classes from November

These include a collectible drawstring pouch with the airline's batik motif, containing travel essentials, for economy class passengers, as well as sleeper suits for business class passengers.

🇸🇬 Singapore•Travel•Oct 13, 2026

16 flights diverted from Seletar Airport between Oct 5 and Oct 11 as haze lowered visibility

Changi Airport and Seletar Airport remain operational, but additional measures will be implemented if the haze situation worsens, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Changi Airport Group said.

🇸🇬 Singapore•Travel•Oct 8, 2026

Singapore hotel rates soar as F1, MICE events drive tourism demand

Some hotel rooms are going for more than seven times their usual rates, amid a packed calendar of over 40 business conferences and gatherings around the Formula 1 period.

🇸🇬 Singapore•Travel•Oct 5, 2026

Birthday cakes, money bouquet among undeclared goods found at Singapore checkpoints

Birthday cakes, money bouquet among undeclared goods found at Singapore checkpoints

🇸🇬 Singapore•Travel•Oct 4, 2026

TWG Tea opens its largest store in the world at Changi Airport – with its first permanent museum

The Singapore-born tea brand’s new 2,700 sq ft flagship brings together more than 1,000 teas, a museum of antique tea wares and exclusive creations for travellers on the move.

🇸🇬 Singapore•Travel•Oct 3, 2026

Just four hours from Singapore, Sri Lanka offers two very different safari experiences

Yala may be famous for its big cats, but elephants, mouse-deer, crocodiles and birdlife make the journey just as memorable when the star attraction fails to appear.

🇸🇬 Singapore•Travel•Sep 18, 2026

Singapore Airlines named world’s best airline for 2026

This is the sixth time the national carrier has claimed the world’s best airline title, having last done so in 2023.

🇸🇬 Singapore•Travel•Aug 26, 2026

Disney Adventure adds Langkawi as a day visit on select four-night cruises from Dec 31

Under the new itinerary, these select sailings from Singapore will include a visit to Langkawi on Day 3. Guests can either explore Langkawi independently or book shore excursions, known as Port Adventures, through Disney Cruise Line.

🇸🇬 Singapore•Travel•Aug 20, 2026

Singapore Arrival Card enhanced with more language options, passport scan autofill

The enhanced SGAC will offer 19 language options, up from 12 currently, and an improved interface.

🇸🇬 Singapore•Travel•Aug 17, 2026

JB-Singapore RTS Link: First look at Bukit Chagar station, and Malaysia’s 25-minute target for commuters

CNA goes behind the scenes at Johor Bahru’s Bukit Chagar RTS Link station, where high-tech body scanners, an operations command centre and direct links to nearby malls are taking shape ahead of the rail service’s expected launch in January 2027.

🇸🇬 Singapore•Travel•Aug 10, 2026

How a samurai family estate in Yanagawa became one of Japan’s most unusual ryokan stays

Ohana Ryokan survived post-war upheaval to become a living record of the Tachibana family, complete with historic rooms, a pine garden and canal-side experiences.

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