Air France and KLM start flights to Singapore, Next Gen Foods provides US with a sneak peek, technology isn’t the future and more...

Air France and KLM start flights to Singapore
Friday, 15th October 2021

Travellers from other Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) countries are eligible to connect with Air France and KLM designated VTL flights in Paris and Amsterdam to Singapore.

Through its hubs, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport, Air France and KLM will tap into their complementary network and offer four weekly designated VTL flights and six weekly non-designated VTL flights to Singapore >>

Kempinski adds two more hotels to Beijing portfolio
15 Oct 2021 : Kempinski Hotels is debuting two extraordinary hotels: The Universal Studios Grand Hotel and NUO Resort Hotel – Universal Beijing Resort, operated by Key International Hotels Management – a joint venture between Beijing Tourism Group and Kempinski Hotels >>

Next Gen Foods provides US with a sneak peek as it accelerates global growth
15 Oct 2021 : Next Gen Foods, Asia's leading food tech startup, will provide an exclusive sneak peek of TiNDLE, the first chicken from plants designed specifically for chefs, at The Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival >>

WiT to use Marina Bay Sands’ Virtual Meeting
15 Oct 2021 : WiT Experience Singapore 2021 will be the first industry event to use Marina Bay Sands’ newly-launched Virtual Meeting Place for the virtual component of its two-day conference next week on October 19-20 >>

Thailand to lift quarantine for vaccinated visitors
15 Oct 2021 : Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha in a nationally televised broadcast last night announced that Thailand planned to allow fully vaccinated foreign visitors to enter Thailand by air with no quarantine requirements from 1 November >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

TechSembly Now Wants to Focus on Hospitality. Here's Why.
Friday, 15th October 2021

Buoyed by the success it’s seen with its first hotel client, The Peninsula Hotels, TechSembly, an e-commerce platform that builds local storefronts for businesses, is taking the plunge to focus on the hospitality sector. With the pandemic, hotels are more open to pivoting and generating new revenues beyond the room >>

Technology Isn’t The Future
The pandemic accelerated the growth of tech companies globally and as the rest of the economy receded, big tech made significant gains when the world went remote >>

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