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APRIL’S ONLINE COMPETITION WINNERS:Jia Ning Chin (Singapore)

and Wei Ru Wong (Australia) won two-night stays at the Intercontinental

Singapore, while Melanie Adan (South Korea) and Pinaben Patel

(Thailand) each won two nights at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai.

JUNE (^2016) businesstraveller.asia
12 IUpfront
QRegal Airport Hotel Meeting & Conference Centreis the
only hotel connected directly to the passenger terminal of
Hong Kong International Airport by an enclosed link bridge.
The 1,171-room hotel is just 24 minutes from the business,
finance and shopping district of Central, close to major tourist
attractions, and a one-minute ride by train to the nearby
AsiaWorld-Expo Convention Centre.
Three prizes are being offered this month. These include:
Prize 1:Four nights in a Duplex suite and a two-hour
spa/massagetreatment for two people daily
Prize 2:Three nights in a Spa suite with one hour of
spa/massagedaily
Prize 3:Two nights’ accommodation in a Royal suite
Allprizes come with full Executive Club floor privileges and
breakfast. Valid until January 31, 2017 (blackout dates apply).
AIR CANADAwill launch a thrice-weekly
B787-9 service between Vancouver
and Delhi from October 20, which will
complement its existing flights linking
Toronto with Delhi.
AMERICAN AIRLINEShas applied
to launch a daily service linking its
base in Dallas/Fort Worth airport with
Tokyo Haneda airport – the result of
an agreement to open up daytime slots
for flights between the US and the
Japanese airport.
EMIRATEShas launched new scheduled
A380 services to Taipei and Prague,
becoming the only airline to operate an
A380 to each of these cities.
HONG KONG AIRLINEShas begun a
twice-weekly service between Hong Kong
and Kuching, the only carrier to fly non-
stop between the two destinations.
AIRLINE
NEWS
JIN AIRhas signed an agreement with
the Jetstar Group that will see the two
parties operate interline services from the
third quarter of the year.
KOREAN AIRhas resumed its seasonal
service between Seoul Incheon and St
Petersburg. Operating every Tuesday,
Thursday and Sunday, the service will last
until October 27.
QATAR AIRWAYShas launched daily
A350 flights to Adelaide, its fourth
Australian destination. The aircraft is
configured with 36 fully flat business
class seats in a 1-2-1 layout, and 247
economy seats.
SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINESwill launch
a new low-cost carrier called Flyadeal in

2017. The new airline will be based in
      Jeddah and primarily serve high-density
      regional routes in the kingdom.
      V AIRhas announced that it will operate
      a three-times-weekly service between
      Taipei Taoyuan and Okinawa from July 1.

MILLENNIUM HOTELS AND RESORTS HAS LAUNCHEDa new lifestyle

brand with the opening of M Social Singapore, a 293-room design hotel

situated on the Singapore River overlooking Robertson Quay. It is the first

hotel in Singapore to offer a self-check-in kiosk in the lobby, and offers Handy

smartphones – pre-loaded with city guides – in all rooms.

Guestrooms vary a lot in size and configuration, and sport names such as

“The Big Room”and“The Bigger Room”– some with ceilings as high as 4.

metres. The hotel’s restaurant-bar is called Beasts & Butterflies and offers a

wide-ranging mix of food from East and West, as well as artisanal cocktails

created by its mixologists.millenniumhotels.com

M Social launches in the Lion City