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Marina Bay Sands www.marina baysands.com

The $5.5-billion Marina Bay Sands,

opened lastApril, is a triple-tower, 2,561-room wonder of a resort that —with its crowning, surfboard-shaped Sky Park, 650 feet in the air

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White Rabbit www.thewhite rabbit.com.sg

Housed within a restored 40,000-square-

—looks like the inter- galactic ship of a benev- olent alien race.The property has countless restaurants and shops, a casino, a 1.3-million- square-foot convention center, a theater, and much more.

foot chapel, the White Rabbit offers a warm, communal dining experi- ence, serving dishes that give classic European cuisine a modern spin. Warm your insides with the rich, tender 48-hour braised short ribs, and, on the drinks menu, choose between “The Classics” (a gin fizz, for example) and competi- tor category “The Rein- vented” (including an elderflower grapefruit fizz).The White Rabbit can accommodate 150 people for a seated dinner, or 400 for a reception.

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Raffles’ LongBar www.raffles.com /en_ra/property/rhs

Take a trip back in time to the British colo-

nial era at the Raffles Hotel Singapore’s Long Bar,where the famous Singapore Sling cocktail was invented circa 1915. The 103-suite Raffles Hotel itself, founded in 1887, is the grand dame of the Lion City.

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Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre www.suntec singapore.com

The city’s most centrally located con-

vention venue, Suntec Singapore is also its most cleverly designed, with five floors stacked one atop another for a relatively small footprint —at least, for amore- than-one-million-square- foot facility. Suntec Sin- gapore’s top-floor, 129,000-square-foot Convention Halls are Asia’s largest column- free meeting space, with room for 10,000 people in theater- style seating.

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Peranakan Museum www.peranakan museum.sg

The boutique

Peranakan Museumcel- ebrates the unique cul- ture of the Peranakans —descendants of Chi- nese and Indian traders who remained in the area after marrying local Malay women.Housed within a pretty white “Eclectic Classical” building from 1912, the museum’s three floors explore this unique fusion culture by way of its wedding rituals, color- ful (in some instances almost Day-Glo) clothing, and more.

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2011Formula1SingaporeGrandPrix www.singaporegp.sg Singapore’sFormula1GrandPrixraceisn’t just oneof theworld’s toppedal-to-the-metal sport- ingevents. It’salsoavivid10-day festivalofpar- ties, race-themedevents,concerts,exhibitions, andmore.Themainevent isanight racethrough thestreetsof theMarinaBaydistrict, inwhich racers reachspeedsofupto220milesperhour.

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