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Shopaholics
Seven million visitors a
year stroll along Orchard
Road, picking up top fashions and jewellery
from more than 100 shops and boutiques.
Private and public investment totalling £700
million is being pumped into the area and this year
alone has seen the opening of three new malls and
glitzy new facades added to existing buildings.
The Orchard Road rejuvenation scheme also includes
the installation of atmospheric street lighting.
Sports fans
Singapore enjoyed a valuable tourism boost by staging
its first Formula One Grand Prix last year, and fol-
lowed it up with the second this year. Another full
programme of music and cultural events, in addition
to motor-racing, is being planned for 2010.
Accommodation
The newest hotel is the Capella Singapore on Sentosa Is-
land, which opened earlier this year and incorporates
a lavishly restored colonial building with a stylish new
extension. Set amid contemporary sculpture gardens,
the hotel has 111 rooms, suites and garden villas.
Typical rates start from £500 room-only next January.
Due to open early in 2010 is the Marina Bay Sands
development, which will offer 2,600 rooms and suites,
an ArtScience Museum, Las Vegas-style gaming, the-
atres, entertainment, shopping, restaurants and bars.
Sample package: Tour operators featuring the Marina
Bay Sands include Funway in its expanded Far East 2010
programme. It offers four nights with breakfast between
April 1-July 6 for £1,055 per person, including flights and
transfers.
■funway.co.uk
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