Only unsupervised ART needed for all vaccinated travellers from low-risk & VTL to Singapore

TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 11 March 2022, 3:15 PM

All vaccinated travellers from vaccinated travel lane and low-risk areas will only need an unsupervised antigen rapid test (ART) within 24 hours of their arrival into Singapore, reports Adeline Tan for The Straits Times. The new rule takes effect next Tuesday (March 15) and will replace the Continue Reading

Singapore relaxes entry & testing requirements for Vaccinated Travel Lane travellers from Feb 22

TBM Staff - Mumbai Monday, 21 February 2022, 10:30 AM

Singapore has relaxed its entry and testing requirements for Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) travellers. From February 22, 2022 (Singapore time), fully vaccinated passengers travelling to Singapore on VTL flights from Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai can adhere to the new relaxations listed below: 1. Travel history requirement will be reduced from 14 to 7 days: a. […]Continue Reading

‘APAC needs safe reopening of borders for businesses’

TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 18 February 2022, 12:00 PM

At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Business Advisory Council held in a hybrid format at Resorts World Sentosa, Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore, said that safe reopening of borders is needed in the region for businesses to reconnect with the world and underpin economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Ovais […]Continue Reading

Singapore resumes border reopening

TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 17 February 2022, 1:00 PM

Singapore will expand quarantine-free travel to Hong Kong, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this month, its Health Ministry said on Wednesday, resuming border reopening after a pause due to an outbreak of the coronavirus. The city-state will also restore and increase quotas under its vaccinated travel programme, which had been reduced in […]Continue Reading

Singapore to host inaugural edition of IBTM Asia Pacific event

TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 10 February 2022, 4:30 PM

The IBTM Asia Pacific event will take place from 6th-7th September at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The event will be coupled with the first edition of Singapore MICE Forum (SMF) X IBTM APAC, in partnership with Singapore Association of Convention & Exhibition Organisers & Suppliers (SACEOS). The forum will be held on 5th September. […]Continue Reading

Singapore records low international arrivals in 2021

TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 11:28 AM

Singapore had recorded low international arrivals in 2021, but saw signs of recovery after introducing a quarantine waiver system for vaccinated visitors and offering cash vouchers, its tourism authority said. Singapore had 330,000 international arrivals in 2021, the lowest since the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) started tracking the numbers in the 1970s, data showed. That Continue Reading