Singapore Tourism Board (STB)

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) says that it has drawn up safe management measures (SMMs) with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), Enterprise Singapore (ESG), and the Ministry of Health (MOH) for hotels on Friday.

STB introduces initiatives to help boost digitalisation amid Covid-19 pandemic

With the economic fallout expected to grow, Singapore is already mulling another round of aid for businesses.

Quoteworthy: In today’s world of social media, fear, uncertainty and panic spread a lot faster on social media than the truth, which is boring and nobody wants to share. — Minister Lawrence Wong, co-chair of the Multi-Ministry Taskforce on Covid-19,

SINGAPORE (Feb 14): Singapore’s tourism sector is expected to take a significant hit this year due to the 2019 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. As of Feb 13, there have been 58 people infected with the virus. The Republic also has the highest numb

The government is in the process of forming a public-private sector Tourism Recovery Action Task Force (TRAC) to lay out the plans of recovery and future growth for the overall tourism sector.

SINGAPORE (Sept 30): Against the backdrop of an ailing economy, the only bright spot in Singapore seems to be the tourism sector. Visitor arrivals were up 1.76% y-o-y to 11.1 million between January and July, according to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB)

SINGAPORE (Apr 16): “According to channel checks as well as Singapore Tourism Board (STB) data, we are likely looking at a soft 1Q19 for SG hotels,” says OCBC Investment Research analyst Deborah Ong in a Monday report.

SINGAPORE (Jan 17): Zuji, an Asian online travel booking site, is no longer operational after failing to renew licenses in Hong Kong and Singapore and an air ticketing system terminated its services.

SINGAPORE (July 17): Asiatravel.com Holdings announced Tuesday that it has received a notice of intent from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on July 13 to suspend its travel agent licence for six months.