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Tourism bounce helps Thai banks trim bad loans from three-year high
NON-performing loans at Thailand’s commercial banks dropped from a three-year high as a post-pandemic tourism recovery boosted debt…
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Marina Bay Sands gets record S$12 billion loan amid tourism boom
The loan will be used for refinancing and to fund the expansion of the company’s integrated resort MARINA Bay Sands has obtained a S$12…
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Flight delays warning issued after massive Puerto Rico power outage
Puerto Rico faces the prospect of ringing in New Year's Eve in darkness following a widespread power outage that has impacted 80 percent…
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The Unstoppable Rise of the State Symbol
If your New Year’s resolution is to stop obsessively reading post-election analyses, then perhaps you would welcome another way of…
Culture
Singapore healthcare players narrow focus, expand overseas in medical tourism race
Foreign patients are moving towards cheaper hubs such as Malaysia and Thailand, forcing the city-state’s healthcare providers to focus on…
Fashion
Strong Singapore dollar, Malaysian, Thai medical tourism push a bitter pill for Singapore to swallow
Singapore healthcare players focusing on complex cases to attract higher-paying foreign patients SINGAPORE’S position as the go-to medical…
Culture
Thailand's starring role in 'The White Lotus' is about to pay off
KOH SAMUI, Thailand — Mike White, the creator of the HBO series “The White Lotus,” was in Thailand searching for the perfect place to film…
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Sixth tourist dies in mass poisoning in Laos
A sixth tourist has died in what is being labeled as a suspected mass poisoning event after ingesting methanol believed to be in free…
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Thailand’s new equal marriage law predicted to boost tourism industry by $2bn
Thailand is predicted to experience a $2bn (£1.58bn) boost to its tourism industry after the country passed a marriage equality bill that…
Culture
Resorts World Sentosa’s casino licence renewed for a shorter 2 years, likely due to pandemic-related tourism factors
Gambling Regulatory Authority says there is “a number of areas that require rectification and substantial improvement”, recommends that…
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Resorts World Sentosa gets shortened 2-year licence renewal; Genting blames pandemic for tourism underperformance
THE authorities have renewed the casino licence of Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), an integrated resort (IR) operated by Genting Singapore,…
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Resorts World Sentosa gets shortened 2-year licence renewal on ‘unsatisfactory’ tourism performance
THE authorities have renewed the casino licence of Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), an integrated resort (IR) operated by Genting Singapore,…
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Resorts World Sentosa’s casino licence renewed for shorter 2-year term due to ‘unsatisfactory tourism performance’
THE authorities have renewed the casino licence of Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), an integrated resort operated by Genting Singapore, for…
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Balinese hope construction freeze can tame tourism
On Indonesia's beach-fringed resort island of Bali, fed-up locals want to slow the mass tourism that is their biggest money earner --…
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Hospitality S-Reits’ RevPAR mostly resilient as tourism activity normalises
SINGAPORE real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) with hospitality assets have reported mostly stable operating performance in the third…