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Asian readers of TIME Magazine have again voted Singapore as their favourite business city announced on 5 Dec 2005. This is the fifth year running that Singapore has clinched the accolade. Singapore’s MICE (meetings, incentive travel, conventions and exhibitions) facilities were also voted the best in Asia for the second year in a row. Singapore’s Changi Airport was ranked by the magazine’s readers as their favourite Asian airport, while Singapore Airlines came out tops in the airline category.
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Singapore Airlines won recognition at The World Travel Awards, recognised as the world's most prestigious travel industry award, held on 13 November 2005. Award winners were based solely on the result of a world-wide poll of 156,000 travel industry professionals in more than 140 countries. Voting ran from May through September 2005 with a record-breaking number of more than two million ballots cast online. Other awards won include:
Asia's Leading First Class Airline: Singapore Airlines
Singapore's Leading Hotel: Raffles Hotel Singapore's Leading Spa Resort: The Sentosa Resort & Spa
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It was announced in Aug 2005 that Singapore was ranked 5th in the top ten international meeting city in 2004 by the Union of International Associations.
Accolades won by Singapore in the conventions industry include Top Convention city in Asia and the Third Top Convention City in the World by International Congress and Convention Association in May 2005.
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Singapore was the only country to receive two Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Worldwide Awards for its new arts venue, the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, and the 56-apartment Lincoln Modern which features split-level accommodation. The Awards, presented on 17 Jun 2005, recognised high architectural standards and their contribution to the local environment. The Esplanade's acclaimed acoustics system has impressed many international artistes and audiences.
Singapore won several awards in the Quorum Awards 2004 announced in April 2005 by the Quorum Magazine, a bi-monthly magazine showcasing the best of conference, meeting, exhibitions and incentive opportunities for the MICE industry. Based on a poll of over 900 readers, the Quorum Awards have been running for 10 years. Read by buyers of meetings and events, corporate associations, government bodies and those involved in the planning of business events, the Quorum Magazine has a distribution of 11,586 per issue, of which 1,900 copies are distributed to Asia, Middle East, NZ and the South Pacific. The awards won also included:
- Best Meetings Destination 2004
- Best Incentive or Meetings Venue 2004: Suntec Singapore
- International Convention & Exhibition Centre was named
- Best Incentive Airline: Singapore Airlines
Singapore has been voted the Best Business City in the World for the fifth year running by readers of the Business Traveller Asia-Pacific magazine. Singapore pipped Hong Kong and London to the top spot in the Best Business City category in the annual poll of the magazine's subscribers, comprising frequent travellers based mostly in the Asia-Pacific region.
Singapore took top spot as most affordable tourist shopping destination in Asia Pacific according to the results from a comparative study by Euromonitor International on retail pricing in eight leading shopping destinations in the Asia Pacific region. |
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