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HRG Communiqué

 
 
WELCOME TO THE JANUARY ISSUE OF COMMUNIQUÉ FROM HRG SINGAPORE
 
 

Happy New Year

The staff and management of HRG Singapore sincerely wish you a healthy and prosperous new year for 2009.

In this edition of Communiqué, we bring you a round up of the happenings with airlines and hotels around the region; we look at what is happening with ground transportation and take a look back on 2008.

As businesses explore additional ways to better control expenditure, HRG is urging companies to review travel and entertainment (T&E) payment methods. The company has announced the global launch of a corporate card review programme that can deliver cost savings in excess of 20 per cent and cut in half the time taken to implement a relevant solution. More

Happy New Year!


 

Greg James -
General Manager HRG Singapore

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Travel News
Airline News
Singapore Airlines service to Kuwait from March 15; Are passengers expecting too much from budget airlines?; British Airways reduced fuel surcharges; Garuda resumes Singapore-Yogyakarta sector; Korean Air online check-in service; Qantas reduced international and domestic fuel surcharges; V Australia Airlines to launch on February 27 for trans-Pacific flights from Sydney to Los Angeles.
Hotel News
Four Seasons Macau, JW Marriott Medan open; Waldorf Astoria Shanghai planned; Caravelle To Offer Free Internet in Hanoi; Tel Aviv Hotel Offers 400 Books Per Room; Dubai To Get World’s First Refrigerated Beach
Ground Transport News
HK-Shenzhen airport link may connect to rail network; India launches luxury train service; Sydney transport worse than Mumbai, Sao Paolo
This Month's Features...

Travel Tips
Is it safe to travel to India?; HRG launches global corporate card review programme; The 2009 Business Traveller; 5 travel lessons learned in 2008

Holiday Offers
Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok “Premier Spa” package

Consulate Holidays

For visa planning puposes, please note that consulates may be closed on these particular dates:

Singapore
26 January, Chinese New Year
27 January, Chinese New Year
10 April, Good Friday
1 May, Labour Day
9 May, Vesak Day
9 August, National Day
20 September, Hari Raya Puasa
15 November, Deepavali
27 November, Hari Raya Haji
25 December, Christmas Day

Australia
January 26, Australia Day
March 2, Labour Day
March 9, Eight Hours Day, Labour Day, Adelaide Cup Day, Canberra Day
April 10, Good Friday
April 13, Easter Monday
April 14, Easter Tuesday
April 25, Anzac Day

Britain
January 1, New Year's Day
April 10, Good Friday
April 13, Easter Monday

Canada
16 February, Family Day
10 April, Good Friday
13 April, Easter Monday

China
1-3 January, New Year
25-31 January, Chinese New Year
4 April, Ching Min

Hong Kong
25-28 January, Chinese New Year
4 April, Ching Min
April 10,
Good Friday
April 13, Easter Monday

India
8 January, Muharram
26 January, Republic Day
27 January, Chinese Lunar New Year
23 Feburary, Maha Shivaratri
11 March, Holi

Japan
2 January, New Year's Holiday
26 - 28 January, Lunar New Year
11 February, The Commemoration of Founding of Nation
20 March, The Verna Equinox Day

Thailand
26 January, Chinese New Year
9 February, Makha Bucha
6 April 2009, Chakri Day
13-15 April, Songkran

Russia
1-10 January, New Year holidays, Orthodox Christmas
23 February, Day of Motherland's Defender
8 March, International Women's Day

UAE
21
January, New Year’s Day
20
January, Al-Hijra (Islamic New Year)
9
March, Mouloud (Birth of the Prophet)

 
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