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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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