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Singapore will be stepping up support for local jobs in all sectors with an increased 75% wage subsidy in April.

Singapore steps up wage support in April for jobs in all sectorsSINGAPORE – The Singapore government announced it will increase wage support for local employees across all sectors in April to...

No cheers for Corona as the Mexican beer faces a shutdown.

Bad news for beer lovers – it isn’t an essential itemMEXICO CITY - Mexico's Grupo Modelo will stop brewing Corona beer and other brands exported to 180 countries after its...

South Korea is seeking to inscribe talchum, a traditional masked dance, on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list.

South Korea puts up traditional masked dance for UNESCO bidDAEJEON – South Korea has put in a bid to add its traditional masked dance to UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list.

PATA doesn’t want travel to be last off the starting blocks.

PATA launches Tourism Recovery MonitorBANGKOK - The Pacific Asia Travel Association is calling on governments, partners, members and international and national...

Psychiatrist and counsellor, Dr Adrian Wang, describes resilience in the face of crisis as the ability to overcome and outlast pain – and rebound and transform the pain into something else.

‘The storm will pass’: How to tackle fear and prepare the industry to hit the road runningSINGAPORE – For a highly social and connected industry as travel, the unprecedented scale of the coronavirus has not just...

China is suspending most entry to the country by foreigners.

China brings up the drawbridgeBEIJING – Borders continue to close as countries around the world tighten their defences against coronavirus.

Manly Spirits is giving away hand sanitisers with every bottle of spirts sold.

Covid-19 Relief: How gin distillers are doing their bit for hygieneSYDNEY – At a time when Australia’s boutique small batch distillers would be busy producing gin or vodka – and opening their...

Over S$1 billion in wage support and relief funding will go into sustaining jobs in the aviation and tourism-related sectors.

Singapore protects tourism jobs with more than S$1 billion lifelineSINGAPORE – Aviation and tourism jobs in Singapore will receive a lifeline of more than S$1 billion as part of the government’s...

The event was to have taken place at Singapore Expo

NATAS Travel 2020 cancelled, important to focus on ‘recovery marketing’ says STBSINGAPORE – NATAS Travel 2020 which was to be held at Singapore Expo from 1-3 May, has been cancelled even as the industry...