THE BRIEFING | ITINERARY
SINGAPORE WORKS IN A WAY VERY FEW CITIES DO. It is efficient, serious about time and full of people who know exactly why they are there. That might make it sound cold, but it is not. Singapore has a warmth you earn by spending time there. It’ s present in a hawker lunch, in the way people remember what you told them six months ago and in the fact that a work meeting can turn into a real conversation very quickly once the formalities are done. For business, I find Singapore unusually easy to work in. You can do three or four meetings, cross the city, eat properly, see something beautiful and still make it to dinner without feeling as though the day has run away from you. In my world, where markets, partners and teams often sit across different time zones, that matters. It is also a city that understands international business without trying to flatten everything into one global style. There is ambition, but it is measured. There is speed, but not chaos. For a global financial services brand, that makes it a very useful place to spend time. You see how Asia works, how global capital moves and how seriously people take trust, service and longterm relationships.
REST
The Warehouse Hotel 320 Havelock Rd, Singapore 169628 Capella Singapore 1 The Knolls, Sentosa Island, Singapore 098297 Andaz Singapore 5 Fraser St, Singapore 189354 The Barracks Hotel 2 Gunner Ln, Singapore 099567
DINE
Candlenut 17A Dempsey Rd, Singapore 249676 Odette 1 St Andrew’ s Rd, # 01-04 National Gallery, Singapore 178957 Lau Pa Sat 18 Raffles Quay, Singapore 048582 Labyrinth 8 Raffles Ave., # 02-23, Singapore 039802
WORK
The Great Room 3 Temasek Avenue, Centennial Tower, Level 18 & 17, Singapore 039190 The Crane 432 Joo Chiat Rd, Singapore 427647
LEISURE
Tiong Bahru cafés 56 Eng Hoon St, Singapore 160056 Gardens by the Bay 18 Marina Gardens Dr, Singapore 018953 Botanic Gardens 1 Cluny Rd, Singapore 259569 East Coast Park East Coast Park Service Road, Singapore 455486
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