New International Cruise Terminal

New International Cruise Terminal welcomes first ship

Singapore's new International Cruise Terminal on Saturday welcomed its first ship.

Voyager of the Seas, the biggest ship ever to be based in Singapore and Asia, arrived at 6am with over 3,000 international guests.

The ship, which has 16 decks, is 311 metres long and weighs 138,000 tonnes.

It can take some 3,800 guests and has a crew of more than 1,150.

The ship's operator Royal Caribbean International offers cruises directly from Singapore to Asian cities like Kuala Lumpur, Phuket, Shanghai, and Xiamen.

It also announced that the Vogayer's sister ship, the Mariner of the Seas, will be joining it in Asia in 2013.

~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~

S'pore, Colombia ink air travel deal

S'pore, Colombia ink air travel deal 

SINGAPORE: The airlines of Singapore and Colombia will have the flexibility to operate any number of direct passenger services between both countries. 

They can also operate, under certain restrictions, up to seven weekly passenger services and seven weekly cargo services between, and beyond, both countries. 

These have been made possible by an Air Services Agreement (ASA) between Singapore and Colombia. 

The agreement was signed by Singapore's Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew and Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar on Monday. 

The signing took place on the sidelines of a state visit by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. Mr Santos is on a three-day state visit to Singapore, from Sunday to Tuesday. 

~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~