When you discover Singapore on a business trip or as part of an Incentive programme, you're bound to try your hand at shopping. Hyper-connected and just as trendy, the City-State is home to all the big names in fashion, whose stores light up Orchard Road, a veritable shopping Mecca. Internationally renowned designers and local brands (Raoul, Charles & Keith, Kwampen) can be found in the vast malls from Paragon to ION Orchard or Mandarin Gallery, or in more atypical settings. This is the aim of the Louis Vuitton Island Maison, which opened in early 2012 on a small private island in Marina Bay. The building, designed by Moshe Safdie, the architect of Marina Bay Sands, houses 2,300 square metres dedicated to luxury and the arts in a nautical atmosphere.
To the end of the night
Once the wardrobe has been brought up to date, business travellers can head to Marina Bay and sit down at one of the city's many trendy restaurants: Sky on 57 or 1-Altitude for a breathtaking view. Other must-visit addresses include Ku De Ta, The Lantern bar at the Fullerton Bay Hotel and the bar at Swissotel. Night owls can also venture to the banks of the Singapore River, where Clarke Quay and Robertson Quay are teeming with trendy bars and clubs, or even further west to the sound of the Zouk club, the benchmark of Singapore nightlife and one of the world's top 10 nightclubs.
Last minute
Shopping right up until take-off: that's what the online platform launched by Changi Airport in cooperation with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) makes possible - or almost. The new tool enables business travellers to make their purchases online with an automatic discount of 7 %, then collect their purchases from the airport before leaving Singapore.
