traco Leisure, a subsidiary of Straco Corporation, on Thursday (Aug 28) announced that it bought the Singapore Flyer for S$140 million. In an announcement on the Singapore Exchange website, Straco said the acquisition "represents an expansion of the group's core tourism related business". The operator of the Singapore Flyer went bankrupt and it was placed under receivership in May last year. In a...
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STB, URA and building owners making plans for special lighting WITH the world's first Formula 1 night race to be beamed to350 million fans globally, Singapore authorities are pulling out the stops to ensure the downtown skyline forms a blazing backdrop. The reason why that will be a challenge: The race circuit's 1,500 light projectors, which are four times brighter than average stadium floodlights, so...
Television sets on its premises and in each of its 28 capsules showing live Formula 1 action. Fringe activities such as fire twirlers, samba dance and live band performances. Deejays hitting the deck and gigs by local celebrities like Kumar and John Molina. The Singapore Flyer is going all out with these to woo visitors during the Republic’s inaugural night Grand Prix race over the weekend of September...
Singapore's latest iconic attraction was officially opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday evening. The launch of the Singapore Flyer was marked by an open-air extravaganza that included performances and fireworks. The laser and pyro displays were choreographed to a music composition which was specially arranged by well-known local composer Iskandar Ismail. The S$240-million Singapore Flyer...