Daily Archives: 24 Sep 2009

Residents riled up over Beach Road ‘hotel’

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THE owner of several units in a residential and commercial property on Beach Road has caused an uproar among other building residents for sub-dividing his units and offering short-term leases on them.
This fully furnished room is one of 26 sub-divided units converted from 10 apartments in The 101, a six-storey residential and commercial building on Beach Road. Short-term leases are offered on the rooms, a practice which the URA says is ‘not authorised’. — ST PHOTOS: CHEW SENG KIM
The names of the sub-divided units can be found on an intercom at the building’s main lobby on the ground floor. — ST PHOTOS: CHEW SENG KIM

Mr Tan Fung Chuan also leases or manages several other units in The 101, a strata-titled building. Continue reading →

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Bookings for F1 weekend pick up

Posted on 24 Sep 2009 | Comments Off on Bookings for F1 weekend pick up

Trackside hotels’ better showing aided partly by more affordable room rates

Less bad, it seems, is the new good this year.

Bookings for Formula 1 (F1) weekend seem to have accelerated just in the nick of time at the trackside hotels after a dismal showing earlier this year, aided in part by more affordable room rates.

Expectations were also tempered by a sluggish economy, as companies pared corporate hospitality budgets and consumer sentiment took a nosedive.

‘We’re close to what we did last year, which is better than expected given the economic downturn,’ said a spokesperson from the trackside Mandarin Oriental, which will have the Toyota team and management staying at its hotel. Continue reading →

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