Unique Finds and Delightful Retail Experiences Abound Across our Eclectic City

Home to countless homegrown labels and international brands across the island, Singapore continues to welcome new stores and malls that are bolstered by cutting-edge technology. Great examples of innovative spaces that thoroughly engage their customers include NomadX, which lets shoppers discover the origins and craftsmanship of each product through interactive multisensory displays. Another forward-thinking retail store to check out is habitat by honestbee, where your guests can order groceries without queuing for the cashier, have robots pack their purchases and even deliver these purchases to their hotels. Recommend your guests to visit Singapore’s many experiential retail venues, where they can even learn new crafts at hands-on workshops and participate in forums that lend insight into the future of retail. Click here for more travel trade promotions and discounts.

Jewel Changi Airport

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Your guests will love experiencing the newly revamped Changi Airport Singapore, which has been making headlines around the world.

Visitors to Singapore will love Jewel Changi Airport, a multi-dimensional destination that not only pampers its guests with an array of creature comforts, but also indulges them in a wide range of lifestyle offerings. In the world’s number one airport, one can now play, shop, dine, stay and fly, all under one roof.

This recently opened ten-storey complex hosts more than 280 retail stores and eateries, which include new-to-Singapore brands, heritage local brands showcasing first-of-its-kind concepts and new-to-market concepts.

Guests can explore the first Pokemon Centre outside Japan and the Shiseido Forest Valley to discover exclusive merchandise, customise gifts in the Naiise store and café’s Gift Bar, and watch movies in an 11-screen Shaw Cineplex that includes an IMAX theatre.

Some of these brands are housed in Duplex Boulevard, where stores have double-height shopfronts. Majestic flagship stores that have set up shop in Jewel Changi Airport include Nike, whose duplex flagship store spans over 1,000 square metres and features a comprehensive apparel customisation section.

New food and beverage experiences offered in Jewel Changi Airport include ‘garden dining’, which lets diners enjoy views of Changi’s indoor gardens from restaurant terraces, and ‘dining under the stars’ in Canopy Park, where restaurants and bars offer views of the night sky. Five Spice, the food court operated by Food Junction, features food by more than ten iconic local restaurants, such as Faai Di by the award-winning and family-owned fish soup restaurant Ka-Soh; and Fu Lin Yong Tofu, an icon of Telok Ayer that has revamped itself over the decades from a traditional eatery to a hip hangout.

In addition to providing convenient access to early check-in, tax refund and other aviation-related services, Changi Airport Singapore now invites its patrons to explore indoor gardens like Canopy Park and Forest Valley, which is the largest garden in the airport and hosts light and sound shows. Your guests will also love the Changi Experience Studio, where visitors young and old can embark on a variety of interactive expeditions.

YOTELAIR Changi Airport, the first YOTELAIR in Asia, has also opened within the airport, which offers short stays in first-class cabin-like rooms, where travellers can take a break or freshen up after shopping and dining in Jewel. Your clients will also love the 40-metre-tall Rain Vortex in the centre of Jewel, which is currently the world’s tallest indoor waterfall. One can travel from terminal to terminal via the frequent and speedy Changi Airport Skytrain, and if your guests would like to explore the city centre and its various neighbourhoods on their own, they can get there from Changi Airport MRT station.

Address: 78 Airport Boulevard
Website: jewelchangiairport.com

Design Orchard

Step inside Design Orchard to witness how Singapore nurtures its local designers and brands. In this ‘living lab’ for start-ups and social entrepreneurs, shoppers will not only be treated to a generous spread of shopping options, but also a line-up of entertaining activities. Visitors can sign up for specially curated thematic events and workshops held monthly. Besides these,
shoppers can also explore creating personalised scents with Oo La Lab viatheir Touchpad software. As the activities for May will be themed on textile design, shoppers can learn more about new and traditional textile techniques from an exhibition and showcase, which will be held alongside a block printing workshop during the first two weeks of May. In June, visitors can look forward to special GSS shopping privileges. Those looking to take a break from shopping can enjoy the panoramic view of Orchard Road from Design Orchard’s rooftop amphitheatre. Follow @shopdesignorchard on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on upcoming events and activities.

Address: 250 Orchard Road
Website: designorchard.sg

Funan

For a peek into the future of retail, bring your guests to Funan, an ‘online and offline mall’ that utilises sensors and data analytics to better understand consumer shopping habits and provide customised recommendations.

Impress your guests with Funan’s hands-free shopping service using automated guided vehicles. Thereafter, your guests can pick up their purchases from the mall’s 24-hour drive-through, which is fitted with a state-of-the-art robotic arm to
assist shoppers.

Lifestyle activities abound in Funan. Your guests can enjoy rock climbing sessions, crafts and makers workshops offered by various tenants, musicals at W!LD RICE’s theatre and blockbusters at Golden Village cinema. Singapore’s first commercial building to allow cycling through the building, Funan is also home to Brompton Bicycle’s new flagship boutique. Gamers should not miss GamePro, which will host regular e-gaming tournaments in its dedicated eSports zone.

Funan will open a co-living serviced residence component called lyf Funan in the fourth quarter of 2019, which will be managed by The Ascott.

Address: 109 North Bridge Road
Website: funan.com.sg 

GSS: Experience Singapore

Originally called the “Great Singapore Sale”, the new GSS: Experience Singapore is a successful annual shopping festival that has evolved to include more than just irresistible discounts and deals. This year's GSS campaign will include an artisanal fair along Orchard Road, comprising pop-up retail, food and beverage stores that will shine the spotlight on local products.

Your guests can experience the five pillars of GSS: Experience Singapore, which are Explore, Play, Shop, Live and Dine, not only in Orchard Road, but across the island. Another district that offers a range of retail experiences and will be unveiling special GSS promotions too is Kampong Glam. Discover great deals on both modern and traditional apparel, accessories, homeware and souvenirs in this historic settlement, which has found a new lease of life as a multi-faceted shopping, nightlife and arts precinct.

Visitors can also explore the iconic shopping belt of Orchard Road and Kampong Glam district through interactive activities presented in collaboration with local communities. Your guests can meet these neighbourhoods’ innovative entrepreneurs and traditional artisans, while live musicians, street performers, arts pop-ups and temporary food stalls enrich their shopping journey.

Duration: 21 Jun-28 Jul

Address: Orchard Road, Kampong Glam and other locations

Website: gss.sra.org.sg