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Discover the Culture, Heritage, Arts, and Crafts of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur
Nov 11th
Kuala Lumpur is the ideal place for those who desire a different holiday experience. All facilities and fascinating places needed by the visitors to enjoy their holiday are available in this City of Lights. The complete facilities, good infrastructures, and luxury accommodation become the main reason why people keep visiting Kuala Lumpur not to mention various kinds of attraction places. Among numerous tourism spots in Kuala Lumpur, these places below are super famous. More >
Where to Go in Singapore
Oct 20th
Located in the center of Southeast Asia makes Singapore a strategic place for tourists to reach. Visitors from all over the place come to Singapore in their holiday to see the mixture of traditional Asian culture and modern lifestyle in Singapore. The most places visited by tourists are Sentosa Island, Chinatown, Merlion Park, and Singapore Zoological Gardens. Great landmark, up-to-date lifestyle, and shopping paradises are available in those places. Spending one or two days in Singapore won’t be enough to visit all of the interesting places available there. More >
Black Friday 2011
Sep 23rd
Try Out the Best Moment to Shop during Black Friday
One event in the US famous for its many discounts, special offers, and great deals, is called Black Friday. Black Friday, the best moment for the shopaholics, is held one day after the Thanksgiving Day. Unlike the Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday is not a national holiday at all, but many companies give the employees an extra day off after Thanksgiving Day and let them struggle to shop during the Black Friday. What is meant by struggle is literally struggle since most people in the USA overflow to the department stores or markets to get the best deals of the year. Here are some tips to prepare you for the next Black Friday Event. More >
ANZ Singapore Platinum Credit Card
Oct 11th
ANZ Platinum Card Latest Promotion
Enjoy 7% off your telco bill and get a Phillips DECT Phone upon successful online application: exclusive for new Singapore ANZ Platinum Credit Card members who apply for an ANZ Platinum Credit Card from 2 September 2010 to 15 November 2010. More >
Interesting Shopping Destinations At Orchard Road
Feb 9th
When you go to Singapore’s Orchard Road for shopping, you might be confused because of many high and large building as shopping malls in this one-way street. To make your shopping more comfortable, its better to know what kind the shopping mall is. You also better to know the situation and condition of shopping mall including products offered. These are description of several famous shopping mall at Orchard Road:
- Tangs
This is the first shop in this area and built in in 1934 and established on Orchard Road in the 1950s. Tangs establish itelf as an Asian lifestyle store with international appeal. Tangs distinguishes itself from other stores by carrying exclusive and special, from beauty products, international fashion brand, shoes, accessories, electronics to household appliances. - Ngee Ann City
It take more than a day to see this huge complex mall with Takashimaya as the main department store. Ngee Ann City won the Tourism Awards 2002 (in the category for Best Shopping Experience – Shopping Center). There are more than 100 specialty stores that sell sporting goods, stationery, electronics, jewelry and designer clothes. Famous brands such as Guess from US, Hugo Boss Woman, Zara and Mango from Spain and Country Road from Australia are just some of the many international boutiques here. In here, you can go to Kinokuniya, the largest bookstore in Southeast Asia. There is also a sports center complete facilities, art galleries and cultural centers that you can visit. - Centrepoint
The other winner of Tourism Awards 2002 is Centrepoint that is also known as one of the biggest shopping centers and most famous in Singapore. It ready to meet all the needs of tourists and local residents. Here you will find the legendary Robinsons & Co. There are also stores that specialize in classical music, casual clothing, optical equipment, electronics, furniture, Oriental rugs, sporting goods, art, antiques and Asian artifacts, books and lots of others. This complete complex also has various of restaurants and fast food outlets. - The Shopping Gallery at Hilton
During you stay in Hilton Hotel, in here you can still shopping. This shop provides favorite place for designer goods – the gallery is offering exclusive brands such as Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Paul Smith and Valentino. At bridge that connect this hotel to The Four Seasons Hotel Shopping Gallery provides a more sophisticated choice for the shopper, particularly in the Notices. The Gallery, a collection of art and paintings from around the world.
Sightseeing In Orchard Road Singapore
Feb 4th
You have never really been to Singapore if you have not visited the Orchard Road, the South East Asia’s center of fashion, retail and entertainment. There are more than 40 shopping malls in that 6 miles stretch of the Orchard Road, aside from landmark buildings and and other futuristic and unique buildings right in the heart of Singapore’s commercial activities.
These shopping paradise provide and fulfill the needs of people to be handsome, beautiful and stylish with variety of exclusive products and world famous luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Prada, Dolce and Gabbana, Gucci, Zara and others. With a large pavement for pedestrians, take a long slow stroll along the street, or take a seat shaded by large trees if your shopping appetite has been taken care of.
Even Great Singapore Sale (GSS) which is always considered as a fixed agenda make its own appeal, especially for shopping in this area. Various objects and lifestyle needs are there, ranging from high-end class of goods made in Paris to cheaper goods made from China.
There are many popular malls such as Delfi Orchard Road, ION Orchard, Midpoint Orchad, OG Orchard Point, Orchard Emerald, Orchard Plaza, Orchard Tower. Tucked in the middle of the Orchard Road, Orchard Central Mall is the highest malls in this area with a height of 12 floors. The mall also has the highest escalator in the Orchard that can make your heart pounding when you try the escalator. Each level of this mall has different interior concept. The place namely Discovery and the Rooftop Garden Walk is open for 24 hours. The mall also has the highest climbing wall in the world, challenging enough adrenaline of visitors to try.
Orchard Central Mall
Another attraction is that Orchard Central positioned itself as a center of innovation from new retail concepts, new brands, shapes and designs of new buildings, new shopping style. And these are all intended to provide a new nuance with a new lifestyle, too. In relation to life style, the mall that reflect life style for young generation combines eight world-class artwork permanently displayed in the mall. One of them, for instance, Tall Girl or tall women with high heels holding a shopping bag as the result of German artist work, Inges Idee. This statue is 20 meters in height, equivalent to four-storey building.
It’s the time for you to begin planning a vacation in Singapore with many special surprises in Orchard Road. So save you money now and plan to visit Orchard Road.
