Homegrown multi-label retailer Naiise will be closing its last and largest outlet at Jewel Changi Airport this Sunday due to an “ongoing struggle to pay its vendors.” This news came following a spate of outlet closures last year. In the first half of 2020, it has apparently shut down three …
Read More »
It is not surprising that when passenger traffic and footfall plunged during the pandemic, retail shops at Changi Airport also witnessed a drastic dip in sales. Passenger traffic remains at less than five per cent of what it was before the pandemic, and retail sales have plunged 74 per cent …
Read More »
Until recently, XpresSpa was known for offering manicures, pedicures, massages and waxing services at 25 airports in the United States and around the world, where travelers with some time between flights could get themselves spruced up. But on Wednesday, the company began offering a rapid molecular coronavirus test, manufactured by …
Read More »
Travellers will gradually be allowed to transit through Changi Airport starting from 2 June, when the circuit breaker is lifted. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), this is part of Singapore’s strategy to gradually reopen air transport. The Ministry of Health also said yesterday (19 May) that …
Read More »
Ever since COVID-19 began wreaking havoc in China, multiple Chinese and American companies have been rushing to popularize wearable thermal scanners that can quickly detect a key symptom — elevated body temperature — in public places. Now the busiest airport in Italy, Rome’s Aeroporti di Roma-Fiumicino, says it’s the first …
Read More »