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Film Fanatic: International award-winning directors to mentor National Youth Film Awards youth

The National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) is celebrating National Mentoring Month this January with the introduction of its mentorship initiative – the Film Facilitation Fund programme. Organised by *SCAPE, a non-profit organisation, and conceptualised by Huang Junxiang, NYFA 2020’s Youth Inspiration Award winner, the programme will see five internationally renowned filmmakers mentoring five past year NYFA winners. The mentors include Mike Wiluan, co-producer of 2019’s … Continue reading Film Fanatic: International award-winning directors to mentor National Youth Film Awards youth

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Ready For Takeoff: Scoot Launches New Inflight Portal In Preparation For New Normal

 To better meet customer expectations in the post-COVID world, Scoot will be launching a new inflight portal, ScootHub, to serve as a one-stop shop for all customer needs inflight. ScootHub, which can be easily accessed from customers’ own mobile devices, will be the first of its kind in the region to offer such diverse functionalities. Launching in phases commencing December 2020, Scoot customers will be … Continue reading Ready For Takeoff: Scoot Launches New Inflight Portal In Preparation For New Normal

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Ready For Takeoff: Singapore Airlines to collaborate with Penhaligon’s on Business Class Amenity Kits

For a long time now, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has avoided distributing amenity kits on their Business Class flights, citing high expenses and the inability of a simple amenity kit to differentiate the brand from others. But all that seems about to change, with the launch of SIA’s Discover Your Singapore Airlines‘ Business Class Experience from the SIA@Home store promising, among other things, a pair of Penhaligon’s amenity … Continue reading Ready For Takeoff: Singapore Airlines to collaborate with Penhaligon’s on Business Class Amenity Kits

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Ready For Takeoff: New BA CEO Sean Doyle calls for urgent introduction of pre-departure testing

In his first public appearance since being named British Airways’ new CEO last week, this morning (October 19, 2020) Sean Doyle gave the keynote address at Airlines 2050: Beyond the Crisis, telling the industry that British Airways continues to play a crucial part in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain and is doing everything in its power to emerge from this … Continue reading Ready For Takeoff: New BA CEO Sean Doyle calls for urgent introduction of pre-departure testing

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Food For Thought: Odette, Gaa and other top restaurant chefs come together for #50BestTalks – Rewriting The Menu

Come October, the next edition of thought-leadership forum #50BestTalks, presented by Miele, will tackle the challenge of ‘Rewriting the Menu’ for a more equitable, post-pandemic restaurant world. The virtual event – which will take place from 3-4pm (UK time) on Wednesday, 14th October – forms a key part of the 50 Best Recovery Summit, bringing the gastronomic community together online over three days. Launched in … Continue reading Food For Thought: Odette, Gaa and other top restaurant chefs come together for #50BestTalks – Rewriting The Menu

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Ready For Takeoff: British Airways offers long haul flights at reduced Avios points

British Airways is offering customers the chance to fly to any long haul destination, in any cabin, for half the amount of Avios normally required. For a limited time, the number of Avios needed to book a long haul Reward Flight across any cabin has been slashed by 50%. This means that customers can pick up return flights to destinations like Los Angeles for 30,00 … Continue reading Ready For Takeoff: British Airways offers long haul flights at reduced Avios points

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Ready For Takeoff: British Airways’ final Boeing 747 aircraft cleared for takeoff this week

UNITED KINGDOM – British Airways has announced that its final two Heathrow based Boeing 747 aircraft are scheduled to depart from the airport for the very last time tomorrow morning (Thursday 8 October). One aircraft is painted in its heritage ‘Negus’ livery and the other in its current Chatham Dockyard livery. Thousands of British Airways flight crew, cabin crew and engineering teams have worked over … Continue reading Ready For Takeoff: British Airways’ final Boeing 747 aircraft cleared for takeoff this week

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Food For Thought: Australia’s Maybe Sammy wins Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award for World’s 50 Best Bars 2020

Maybe Sammy in Sydney has been named the winner of the Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2020. Established to recognise the importance of hospitality in any bar experience, the award is voted for by 540 members of The World’s 50 Best Bars Academy. These industry experts are asked to name the institution where they received the single … Continue reading Food For Thought: Australia’s Maybe Sammy wins Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award for World’s 50 Best Bars 2020

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Ready For Takeoff: Singapore Airlines launches behind-the-scenes tours, ‘in-flight’ dining experiences and more

National carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) may have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but now they’re charting a brand new flight path, and letting guests experience a whole new suite of experiences over the next few weeks. Scrapping their proposed ‘flights to nowhere’ idea after an internal review, SIA is ready to launch the a one-of-a-kind dining experience in their Airbus380, with Restaurant A380 … Continue reading Ready For Takeoff: Singapore Airlines launches behind-the-scenes tours, ‘in-flight’ dining experiences and more

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Ready For Takeoff: British Airways brings its Flying with Confidence course online for the first time

British Airways is bringing its renowned Flying with Confidence course to the comfort of customers’ homes for the first time ever this October. More than 50,000 people have taken part in the Flying with Confidence course since it began more than 35 years ago. The course, which has typically only been run in a classroom format followed by a short flight the following day, is … Continue reading Ready For Takeoff: British Airways brings its Flying with Confidence course online for the first time

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