NEWS AND EVENTS
News and Events
2011 is a milestone year for the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) as it marks 50 years of industry engagement. A colourful gala dinner and a commemorative book captured the moment for SHA as it turned 50 years.
1) The Changing Hotel Landscape
The SHA commemorative book, titled "The Heritage of Hospitality - A History of the Singapore Hotel Industry" was officially launched by Guest-of-Honour, Deputy Prime Minister, Teo Chee Hean at the SHA 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner Celebration on 9 June 2011.
Supported by the National Heritage Board's Heritage Industry Incentive Programme (Hi2P), this is a first if its kind book that traces the development of the hotel industry from the early days of Sir Stamford Raffles to its present day.
The book was well received by the industry and it will be available for sale at major bookstores in Singapore, such as Times, Kinokuniya and Prologue at $55+GST.
2) An Evening to Remember
A gala dinner was held at Shangri-La hotel to celebrate 50 years of SHA. Some 700 guests from the hotel and tourism industry attended the black-tie event which was graced by Deputy Prime Minister, Teo Chee Hean.
The evening's programme kicked off with an upbeat opening performance by the Singapore Police Force Band. Guests were also entertained by Irene Ang's engaging and hilarious performance on "The hotel industry - now and then". The evening ended with a spectacular finale act by the world-renowned Korean performance group, Cookin' Nanta.
Many who attended the dinner were also bowled over by the unique backdrop which showcased the daily scenes in a hotel. This was done using the silhouette effect with live performers behind the screen.
The net proceeds of $50,000 from the gala dinner sales and sponsorships were donated to Shatec Institutes to be used as scholarships for deserving students.
SHA would like to thank all the guests who attended the SHA's 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner Celebration on 9 June 2011. We hope you had an enjoyable evening.
3) Publicity on the Singapore Hotel Industry
In conjunction with SHA's 50th Anniversary Celebration, a supplement on the hotel industry in Singapore was published in The Straits Times, Life! Section and TTG Asia on 9 and 10 June 2011 respectively.
SHA would like to thank all members for their strong support of our 50th anniversary celebration as well as the following organisations for their generous sponsorship:
Gold Sponsors
Coca-Cola Singapore Beverages Pte Ltd
DBS Bank Ltd
Field Master Co.
McMaster Construction
Silver Sponsors
Agilysys International Pte Ltd
Alfa International Pte Ltd
California Laundry Pte Ltd
J&D Burleigh Pte Ltd
Laundry Networks Singapore
Schindler Lifts (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Starhub Ltd
Sunfresh Singapore Pte Ltd
Turkish Airlines Inc.
UOB Cards
Utell Hotels and Resorts
YHS (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Affiliate Sponsors
Asia Pacific Breweries (S) Pte Ltd
Beam Global Asia Pte Ltd
Dee Interior Renovation
Dynamic Pro Engineering
FastBooking Asia Pte Ltd
Magnum Spirits and Wine Pte Ltd
Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
Meritus Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa Langkawi
Moët Hennessy Diageo Singapore Pte Ltd
Pernod Ricard Singapore
Phang Industry
Remy Cointreau International Pte Ltd
Swissotel The Bosphorus, Istanbul
UIE Industrial Equipment Pte Ltd
In addition, SHA would like to thank the following members of the SHA's 50th Anniversary Celebration organising committee for their time and contribution:
Chairman
Mr Patrick Fiat, Royal Plaza on Scotts
Members
Mr Eric Brand, Amara Singapore
Mr Heinrich Grafe, Conrad Centennial Singapore
Mr John Sartain, Mandarin Orchard Singapore
Mr Paul Jones, Mandarin Oriental Singapore
Mr Michael Cottan, Shangri-La hotel, Singapore
Mr Steven Long, Sheraton Towers Singapore
Mr Aiden McAuley, Swissotel The Stamford
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