ALL - Accor Live Limitless Launch 100 Bites of Singapore

Through a tech-enabled dining experience, diners will learn more about singapore's rich, storied past.

ALL – Accor Live Limitless – the lifestyle loyalty programme by world-leading hospitality group, Accor, with support from Singapore Tourism Board, will launch 100 Bites of Singapore. The initiative – crafted as part of the Singapore Tourism Board's SingaporeReimagine Marketing Program (SMP), which supports innovative destination marketing plans to inspire travel to Singapore – will run from November 15th to December 30th, 2023.

'100 Bites of Singapore' will feature four restaurants handpicked from Accor's diverse portfolio. Each of these establishments will offer a sustainable dining-focused cultural immersion experience inspired by the vibrant multicultural hawker and local culinary traditions found in their respective neighbourhood. As they journey through Singapore's past, diners will be accompanied by a holographic virtual host, Allie, who will share the cultural significance and sustainable origins of each bite they are about to take. Born from generative art and powered by live mocap technology, Allie will be reachable via a QR code, which will direct diners to a web-based AR platform. A companion video then takes diners on a visual tour of each restaurant's neighbourhood to learn more about the colourful culinary culture that inspired each menu.

Embracing diversity while minimising waste, each of the menus that form the 100 Bites programme will include a minimum of 60% locally sourced or sustainably produced ingredients. Through the universal language of food, the initiative seeks to engage both new and returning visitors to Singapore, inviting them to savour the rich tapestry of flavours and traditions the city has to offer.

Winestone, Mercure Singapore on Stevens

At Winestone, diners can take a trip back in time to the Orchard Road of yesteryear, sampling nostalgic flavours that have shaped heritage hawker culture into what it is today. Available Fridays to Sundays from 3-5pm, their 100 Bites High Tea Sharing Menu for 4 persons (priced at S$65++ per person) presents four distinct tiers: Homage to Orchard Road, 100% Local, Celebrating Hawkers – an ode to Glutton's Square from the 60s and 70s - and Sweet Harmony – celebrating multi-racial Singapore. Each tier presents locally inspired afternoon tea treats.

Racines, Sofitel Singapore City Centre

Derived from Malay as “cape of stakes”, Tanjong Pagar was once mangroves marked by fishermen's boundaries. Today, it is a bustling district home to iconic food centres.

Available daily from 5-8pm and priced at S$390++ for five persons, the 100 Bites menu at Racines includes a selection of sweet and savoury dishes that weave together the threads of Singapore's rich and varied culinary heritage.

Savory highlights pay homage to the nation's rich culinary heritage and celebrate the vibrant street food culture in Singapore, featuring Plant-Based Otah infused with the delicate essence of Manuka Gel, Curried Spice Confit Salmon Cubes, adorned with indulgent Caviar, and Truffle Cabbage Gyoza, served alongside a Chipotle Dip, an inventive twist on traditional dumplings. Sweet options include the Soybean Tart; Radish Cake, adorned with Cream Cheese Frosting; and ever-popular Kueh Lapis. Finally, Durian Puffs pay tribute to the city's love for the 'king of fruits.'

Asian Market Café, Fairmont Singapore

In celebration of the social melting pot that defines Singapore today, Asian Market Café presents a Taste of Southeast Asia buffet, available daily for lunch and dinner.

Highlights of the spread include a DIY Noodle Station, where diners can create their own Singapore Laksa and Soto Ayam. Also available is a live Chai Tow Kway station with mixed seafood, preserved radish, mayonnaise, chicken floss, and Chef's special chilli paste.

TASTE, ibis Singapore on Bencoolen

A historic neighbourhood in Singapore famed for its Malay heritage, Kampong Gelam has evolved into a dynamic destination serving up Malay and Indian cuisines. Inspired by the local delights around the hotel, as well the restaurants around Arab Street that serve Malay & Indian cuisines, the restaurant pays tribute to these flavours with the Fish Curry & Rendang meatball on its menu.

Available from noon until 10:30pm daily and priced at S$42 per set (suitable for two persons), TASTE presents a variety of local favourites, enabling guests to sample a wide range of Singaporean flavours in one seating.

There are two sets to select from, with highlights including Singapore Laksa Gazpacho, Chicken Rice Arancini, Kueh Pie Tee with Chilli Crab Sauce, and Fish Curry with Red Snapper Curry Mayo.

Aside from guiding diners through their 100 Bites of Singapore dining experience, Allie will reach worldwide audiences through livestream, connecting food lovers from around the world who would like to preview the multicultural delights of Singapore they can experience with ALL-Accor Live Limitless. Allie will host a live stream on social media to give tourists a preview of the experience and answer any questions, whilst an AR experience will enable foodies to take a virtual bite and see animated cultural motifs come to life.

100 Bites of Singapore is developed by ALL – Accor Live Limitless, Accor's Lifestyle Loyalty programme that enhances the Accor experience during and beyond the hotel stay. In addition to offering an unrivalled choice of stays across 40+ hotel brands in 110 countries, ALL – Accor Live Limitless helps members live their passions every day with over 2000 worldwide events, from local discoveries to the year's biggest sporting and musical events and chef masterclasses. Discover ALL – Accor Live Limitless at all.com.

For more information, please visit https://www.100bitessg.com/
* AccorHotels https://www.accorhotels.com/
* Nontawan (Toey) Laohakiat at nontawan.laohakiat@accor.com

COMO Hotels and Resorts announce the opening of COMO Metropolitan Singapore

COMO Metropolitan Singapore

The COMO Group is delighted to announce that the newest addition to its global portfolio and the first hotel in its home country, COMO Metropolitan Singapore, will launch in September 2023 with a soft opening. The property will be located within COMO Orchard, the brand’s newest immersive experience building spread over 19 floors in the heart of Singapore on Bideford Road.

It is the most complete iteration yet of the vision that brings together COMO Group’s hospitality, fashion, wellness and cuisine into one inspiring location. COMO Orchard will host COMO Metropolitan Singapore’s 11 floors of luxury accommodations, a rooftop pool bar for guests, as well floors for dining, a wellness center, and fashion retail. The result is an inspiring gathering place for innovators and creatives with a passion for the COMO-curated life.

Opening in successive phases starting in September, the 156-room hotel boasting city-wide views is the first of the spaces in COMO Orchard to launch. For this project, the COMO group has collaborated with several award-winning talents including Italian architect Paola Navone (Otto Studio), Japanese interior design-consultant Koichiro Ikebuchi (Atelier Ikebuchi), American-Thai interior designer Preeti Sriratana (Modellus Novus) and Norweigian digital artist Thomas Hilland.

The brand's wellness center, COMO Shambhala, has been leading preventative health in the hospitality industry for over 25 years throughout 16 global COMO properties. The newest addition to the COMO Shambhala portfolio, COMO Orchard’s nine thousand square foot wellness facility dedicated to holistic wellbeing offers luxury spa treatments and addresses both core movement - yoga, Pilates, Gyro, gym and functional fitness - and nutrition including gut health and body composition diagnostics. Classes, workshops, one-day Wellness Packages and multi-day Wellness Paths allow guests to choose their wellness journey, or have one curated for them.

COMO Orchard will host three dining establishments throughout the building. Debuting its first-ever international location is the beloved Michelin-starred New York and Miami Korean steakhouse, COTE by restaurateur Simon Kim, offering signature cocktails and an impressive wine selection. For visitors in search of a nutrient-packed meal, COMO Cuisine will be serving all-day dining classics featuring Singaporean favourites, as well as healthy fare from the celebrated COMO Shambhala Cuisine. Also making his Asia debut is internationally acclaimed French pastry chef Cédric Grolet, who will serve his signature, extraordinary confections in his pastry shop on the first floor.

COMO Metropolitan Singapore

With two floors dedicated to fashion retail curated by multi-label boutique Club 21, visitors will find dynamic, seasonal collections and pop-up partnerships. Personal shoppers will be available to help navigate the space and purchases will be delivered directly from the Club 21 floors to guests' hotel wardrobes.

The way these different innovators and luxury lifestyle experiences intersect is seamlessly integrated in the flow of the building’s spatial design, the introduction of fuss-free technology and signature COMO service. The result is a global first: an inspiring gathering place to suit all moods, from morning to late, for customers with a passion for the COMO vision of what modern luxury can really mean.

Opening rates start from SGD$625 per night in a Cairnhill Room.

* Nicole Tapster nicole@pepr.com.au    pepr.com.au

Bands in Concert 2019

Come and join the Singleton Town Band for a great night of music and entertainment this Saturday 2nd November.

Tickets are available at the door from 6pm
Adults $15.00
Student/Concession $10
Family of 4 (2 Adults + 2 Children) $40
Children under the age of 5 years FREE

Singleton Civic Centre
Address: 12 Queen St, Singleton NSW 2330
Phone: (02) 6578 7295

QuiltFest in Singleton

It's on this coming weekend at Singleton!

Singleton QuiltFest is on this coming weekend! Quilting is not just for quilters - come along to see some beautiful hand made quilt heirlooms. 

Raffles, sale table, demonstrations of basic patchwork and quilting during the day. 

Pop up quilting shop - 'Thimbles and Threads' from Denman. 

All welcome. 

Friday 20th 10 - 4pm, Saturday 21st 10 - 4pm, Sunday 10am - 3pm. 

Mechanics Institute, 74 George St (New England Hwy), Singleton. 

Entry $5 per person donation.

The Upper Hunter Brick Show is on again.

This year it will be held at King Street Public School at Singleton on Sunday 27 October 2019 from 9am to 2pm. 

These will be new Lego displays as well as a children’s free build area, Lego to purchase and a sausage sizzle. 

Entry is $5 each or $15 per family with all proceeds going to King St Public School. 

Block out the date and come along to another fantastic Lego display.

Bushrangers of the Hunter Valley Exhibition Launch

Meet the men and women who lived desperate and dangerous lives during the Hunter Valley’s colonial years. 

Join us for a glass of wine as we launch this year’s Heritage Month Exhibition at the Singleton Public Library and learn about figures like horse breaker turned bushranger Captain Thunderbolt or circus performer turned cattle rustler Elizabeth Jessie Hickman.

Where: Singleton Public Library, Singleton NSW Australia

Date: 12 April
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Address: 8 - 10 Queen Street, Singleton, NSW, 2330
Contact: 02 6578 7500
Email: Email the Library
Cost: FREE
Links: Bookings

Brushed by the soul - Louise Anderson

Each month Arts Upper Hunter features a local artist on their website.This month they are featuring Brushed by the soul - Louise Anderson from the Singleton region. 

Nine months ago Louise picked up a paint brush and tested out her skills at painting. Louise posted a photo of the painting on social media and has been receiving orders ever since.

This month our featured artist is Louise Anderson from the Singleton region. Louise is a registered nurse. Nine months ago she picked up a paint brush and tested out her skills at painting. Louise posted a photo of the painting on social media and has been receiving orders ever since.

Louise is hosting “Dialysis in The Country”, on Sunday 9 April at Glendon to raise funds for Kidney Health Australia and awareness about chronic kidney disease. Art exhibition, silent auction, live music, and refreshments.

To find out more visit http://www.artsupperhunter.com/…/visua…/1195-anderson-louise or Brushed by the soul - Louise Anderson

Photo courtesy of Louise.

Hunter Valley Easter Steam Trains BOOK NOW

Gather your family and friends to experience the wonder of steam train travel in the Hunter Valley this Easter!

Save 10% on all bookings made before Friday, 24th March 2017.
Book online now: https://www.trybooking.com/265157

Join the LVR in the Hunter Valley this Easter for your last chance to ride behind locomotive 5917 for some time. By purchasing your ticket on any of our Easter trains, you will be helping raise funds to for our upcoming restoration of 5917.

Choose from a variety of trips, from a morning or afternoon trip from Singleton to Maitland (return) hauled by steam all the way to steam shuttle trains from Muswellbrook to Scone, Ravensworth or Sandy Hollow on the beautiful (usually) freight-only Ulan line.

Bring the family along to experience the way rail travel was in our open-windowed, side-corridor compartment carriages from the 1930s. Listen to the characteristic beat of our American Baldwin steam engine and hear the haunting ‘riverboat’ whistle.

Trips:

Early Bird Savings of 10% are automatically applied for Bookings before Friday, 24th March 2017

Hunter Valley Flyer (Singleton to Maitland return — Steam-hauled all the way)
Date	dep Singleton
Saturday, 15th April 2017	10.00am
Saturday, 15th April 2017	3.00pm
Fares: $40 Adult — $25 Child — $260 Private Compartment of up to 8 people
Camberwell Shuttle (Singleton to Camberwell return — Steam-hauled all the way)
Date	dep Singleton
Saturday, 15th April 2017	12.10pm
Fares: $20 Adult — $12 Child
Mangoola Steam Shuttle (Muswellbrook to Mangoola — Steam/Diesel push-pull)
Date	dep Muswellbrook
Sunday, 16th April 2017	8.30am
Monday, 17th April 2017	8.40am
Fares: $25 Adult — $15 Child
Scone Steam Shuttle (Muswellbrook to Scone — Steam/Diesel push-pull)
Date	dep Muswellbrook
Sunday, 16th April 2017	9.40am
Sunday, 16th April 2017	2.10pm
Monday, 17th April 2017	9.50am
Fares: $25 Adult — $15 Child
Drayton Steam Shuttle (Muswellbrook to Drayton Jcn — Steam/Diesel push-pull)
Date	dep Muswellbrook
Sunday, 16th April 2017	11.15am
Fares: $25 Adult — $15 Child
Ravensworth Steam Shuttle (Muswellbrook to Ravensworth Jcn — Steam/Diesel push-pull)
Date	dep Muswellbrook
Monday, 17th April 2017	11.20am
Fares: $25 Adult — $15 Child
Sandy Hollow Steam Shuttle (Muswellbrook to Sandy Hollow — Steam/Diesel push-pull)
Date	dep Muswellbrook
Sunday, 16th April 2017	3.35pm
Monday, 17th April 2017	2.00pm
Fares: $40 Adult — $25 Child

* Timetable is subject to confirmation 

Limited numbers of seats will be available at the railway station on the day

Venues:

Singleton Railway Station
Muswellbrook Railway Station

Contact Details:

Lachlan Valley Railway P: (02) 6342 4999 E: inquiries@lvr.com.au