A chief operating officer (COO), also called a chief operations officer, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, comprising part of the "C-suite". The COO is usually the second-in-command at the firm, especially if the highest-ranking executive is the chairperson and CEO. The COO is responsible for the daily operation of the company and its office building and routinely reports to the highest-ranking executive—usually the chief executive officer (CEO).
Raffles Hotel is a colonial-style luxury hotel in the Downtown Core district of Singapore. It was established by Armenian hoteliers, the Sarkies Brothers, in 1887. The hotel was named after British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of colonial-era Singapore.
Fairmont Singapore, formerly Raffles The Plaza is the sister hotel of Swissôtel The Stamford located within the Raffles City complex in Singapore. It has a total of 778 rooms and suites housed within two 26-storey towers. Opened as The Westin Plaza in 1986, the hotel was refurbished together with Swissôtel The Stamford, formerly known as the Westin Stamford, and was renamed Raffles The Plaza on 1 January 2002 and Fairmont Singapore on 12 December 2007 with a change in branding. In September 2019, Fairmont Singapore completed its renovation of the South Tower.
The Mandarin Orchard Singapore, managed by Meritus Hotels & Resorts, is a five-star hotel located at 333 Orchard Road in Singapore.
Jaime Augusto Miranda Zóbel de Ayala II, also known as Jaime Augusto Zóbel, is a Filipino businessman from the prominent Zóbel de Ayala family. He currently serves as the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Ayala Corporation. He succeeded his father, Jaime Zóbel de Ayala, as the company's president and CEO in 1994 and as chairman and CEO in 2006.
Pulau Nikoi is a 15-hectare (37-acre) resort island located 8 kilometres (5 mi) off the east coast of Bintan, Indonesia, approximately 85 kilometres (53 mi) southeast of Singapore. The island was purchased by Andrew and Julia Dixon, an Australian couple visiting Bintan, in 2005 and developed, with the aid of a group of financiers, into a boutique private island resort named Nikoi Island. The resort opened in 2007, and as of 2010 consists of fifteen beach houses. The island has been ranked as one of the best private islands in the world by Condé Nast Traveller and reviewed extensively by the world's travel press.
The New Majestic Hotel, on Bukit Pasoh Road in Singapore's Chinatown is a hotel built in 1928. The building originally consisted of four shophouses and a restaurant. It is a boutique hotel under The Unlisted Collection owned by Loh Lik Peng.
The Scarlet Singapore is a luxury boutique hotel located at Erskine Road, Chinatown, Singapore. Opened in 2004, The Scarlet Singapore contains 80 rooms and is managed by Singapore-based hospitality management group Grace International.
Yves Saint Laurent SAS, also known as Saint Laurent, is a French luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. The company revived its haute couture collection in 2015 under former Creative Director Hedi Slimane. In April 2016, Anthony Vaccarello was appointed as Creative Director.
DUO is a contemporary twin-tower integrated mixed-use development located on a site bordered by Ophir Road, Rochor Road and Beach Road in Singapore.
United States – Singapore relations are bilateral relations between the United States and Singapore. Singapore and the United States share a very close and excellent relationship. According to the U.S. Global Leadership Report, 77% of Singaporeans approved of U.S. leadership under the Obama Administration in 2010, and while this approval rating decreased slightly down to 75% in 2011, it nonetheless remains one of the highest ratings of the U.S. for any surveyed country in the Asia-Pacific region.
David Isaac Adelman is an American lawyer, diplomat, and legislator. He was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore from 2010 to 2013. He is a partner in the global law firm Reed Smith LLP working out of the firm's New York office and regularly traveling to the offices in Asia. Adelman is former Managing Director of Goldman Sachs. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Noble Group Holdings, and a senior advisor to indexing firm BlueStar Indexes, private equity firm Olympus Capital and merchant bank Ion Pacific.
Hotel Fort Canning is a boutique hotel opened in 2010 in Fort Canning Park, Singapore, self-styled as "fashionable" and located near such touristy nightlife areas as Orchard Road and Clarke Quay. The building was the former British Far East Command Headquarters during World War II. The building was restored and reconstructed as a hotel by architectural firm DP Architects which sought to maintain the old style colonial glamour and the multi-columned façade of the old headquarters.
Katharine Pooley is an award-winning British interior designer based in Chelsea, London.
CurrencyFair is an online peer-to-peer currency exchange marketplace. CurrencyFair is headquartered in Ireland also with employees in UK, Australia, Greece, Hong Kong, Poland and Singapore. The company has offices in Newcastle, NSW, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. CurrencyFair provides international transfers in 20 global currencies.
Ho Wai Loon is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a defender for S.League club Home United and the Singapore national team.
Ross Fleming Butler is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Zach Dempsey in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and as Brett Willis on K.C. Undercover.
Go-Ahead Singapore is a provider of passenger transport and bus operator in Singapore. It had commenced operations on 4 September 2016 and it is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group.
Naumi Hospitality is a hotel owner, operator and property chain, headquartered in Singapore. The group is a subsidiary of Hind Development and was founded by Surya Jhunjhnuwala. The hotel group owns a number of hotels in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
DFS is a Hong Kong-based travel retailer of luxury products. Established in 1960, its network consists of over 420 locations, including duty-free stores in 18 major airports and 14 downtown Galleria stores, as well as affiliate and resort locations. as well as resort locations worldwide. It is privately held and majority owned by the luxury conglomerate Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), alongside DFS co-founder and shareholder Robert Warren Miller. As of January 11, 1997, DFS Group operates as a subsidiary of LVMH.
