The first event we went to was the Raffles Rumble, hosted by the super-fancy nightclub Raffles on Chelsea's Kings Road.
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All three contenders are ethnically Chinese, and went to the same elite high school - Raffles Institution, formerly known as Raffles Junior College.
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Previous acquisitions under Bazin, who took over in 2013, include Toronto-based Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, owner of London's Savoy Hotel, The Plaza in New York and the Raffles Hotel in Singapore.
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"I noticed a lot of graves looked very old and, in fact, that some were from the time of Raffles," Mr. Goh said, referring to Singapore's British colonial founder, Sir Stamford Raffles.
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My boyfriend Dave filled out raffles for himself, as well.
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His white robe and slippers were presumably courtesy of Raffles.
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The same thing goes for raffles, even if you don't win.
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Some attendees even entered raffles hoping to take a rifle home.
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Its luxury portfolio now comprises Raffles, Fairmont, and various Sofitel brands.
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This is how Barry's ended up in Raffles Place in Singapore.
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Stamford Raffles, who founded Singapore, was a clerk in the EIC.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads SINGAPORE — Three large billboards loom beside the gates of Singapore's Raffles Place metro station, advertising the Asian Civilisations Museum's latest special exhibition, Raffles in Southeast Asia: Revisiting the Scholar and Statesman.
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Along with the fighting, Raffles had put on lots of other entertainment.
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She purposely raffles off the dolls rather than just giving them away.
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In Mansfield, where Mr Graham grew up, pubs tried bingo and raffles first.
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Amongst the fighters at the Raffles Rumble was Made in Chelsea's Jamie Laing.
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"Step 3: "I went online to see which retailers were still doing raffles.
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He died before — not after — the Raffles Hotel, named for him, was built.
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"I already have ideas of doing raffles, mixers, things like that," Tucker said.
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The fun will also include raffles, Mexican food and music from D.J. Synchro.
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A smattering of 19th-century buildings from its days as a British colony conjure up images of steamy afternoons of Singapore Sling cocktails and card games at the Raffles Hotel, which its owners named after Stamford Raffles, founder of modern Singapore.
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The company also donates jewelry (50,000 pieces in 2015) for auctions, raffles, and more.
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He spends languid days with cigars and claret at the colonial-era Raffles Hotel.
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GARDEN CITY '80s Arcade and Karaoke Night, games, costume contest, raffles and prizes. Aug.
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J.C. Penney is holding raffles for pricey vacation packages and gift bundles worth $5,000 apiece.
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After his authorship of the monograph The History of Java, Raffles was knighted in 1817.
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In 1977 he moved to Phoenix, where he briefly ran a soufflé restaurant called Raffles.
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After shutting its doors for more than two years, Raffles Singapore officially reopened this month.
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"Gun raffles have been going on for years," Patterson wrote in a comment on Facebook.
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GARDEN CITY '80s Arcade and Karaoke Night, arcade games, costume contest, raffles and prizes. Aug.
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GARDEN CITY "'80s Arcade and Karaoke Night," arcade games, costume contest, raffles and prizes. Aug.
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Raffles owner AccorHotels narrowed its full-year profit guidance, citing uncertainty on China-related issues.
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The city state's Chinatown was geographically allocated by its British colonial founder, Sir Stamford Raffles.
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Dispensaries across the Bay Area are courting customers with giveaways, raffles, live music and food trucks.
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Rather, it's the Writers Bar, located just off the entrance of the legendary Raffles Singapore hotel.
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One offer in May is for a stay at the upscale Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris.
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They flew him to Dubai and honored him with a celebration dinner at the Raffles Hotel.
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Rather, it's the Writers Bar, located just off the entrance of the legendary Raffles Singapore hotel.
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Police officers attended the meetings and held free raffles where they pulled residents' names from a hat.
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The 355,000-square foot property, located in Raffles Place Central Business District, will house Manulife Singapore's operations.
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A Starbucks located in Raffles Place, one of Singapore's busiest underground train stations has no formal doors.
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The Raffles Rumble was supporting Big Change, a charity dedicated to helping improve the lives of underprivileged children.
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At the Raffles Rumble there was a lot more vodka, and glamorous ring girls all over the venue.
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At "family fun days" locals compete in games of tug-of-war and enter raffles to win TVs.
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The British port at Singapore was established in 1819 by the absurdly-named colonialist Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
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Antihero is Raffles, the gentleman jewel thief created by Arthur Conan Doyle's brother-in-law, E. W. Hornung.
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Some gifting interactions have featured things like stickers, single ticket raffles, shirts, cups, music and even motivational speeches.
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Bruno stopped by Edgar Falk's rooms for a drink that evening, before making his second visit to Raffles.
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The Raffles Rumble ended with a big confetti explosion and Jamie Laing asking everyone to "Get f****d up".
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The Post analysis shows Trump provided many free rounds of golf at his courses for charity auctions and raffles.
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The old and new come together with the excursion for guests of the hotel Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris.
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Faced with abject poverty, Raffles left school and started work as a clerk at the East India Company at 14.
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Raffles in Southeast Asia: Revisiting the Scholar and Statesman is on view at Asian Civilisations Museum through April 28, 2019.
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It's the celebrity chef's first Mediterranean sharing and grill concept and the new home to Raffles popular Sunday Champagne Brunch.
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GARDEN CITY '80s Arcade and Karaoke Night, over 60 arcade games, 1980s music, costume contest, raffles, cash bar and karaoke.
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GARDEN CITY '80s Arcade and Karaoke Night, over 60 arcade games, '173s music, costume contest, raffles, cash bar and karaoke.
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In 2018, the Associated Press reported that such raffles were being held in Ohio, Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, California and Nebraska.
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In 2020, luxury hotel operators Six Senses and Raffles will both open their first properties in India, according to Stubbs.
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The Asian Civilisations Museum's latest exhibition is a toothless interrogation of Sir Stamford Raffles, one of Southeast Asia's most notorious colonizers.
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The last movie is about a chimpanzee named Raffles who has the uncanny ability to predict the popularity of TV shows.
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A statue of Sir Stamford Raffles is seen as fireworks explode during Singapore's 54th National Day Parade in Singapore, Aug. 9.
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The alternate-reality-bar-crawl-fusion even included food specials, dance parties, raffles and giveaways at various locations along the way.
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The Raffles Makati in the Philippines, for example, offers daily breakfast, afternoon tea, evening cocktails and 50-minute massages for two.
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Sometimes the raffles are really intense, there's like a two-minute window time, and you have to answer a trivia question.
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Krecskay's good-hearted colleagues even hosted a fundraiser and held raffles and auctions for her, raising about $10,000 for her, she said.
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For many, tuning in has little to do with buying, or even playing the nightly raffles and games to win free prizes.
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Competitors such as Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc and Raffles owner AccorHotels have warned of slowing growth in China as the Sino-U.
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Previous Accor acquisitions include London's Savoy Hotel, The Plaza in New York, the Raffles Hotel in Singapore and Australian hotel group Mantra.
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With the new information, the collective raised money by holding bake sales and raffles to finance the searches, including paying for excavators.
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Reading between the lines at Raffles in Southeast Asia does not work, because there are barely any lines there in the first place.
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Even the burger van at the Raffles Rumble was posh, selling Vietnamese duck and pork burgers, and truffle fries for more than £10!
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He says he may raise money for the Southern Poverty Law Center through auctions or raffles, or mail them anonymously to public officials.
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Instead of focusing on Raffles' acts of destruction, it examines his penchant for plagiarism and spicing up his manuscripts for the audience back home.
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This isn't an exclusive screening, it's a screening with a dress code… and face-painters, photo booths, raffles for prizes, and other terrifying merriment.
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A number of other investors also participated, including SPH Media Fund, FengHe Fund Management, Raffles Venture Partners, Phillip Private Equity, and UOB Venture Management.
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GARDEN CITY "'80s Arcade and Karaoke Night," more than 60 classic arcade games, '80s music, costume contest, raffles and prizes, cash bar and karaoke.
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GARDEN CITY "'6313s Arcade and Karaoke Night," more than 60 classic arcade games, 1980s music, costume contest, raffles and prizes, cash bar and karaoke.
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Some people are outraged that a lot of gun raffles are giving away AR-15-style rifles, the type used in multiple mass shootings.
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The transaction follows a wave of deals in the luxury hotels sector, including AccorHotels' purchase of FRHI, the parent of the Fairmont and Raffles hotels.
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The majority of bars and restaurants in the Raffles financial area post "hiring" signs on the windows as immigration curbs have exacerbated a labor shortage.
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I pass the Fullerton Hotel, Raffles Hotel, the National Gallery and Parliament, before sitting down by the riverbank to eat my curry puffs for lunch.
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While the main room of the Raffles Rumble was pretty glamourous, the downstairs area where the boxers were getting ready was a little less so.
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During the company's recent launch in Singapore, it conducted a series of financial wellness events, as well as a formal launch event at Raffles Hotel.
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In actuality, the raffles took place in González's head, and Dr. K (Krassoievitch's father, who hosted González for weekly family dinners) was always the winner.
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According to Julian Davison, a local architectural historian, Mr. Raffles "codified" designs first brought to Singapore by Chinese settlers and later copied throughout the region.
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Limited-release sales are big again, with Yeezy raffles all over the place and Snapchat just dotting the map with expiring Snapbot vending machines for Spectacles.
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Sood's latest move is a token sale for the company that will allow players to use a token called Unikoin to enter raffles and win prizes.
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Accor, which runs high-end chains such as Raffles and Sofitel as well as budget brands such as Ibis, predicted another rise in profit for 217.
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Presented by Adorama, a photo and electronics store, the fair will feature free photography and video workshops, technology demonstrations, carnival games, street performers, food and raffles.
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But those who left also sustain their hometown by holding pageants and raffles, raising money for local projects and providing school supplies for the town's children.
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It follows similar residential partnerships by the Mandarin, Peninsula and Four Seasons hotel groups, with a Raffles-linked project now under construction in London's Whitehall district.
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I never did win one of these raffles — one of a few trends I saw over and over again as I became a focus group regular myself.
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One Raffles Quay South Tower #22-11 Singapore 048583 Rukshana Thalgodapitiya (National ratings on BOC, CB and NDB) Vice President +941 1254 1900 Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd.
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One Raffles Quay South Tower #22-11 Singapore 103 Rukshana Thalgodapitiya (National ratings on BOC, CB and NDB) Vice President +941 1254 1900 Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd.
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In the heart of the Central Business District in Raffles Place, children partnered with local personalities and celebrities to encourage adults to reconnect with their forgotten dreams.
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Its 32K weekly players complete challenges (like scoring three kills in a minute), earning points that can be collected and redeemed for virtual goods, discounts, or raffles.
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"Before 2015 it was all about suppressing the fires, but now it's about prevention," said Raffles Panjaitan, director of forest and land fire management at the forestry ministry.
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The NHL team is also donating $50,000 to help the victims and their families -- and will be hosting various fundraising initiatives including raffles and game-used jersey auctions.
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"If you haven't made moves to claim one for yourself via raffles, Schofield recommends the following: "I would watch @eastbay and @adidasoriginals like a hawk on Friday morning.
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Calling the tablets "very user-friendly," Raffles Singapore's General Manager Christian Westbeld says initial feedback from guests is that they are "a wonderful addition" to the hotel's offerings.
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Police use a variety of tactics in order to encourage the adoption of Ring products as a part of their partnerships with Ring, such as raffles and giveaways.
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Some companies are entering workers in raffles every week to win laptops, televisions and tablets, or are bringing food trucks to their warehouses and paying for employees' lunches.
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Previous acquisitions under Bazin, who took over in 2013, include London's Savoy Hotel, The Plaza in New York, the Raffles Hotel in Singapore and Australian hotel group Mantra.
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The ones in the museum's exhibition draw largely from the collection of the British statesman Sir Stamford Raffles, and date from the late 1700s to the 20th century.
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The Santa Fe University of Art and Design will not accept any new students for the coming year after negotiations to sell the school to the Raffles Education Corp.
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The Plaza Hotel in New York City ranked second, followed by the Mandarin Oriental in London, the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, and Raffles Hotel Singapore.
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" In terms of booking a benefit show that's not just a benefit show, London's Jill Mikkelson echoed Skolnik's sentiment—"Include raffles, bake sales, zines, etc to maximize donation dollars!
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The fun will also include raffles, refreshments (not fish!) and, this year, a special attraction: Three divers will descend into the Hudson to bring up live specimens for observation.
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But hockey arenas all do 50/50 raffles so maybe they'll do it right away if teams can take a percentage of the wager and direct it toward a charity.
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Contact: Nitin Soni Director Corporates +65 6796 7235 Fitch Ratings Singapore Pte Ltd One Raffles Quay, South Tower #22-11 Singapore 0003 Steve Durose Managing Director +61 2 8256 2750 .
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Raffles' owner summed the night up saying "It's about sport, and it's about two people getting into a ring and doing battle wherever they're from, and doing it for charity."
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The high price of race licenses and registration fees forces some cyclists to hold raffles and take up collections from bakeries and hardware stores in their hometowns to cover expenses.
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The program comprises over 1003,2100 ultra-luxurious properties globally, including stunners like Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris, Alila Villas Uluwatu in Bali, and the Palacio Duhau-Park Hyatt Buenos Aires.
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While raffles and gift-card incentives are appreciated, Hassett says many employees are looking for flexible hours to work around responsibilities like care-giving, other jobs or a semi-retirement schedule.
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One hurdle was that clients using the website were more likely to book one of the group's well-known brands such a Pullman, Mercure, Ibis or Raffles than an unknown hotelier.
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Prior to this, gym members started to sense something was wrong when the chain announced on its Facebook page on Saturday that it had closed its biggest branch at Raffles Place.
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One Raffles Quay South Tower #22-11 Singapore 048583 Salman Fajari Alamsyah (National ratings) Analyst +13 21 2988 6818 Fitch Ratings Indonesia DBS Bank Tower 24th Floor, Suite 2403 Jl. Prof.
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He eschewed mail order and raffles and instant messaging (they'll steal your data, he said) and spent his afternoons bowed over the altar of the keyboard, tapping out lines of code.
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One Raffles Quay South Tower #22-13 Singapore 048583 Ghaida Gunarti (National Rating) Analyst +62 21 2988 6814 PT Fitch Ratings Indonesia DBS Bank Tower 24th Floor Suite 2403 Jl. Prof.
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Previous acquisitions under AccorHotels' chief executive Bazin, who took over in 2013, include London's Savoy Hotel, The Plaza in New York, the Raffles Hotel in Singapore and Australian hotel group Mantra.
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Jamie's confidence was a little bit misplaced, and he ended up losing to his opponent Hamish Ross, a former private school boy and investment banker who is now general manager at Raffles.
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The Nike and Adidas sneaker apps both add layers of security, such as additional questions (to suss out bots), or "raffles" that give the winners a unique link for purchasing new releases.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that at least six Missouri political campaigns have raffled off guns in this year alone, and 22 such raffles were held in the 2016 election cycle.
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Raffles, an officer of the East India Company and the founder of Singapore, acquired the land in Regent's Park but died of a stroke at 45 before the zoo opened in 1828.
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Opening in phases starting this fall is Mr. Safdie's monumental Raffles City Chongqing — a 723 million square foot, mixed use complex, that stands at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing Rivers.
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Hosts regularly broadcast multiple times a week as they pry open oyster shells to reveal a cheap, colorful pearl inside, keeping viewers hooked with gimmicks including raffles, giveaways, and unyielding amounts of pep.
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This all may sound innocuous, until one takes a closer look and realizes that, as the leader of the British invasion of Dutch-held Java, Raffles was responsible for the deaths of thousands.
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AccorHotels, which operates high-end chains such as Raffles and Sofitel as well as budget brands such as Ibis, initially expected to reach a deal by the end of the first-half 2017.
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The train station will also be decorated with memorabilia and vintage artifacts, and guests will learn more about the history of the train, receive special 30th-anniversary pins, and participate in prize raffles.
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CEO Sebastien Bazin told French weekend newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche that the Chinese group had not so far requested a board seat at Accor, whose portfolio include Raffles, Sofitel and Pullman hotels.
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The acquisition of Potel & Chabot will strengthen AccorHotels' hospitality business, with Accor having recently made similar acquisitions such as its $2.7 billion takeover of FRHI Holdings, which owns the Fairmont, Raffles, and Swissotel brands.
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"We were surprised at the number of interested yards," said Viking Line's CEO Jan Hanses, saying he received interest from six Chinese yards, including Guangzhou International Shipyard, Yantai CIMC Raffles and AVIC Weihai Shipyard.
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AccorHotels, which runs high-end chains such as Raffles and Sofitel as well as budget brands such as Ibis, said earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) reached 492 million euros ($606 million) in 2017.
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The group, which runs high-end chains including Raffles and Sofitel as well as budget brands such as Ibis, said third-quarter sales rose 10.9 percent year on year to 1.049 billion euros ($1.17 billion).
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The Tanjong Pagar site at 290 meters high pips its nearest rivals by just 10 meters, with three other building in Singapore at 280 meters high, One Raffles Place, UOB Plaza One and Republic Plaza.
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Meituan Dianping said it is now conducting trial operations of autonomous delivery in "a dozen locations in China," including Shougang Park and Raffles City in Beijing, Xiong'an New Area in Hebei and Shenzhen's Lenovo Building.
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AccorHotels, which runs high-end chains such as Raffles and Sofitel as well as budget brands such as Ibis, said annual EBITDA reached 712 million euros, up 8 percent on a like-for-like basis.
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In October, Accor - which runs high-end chains including Raffles and Sofitel, as well as budget brands such as Ibis - narrowed its full-year profit guidance due to uncertainty caused by the Hong Kong protests.
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The group, which runs high-end chains including Raffles and Sofitel as well as budget brands such as Ibis, said third-quarter sales rose 22.3 percent year on year to 1.033 billion euros ($1.2 billion).
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Reading his book is like being at the bar of Raffles with a veteran raconteur who has not expended quite enough effort determining which of his oft-told tales are profound and which a bit pointless.
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If you don't manage to get a pre-order for a keyboard or a kit, it sells its keyboards in unusual ways, like raffles, auctions, and commissions, such as Tfue's keyboard that Kim sources and built.
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In 2019, Singapore's iconic Raffles Hotel reopened after a two-year renovation, and next year the city-state will introduce new green spaces, pedestrian walkways, and reconstructed railway stations, Lila Harron Battis reported for Travel & Leisure.
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Only AccorHotels, the French hotel company whose brands include Sofitel and Raffles, has invested directly in the sharing economy, in its acquisition of Onefinestay, a London-based home sharing service that focuses on the high-end market.
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At the spot where the hill was broken down and carted off to build Boat Quay, there now stands One Raffles Place, clad in steel and glass, taller, in all probability, than its rock-and-mud forefather.
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When Carnival comes, the City Hall basically raffles a bunch of licenses for these vendors to register themselves, assuming they commit to only sell one brand of beer, as well as get their drinks from authorized distributors.
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The group expects to complete and commence operations of a record 1 million square meters of retail gross floor area in 2017, comprising five shopping malls and the retail components of the three Raffles City developments in China.
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Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles was born on a ship in the Caribbean in 1781, to a merchant father who had gotten his family into progressively worse debts while trading in the West Indies during the American Revolution.
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Many of the thousands of gifts cited on a 13-page list Trump's campaign provided to the Associated Press last year were free rounds of golf, donated by his courses for charity auctions and raffles, The Post reports.
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The revamped Raffles offers 115 suites (up from 103) in nine categories, from the 495-square-foot Studio Suites to the sprawling 2,800-square-foot Presidential Suites, the latter with living and dining rooms, antiques and private verandas.
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The business performance of Accor, whose brands include upmarket chains such as Raffles and Sofitel as well as budget brands such as Ibis, has benefited from recent acquisitions and a general pick-up in the broader French tourism sector.
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Please arrive early and join us in the Barrel O' Fun beginning at 5:30pm for an It pre-party where we will have face-painters available for clown "touch-ups", a photo booth, raffles for prizes, and other terrifying merriment.
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Speaking of raffles "Sex and The City" star Sarah Jessica Parker also allowed online donors to try to win some tickets for a nominal amount when she hosted a dinner for Obama at her New York City home in 2012.
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The French company, which runs high-end chains such as Raffles and Sofitel as well as budget brands such as Ibis, said third-quarter sales reached 504 million euros ($596.9 million), up 6.4 percent on a like-for like basis.
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The celebration will offer refreshments and raffles, as well as visits by special guests: diamondback terrapin turtles, from the Turtle Conservancy, and Big, a nearly two-pound oyster that is the largest found in New York Harbor in a century.
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They also expanded fund-raising to include online raffles and auctions for such services as manuscript evaluations by best-selling children's authors and "character naming," with the winning donor's name to appear in an as-yet-to-be-written novel.
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