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Article: HPL in pole position: Ian Jarrett reports from Singapore, where the tourism market is hoping to capitalise on the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix--Asia's first street race and the first night race in F1 history.(Insight: Formula 1 and tourism)
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- Leisure Report
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- June 1, 2008
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Tourist destinations showing their wares at ATM are generally left in awe by the host country, which each year has a bigger and more spectacular product to show off, whether it's the man-made Palm Islands, the world's biggest shopping mall, an underwater hotel or the 51 hotels, 60,000 rooms of the Bawardi project, where properties will carry names such as the Holly Bolly Hotel and the Ottoman Palace.
This year, the Singapore Tourism Board will incorporate a model of its F1 motor racing circuit on its ATM stand, and will tell all those who care to listen that the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix, to be held on a circuit around Marina Bay, will be the first at night ...