SINGAPORE · 7-8 October 2026 · Marina Bay Sands Going to Dubai instead?
The city, for conference week

Singapore, without the tourist version

Written for people who land for a conference and leave six days later. What actually matters in that window, in the order you will need it, and nothing that is sponsored by a hotel.

Landing
Landing

Changi is the fastest airport you will use all year

Wheels down to a taxi queue is often under twenty minutes, and almost none of that is anything you have to do.
Getting around
Getting around

You will not need a car and you will not want one

The island is 50km across at its widest and the transport is better than the city you flew in from.
Paying for things
Paying for things

Card, QR or stablecoin, all of it works

Singapore is close to cashless. Bring a card, load a QR wallet, and you can leave the notes in the hotel safe.
Eating
Eating

Hawker centres, and they are subsidised by the state

The best value food in any tier-one city, and it is not close.
Apps
Apps

Four downloads, then you are a local

Install these on home Wi-Fi before you fly, along with the eSIM.
The rest
The rest

Heat, safety, and what to do with a spare evening

The things nobody tells you until you are standing outside in it.

Singapore

All six guides assume a working phone

Grab, the QR payments, the MRT map, the side event approval email, the hawker centre somebody told you to find. Every item across these pages is a phone with data. Sort that on your sofa, before you fly.

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What is open, what is closed for the race, where the queues are, and the side events worth crossing town for. One email, the week before you fly.

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