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From the Inside Out
Worlds frst ArtScience Museum to open at Marina Bay Sands
Emeraude Classic Cruises will be hosting its
annual Wine & Dine Cruise in May, eaturinga gourmet dinner
inside one o the caves in
Halong Bay. Its about being on the inside
looking out, said GM Kurt Walter. Halong Bay
rom the deck o the ship is an incredible sight.
Viewing it rom the interior o Drum Cave is a
once-in-a-lietime experience. Add a ve-star
dinner and you have a unique event that youll
remember orever.
The sumptuous our-course meal takes
place in an atmospheric grotto. The elegant
tableware, international standard cuisine and
careully chosen wines lend an otherworldly
touch by the craggy ceiling, shadowy, candlelit
crevices, and stunning night-time view o the
bay through the cave entrance.
Vietnam has tremendous natural beauty, said
Walter. Like Son Doong Cave, the worlds largest
cave recently discovered in Vietnam, though,
The worlds rst ArtScience Museum opened at Marina Bay Sands
on in February. Boasting an iconic lotus-inspired design, will
be thepremier venue or major international touring exhibitions rom
the most
renowned collections in the world. Featuring 21 gallery spaces
totalling
50,000sqt, it will deliver an impressive array o exhibits that
embrace a
spectrum o inuences rom art and science, media and technology,
to
design and architecture.
Marina Bay Sands CEO Thomas Arasi said, The ArtScience
Museum
will deliver an internationally renowned orum or the exchange o
the
its oten hidden away awaiting discovery.
Were bringing our guests into the middle
o the landscape, making them a part o the
spectacular beauty o Halong Bay, and letting
them explore one o those never-seen places.
The cruise will depart Saturday May 14th,
ater a breakast at Hanois legendary Press Club.
Once onboard the replica o a 19th century
paddle steamer, guests will enjoy a day o
champagne, seaood bufet, volleyball on the
shore o one o the Bays islands, tapas and a
wine tasting beore disembarking and entering
Drum Cave or dinner. Ater the meal, guests
return to the Emeraude or a Johnnie Walker
Blue and Singleton single malt tasting on the
sun deck, beore retiring to one o the classically
appointed cabins below.
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latest creative ideas and theories. We are proud to present to
audiences
in Singapore and beyond, Singapores git to the world and the
citys newgreat cultural symbol.
The Museums showpiece exhibition, ArtScience: A Journey
Through
Creativity, will eature a series o permanent exhibits that
anchors the
iconic venue at the oreront o technology, design and culture.
The
exhibition opens a dialog about art and science and the
symbiotic
relationship between them.
Fondly reerred to as The Welcoming Hand o Singapore the
museum
eatures 10 ngers anchored
by a unique round base in the
middle. The design o each
nger reveals diferent gallery
spaces eaturing skylights at
the ngertips that illuminate
the dramatically curved
interior walls.
The Museums dish-like
roo channels rainwater
through the central atrium
o the building, creating a
35m water drop into a small,
reecting pool. The rainwater
is then recycled or use in the
buildings restrooms.
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Wonder Full Waterat Marina Bay
Marina Bay Sands has launched a light
and water spectacular using state-o-the
art technology built or this multimedia
extravaganza. The integrated resort will be
home to a spectacular show, Wonder Full, that
involves laser, light, water movements and
graphics nightly on the Event Plaza.The 13-minute perormance is
told using
the mediums o giant Water Screens, vibrant
multicolour High Powered Lasers, Search
Lights, Spot Lights, Fountains, Surround
Sound, Strobes, Bubble Factories, LED
lighting, High Deinition Video projection
and Special Eects. Not only will Wonder
Full be a visual treat or the eyes, it eatures
technology that took Laservision three
years to develop and reine, with a team
consisting o 100 specialists.
Three massive water screens that will be
illuminated by high denition video projectionand optically
pumped ull colour laser systems
will ace the audience. The Event Plaza will be
anked by custom-designed media towers
which will bathe and envelope the audience in
a true 3-dimensional antasy including surround
sound, special efects and dynamic lighting.
Wonder Full will enthral locals and visitors
as they are taken on a journey that explores
humanity and the wonders o lie. The
journey is reinorced by the original sound
score composed by Singapore composer,
Iskandar Ismail.
This visually enticing musical lights upthe skies seven days a
week. Viewers are
entertained twice a night rom Sundays to
Thursdays and three times on Friday and
Saturday evenings.
www.marinabaysands.com
Silversea LaunchesExpansive Enrichment ProgrammeOver 160
Silversea voyages this year will eature nearly
200 distinguished guest lecturers, celebrated ches and
destination experts as part o Silverseas most-expansive and
varied enrichment programme ever ofered in a single year.
Complementing this undertaking is the roll-out o
new branding or the programme Silver Perspectives
designed to communicate the exceptional calibre o
speakers who will share their views and expertise with
Silversea guests.
Our Silver Perspectives enrichment programme
ofers travellers interesting journeys hosted by notedhistorians,
political analysts, bestselling authors and
other esteemed experts, said Steve Tucker, Silverseas
vice president o eld sales or North America. Many
o these voyages will eature several guest lecturers
hosting a broad range o entertaining and enlightening
presentations on a single itinerary.
One such sailing with multiple guest speakers is Silver Spirits
15-
day Dubai-to-Athens World Cruise Segment 5109, departing April
18.
Highlighting the enrichment programme are: Dr. Zahi Hawass, one
o the
worlds most amous Egyptologists and Secretary General o the
Supreme
Council o Antiquities in Cairo; Dr. Scott Pearson, an
international relations
expert and Harvard economist who has won several awards or
his
research and teaching; Gerald
M. McCormack, a retired colonel o the Australian army who served
in
operational, training and diplomatic appointments; and Dr. Lew
Deitch,
destination consultant and semi-retired proessor with over 30
years
experience teaching geography. Also a Wine Series voyage, this
sailing
will be hosted by Philip di Belardino, the genial vice president
o ne
wines or leading U.S. importer Ban Vintners.
www.silversea.com
