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Singapore’s Changi celebrates new app launch with business class lucky draw – Business Traveller
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Singapore’s Changi celebrates new app launch with business class lucky draw – Business Traveller

Changi Airport Group (CAG) has unveiled a new mobile experience following a revamp of the official airport mobile application Changi App. Enhanced with a suite of new and upgraded features, Changi App, formerly called iChangi, now takes the promise of seamless and fuss-free travel to the next level with more useful and personalised services. New features include customised travel information when passengers save their flight itineraries, such as recommendations for relevant services and facilities, travel checklists, advisories, and push notifications regarding boarding gate and baggage status. Reservations at participating restaurants at Changi’s terminals and Jewel Changi Airport can now also be made via the app. Overseas payment is available as well via the in-app Changi Pay walle...
In Istanbul, Tombs of Religious Figures Still Draw Pilgrims
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In Istanbul, Tombs of Religious Figures Still Draw Pilgrims

Years ago, when her sister was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Mahire Turk sought divine intervention.She trekked to a shrine atop a hill overlooking the Bosporus, sat under an ornate dome close to the grave of a Sufi master who died nearly 400 years ago and prayed intensely for her sister to beat the disease.After chemotherapy, her sister was declared cancer free — and is now expecting a baby, said Ms. Turk, 40, who works in a pharmaceutical warehouse.So to this day, when worries cloud her mind, Ms. Turk, like many of her compatriots in this ancient, sprawling city of 16 million, visits one of its many shrines to long-dead religious figures to seek a spiritual boost.“These are the protectors of Istanbul,” Ms. Turk said during a return pilgrimage to the shrine of Aziz Mahmud Hudayi, where ...