Hotels making room for more ‘bleisure’ travellers

Bouncing back: A tourists takes pictures of the Marina Bay Sands hotel resort in Singapore. The hotel’s revenue is already back to pre-pandemic levels. — AP

SINGAPORE: Get used to the word “bleisure”. It may sound like slang that grates on language purists, but the portmanteau of business and leisure describes a travel trend that is music to Singapore hoteliers’ ears.

Bleisure visitors – business travellers who come here with their spouses and make it both a work and leisure trip – helped buoy Singapore’s hotel industry in 2023 and are set to continue doing so into 2024.