SINGAPORE: Continental Journey Singapore has been suspended from conducting journey agent actions for 5 months from Tuesday (Jul 19), mentioned the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).
This follows Continental Journey’s enchantment towards the discover of intent to droop its journey agent license for its suspected involvement in fraudulent SingaporeRediscovers voucher redemptions, mentioned STB in a media advisory.
“Continental Journey Singapore is seemingly engaged in cashback preparations by partially refunding, in money, the worth of the SingaporeRediscovers voucher bookings made by some members of the general public,” the tourism board added.
In September final yr, the police arrested three folks linked to the journey company for his or her alleged involvement within the fraudulent redemptions. Police investigations are ongoing, mentioned STB.
“STB takes a severe view of errant journey brokers and won’t hesitate to take obligatory motion to guard the status of Singapore’s journey business, together with referring circumstances to the police,” it added.
The tourism board mentioned in September final yr that Continental Journey had been faraway from the voucher scheme.
The SingapoRediscover Vouchers scheme was launched in December 2020 to help native tourism companies onerous hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Singaporeans aged 18 and above obtained S$100 in vouchers, which can be utilized on staycations, attraction tickets and excursions.