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CNA938 Rewind - Knot on time: Disney delay reflects cruise industry’s shipbuilding struggles

CNA938 Rewind

The Disney Adventure’s Singapore debut has been delayed from December 2025 to March 2026 due to shipbuilding setbacks — a reminder of the cruise industry’s wider struggles with supply chains, regulations, and construction challenges. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman chat with Professor Abhishek Singh Bhati, Pro Vice-Chancellor and CEO of Newcastle Australia Institute of Higher Education for more. He’s also Vice President of the International Tourism Studies

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CNA938 Rewind - Sailing through setbacks: What the Disney delay tells us about the cruise industry

Disney Cruise Line’s first Asia cruise – Disney Adventure – is having its maiden voyage postponed to next March, due to shipbuilding delays. Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin discuss more about the situation with Benjamin Cassim, Senior Lecturer for Hospitality & Tourism Management, School of Business, Temasek Polytechnic and Vensen Wong, Administrator, CruiseBeyond SG.

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CNA938 Rewind - MEURAKI: Using Tech & AI to Aid Mental Wellness Journeys

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Michelle Ngiam, founder of MEURAKI, a wellness tech platform and app that brings together the best of gamification, shopping & mental wellness services. Ngiam will reveal how a bout of postpartum anxiety led her to create the platform – which equips people with a holistic perspective of their overall well-being through eight dimensions of wellness, while simultaneously providing them with resources and tools to improve in various wellness areas.

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CNA938 Rewind - Protecting your Digi-ID Whenever You Travel

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Jasie Fon, Regional Vice President of Asia at Ping Identity, an identity security platform. Fon will talk about the systems in place to best protect our digital identities in travel processes – especially when passport-less travel is shaping the future of cross-border mobility in Asia. She’ll also list the opportunities for travel companies to innovate with decentralised identity and passwordless authentication. Fon will also reveal key regional trends in identity fraud prevention and the implications for travel tech adoption.

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CNA938 Rewind - Playing Prince Charming in Swan Lake

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Filippo Montanari, State Ballet of Georgia soloist who plays Prince Siegfried, the romantic lead in Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. The evergreen ballet performance is now staging for a limited period at the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands. Montanari will talk more about how he prepared for the role of Prince Siegfried, a young prince who falls in love with Odette, the Swan Queen cursed by an evil sorcerer to be a swan by day. Montanari will talk about his career so far and will also discuss challenging stereotypes about men in ballet.

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CNA938 Rewind - The Wellness Hour - Addressing Conduct Disorders 

Raising children comes with its fair share of challenges, but what if teenage rebellion goes too far and into the territory of conduct disorder? Hui Wong speaks with Joanne Goh, a Principal Therapist at Private Space, who specialises in parent-child interaction therapy and Positive Parenting Programmes (PPP). 

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