Hotels and tourism in Singapore score with football's recent International Champions Cup

Inter Milan's Radja Nainggolan signing autographs for fans at the JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach lobby. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
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SINGAPORE - When major football teams play tournaments in Singapore, hotels and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) score too.

Besides drawing thousands of fans including foreign visitors to the matches at the National Stadium, hotels here say they get tremendous mileage from the publicity generated.

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