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<table width="620" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr> <td>The Electric New Paper :</td></tr> <tr> <td class="font12">'Better than sleeping in the streets'</td></tr> <tr> <td>Stranded SIA passengers end up sharing hotel rooms after being told to give up rooms to other guests</td></tr> <tr> <td>Passengers stranded here because of the closure of European airspace have resorted to sharing hotel rooms after being told by their hotels they had to give up their rooms because of previous bookings. </td></tr> <tr> <td class="font12"> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="font12w">By Lediati Tan</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td class="font12">20 April 2010</td></tr> <tr> <td class="font12"> Passengers stranded here because of the closure of European airspace have resorted to sharing hotel rooms after being told by their hotels they had to give up their rooms because of previous bookings.
Frenchman Pelurson Gilles, 51, was among a group of over 200 passengers who were put up at the Marina Mandarin hotel by Singapore Airlines (SIA) after their flights were grounded.
He spent two nights sleeping in Changi Airport before he was transferred to Marina Mandarin on Saturday.
He and nine other French nationals shared four hotel rooms among themselves, but later had to downsize to two, after the hotel asked them to vacate some of their rooms because of previous bookings by other hotel guests.
Instead of finding it an inconvenience, Mr Gilles was grateful to have a roof over his head.
Other stranded passengers applauded SIA's customer service in the face of the flight disruptions.
SIA spokesman Nicholas Ionides said that more than 1,000 SIA passengers have been accommodated in more than 20 hotels islandwide.
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Frenchman Pelurson Gilles, 51, was among a group of over 200 passengers who were put up at the Marina Mandarin hotel by Singapore Airlines (SIA) after their flights were grounded.
He spent two nights sleeping in Changi Airport before he was transferred to Marina Mandarin on Saturday.
He and nine other French nationals shared four hotel rooms among themselves, but later had to downsize to two, after the hotel asked them to vacate some of their rooms because of previous bookings by other hotel guests.
Instead of finding it an inconvenience, Mr Gilles was grateful to have a roof over his head.
Other stranded passengers applauded SIA's customer service in the face of the flight disruptions.
SIA spokesman Nicholas Ionides said that more than 1,000 SIA passengers have been accommodated in more than 20 hotels islandwide.
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