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LVS launches global responsible gaming, anti-crime plan

Aug 07, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck, World

Las Vegas Sands Corp has commenced a worldwide scheme to promote responsible gaming and to counter money laundering and human trafficking. The United States-based casino operator announced the...

Singapore visitor tally up 8 percent in first half

Aug 06, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The number of visitors to Singapore rose 7.6 percent in the first six months of 2018, to nearly 9.2 million, according to data issued by the Singapore Tourism Board. Travellers from Greater China...

Genting Singapore 2Q profit up despite revenue fall

Aug 03, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Genting Singapore Ltd reported net profit of SGD177.6 million (US$129.6 million) for the second quarter of 2018, compared to SGD143.3 million in the prior-year period. The improvement in profit was...

Singapore casino sector loses three Michelin starred eateries

Jul 26, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The Singapore casino sector has on aggregate for 2018 three fewer restaurants with a Michelin starred rating than it had in the 2017 edition of the “Michelin Guide Singapore”. That is due to the...

Genting Singapore sets up five new subsidiaries in Japan

Jul 25, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Genting Singapore Ltd has set up an additional five new indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries in Japan. The company has previously declared itself a contender for a casino licence in that country. The...

Marina Bay Sands to pay staff ‘learning leave’

Jul 25, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands casino resort (pictured) has begun allowing full-time members of its 9,700-strong staff two days paid leave from work to study language, communication, service...

GEN Singapore favoured for casino licence in Japan: Maybank

Jul 24, 2018 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Casino operator Genting Singapore Ltd is among the frontrunners for a licence to run a casino in Japan, according to brokerage Maybank Kim Eng. In a note published on Sunday, the Malaysian investment...

MBS hosts first Southeast Asia exhibition by Theo Jansen

Jun 25, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The work of Dutch artist Theo Jansen will grace the ArtScience Museum at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands casino resort until the end of September. In a press release issued on Friday, the property...

Marina Bay Sands theatre replaced by nightclub

Jun 20, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The Marina Bay Sands casino resort in Singapore is to open next year a Marquee-brand nightclub. The venue will occupy a space formerly used by one of the two theatres in the casino resort designed...

Regulator nods GEN Singapore domicile switch to home

Jun 05, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Genting Singapore Ltd has gained formal approval from the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore to transfer its legal domicile from the offshore tax jurisdiction of the Isle of...