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MBS to open HK Chinese eatery brand led by Michelin chef

Jun 19, 2019 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino resort in Singapore is to open a branch of a popular contemporary Chinese restaurant brand with its roots in Hong Kong. Mott 32 (pictured) will launch at Las Vegas...

Resorts World Sentosa stops using throwaway plastic bottles

Jun 06, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The Resorts World Sentosa casino resort in Singapore says the water and soft drinks that it gives patrons at its attractions now come in boxes or aluminium cans instead of throwaway plastic bottles....

Japan suitor GEN Singapore makes Nanami Kasasaki CCO

Jun 03, 2019 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Japan, Latest News, Singapore

Genting Singapore Ltd says it has appointed Nanami Kasasaki to the position of chief corporate officer (CCO). The operator of the Resorts World Sentosa casino resort in Singapore told the Singapore...

Singapore market to mimic Macau’s growth: Goldstein

May 30, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Robert Goldstein, president and chief operating officer of U.S.-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp, says Singapore is currently “underserved”, and that the expansion of the existing...

GEN Singapore 1Q profit down, non-gaming holds up

May 09, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

First-quarter profit at casino firm Genting Singapore Ltd, operator of the Resorts World Sentosa complex in the city-state, fell 5.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, on revenue that slipped...

Singapore ops to pay fair price for more land: Minister

May 07, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Chee Hong Tat, says the city’s two casino operators will have to pay “fair market value” for additional land as part of the...

Few Singapore casino crimes linked to syndicates: govt

May 06, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore has since 2010 – the year its two casino resorts opened – seen “very few” casino-related crimes that have links to organised crime syndicates. So said Second Minister for...

Resorts World Sentosa to stage Japanese-themed festival

Apr 30, 2019 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The Resorts World Sentosa casino resort in Singapore says it will stage a festival with a Japanese theme for the month of June. Resorts World Sentosa issued on Friday a written statement saying the...

Macau to post flat to low 2019 GGR growth: Fitch

Apr 29, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Philippines, Rest of Asia, Singapore, Top of the deck

Macau is likely to see a “flat to low single-digit” percentage growth in its gross gaming revenue (GGR) for 2019, negatively impacted by the current economic slowdown on mainland China, says...

Macau lessons in Singapore casino biz revamp: experts

Apr 18, 2019 Newsdesk Features, Latest News, Macau, Singapore

Singapore’s thinking in extending the duopoly of its casino industry and that city-state’s decision to have incremental increases in its two-tier system for tax on gross gaming revenue...