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Chinese visitors lifted Singapore tourism in 2017

Feb 13, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore’s 2017 tally of visitor arrivals rose by 6.2 percent year-on-year, to a record 17.4 million, as the city-state welcomed more travellers from its top source markets, including China, the...

LVS group profit up 138pct in 4Q, Macau mass strong

Jan 25, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck

Net income at global casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp rose 137.9 percent year-on-year for the fourth quarter, and 68.0 percent for full-year 2017. Such net income was US$1.21 billion and nearly...

GEN Singapore might gain from stronger ringgit: Maybank

Jan 19, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Singapore, Top of the deck

Resorts World Sentosa might regain market share in the Singapore casino gambling market at the expense of duopoly rival Marina Bay Sands due to the strengthening of the Malaysian ringgit versus the...

Injuries in Resorts World Sentosa ceiling collapse: reports

Jan 02, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Four people, reported to be construction workers, were injured when a ceiling collapsed on Tuesday morning at the Resorts World Sentosa casino complex (pictured) in Singapore, stated a number of...

RWS to reopen maritime museum on Dec 29: firm

Dec 21, 2017 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore casino resort Resorts World Sentosa is reopening its Maritime Experiential Museum (pictured) on December 29, it said in a press release on Tuesday. The facility is opening its doors to the...

Singapore casino GGR likely to grow in 2018: Fitch

Nov 28, 2017 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore’s casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) is likely to grow in 2018, sustaining a trend already reported in the first half of 2017. So says a 2018 casino market outlook report from Fitch...

Singapore casino entry levy tally down 8pct: Tote Board

Nov 24, 2017 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

The aggregate amount of money raised from the casino entry levy in Singapore fell 7.6 percent year-on-year in the 12 months to March 31, according to the Singapore Totalisator Board, the body...

Visits to Singapore by mainland Chinese up 5pct in 1H

Nov 07, 2017 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Mainland China was the biggest single source of international visitors to Singapore in the first half of 2017, contributing just over 1.55 million arrivals, an increase of 5 percent on the prior-year...

GEN Singapore 3Q profit pace outruns gaming gain

Nov 06, 2017 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Net profit at Singapore casino operator Genting Singapore Plc rose 35 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, on gaming revenue up a more modest 11 percent, the firm said in a Monday filing to the...

Bernstein ups 2017 Singapore casino VIP GGR outlook

Nov 03, 2017 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd is revising upward by 18 percent its full-year 2017 market-wide estimates for Singapore casino VIP gross gaming revenue (GGR). In a note on Friday, the institution...