GGRAsia – Singapore

Marina Bay Sands partners with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay

Sep 15, 2014 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Casino resort Marina Bay Sands has just announced a partnership with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay (pictured) to open a restaurant in 2015. His Gordon Ramsay Group will be launching its Bread Street...

Singapore to regulate, mostly bar, remote gambling in city

Sep 10, 2014 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

A proposed Singapore law, known as the Remote Gambling Bill, was introduced to the city-state’s parliament on Monday. If approved, the bill would at once regulate online gambling in Singapore...

LVS amends Marina Bay Sands credit facility

Sep 01, 2014 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

U.S.-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp announced on Friday that its Singaporean subsidiary Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd has completed an amendment and restatement of the credit facility for...

Japan’s Hokkaido governor tours casino in Singapore

Aug 20, 2014 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Hokkaido governor Harumi Takahashi toured Singapore’s Resorts World Sentosa casino property (pictured) on Monday to have a better knowledge of its operations. Japan’s Kyodo News press agency...

Genting Singapore’s profit falls by 22 pct in 2Q

Aug 15, 2014 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Genting Singapore Plc, the developer and owner of the Resorts World Sentosa casino resort in Singapore, posted net profit of SGD131.7 million (US$106 million) for the second quarter of 2014,...

Chinese visitors to Singapore fall 14 pct in 1Q

Jul 22, 2014 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Singapore saw a 14 percent fall year-on-year in visitors from the People’s Republic of China – currently the city-state’s second biggest market for inbound tourists – in the first quarter...

MBS pledges over US$600k to Public Art Trust, Singapore

Jul 21, 2014 Newsdesk Latest News, Singapore, Top of the deck

Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd, which operates the Singapore casino resort Marina Bay Sands (pictured), has pledged an “early and symbolic support” of SGD750,000 (US$604,260) for the...

Macau staff bonus impacts 2Q for Las Vegas Sands

Jul 17, 2014 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck

Mass-market gaming revenue helped to drive a 21.9 percent increase in adjusted property earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in Macau for Las Vegas Sands Corp,...

Las Vegas Sands to post 2Q EBITDA up 29 pct: Telsey

Jul 15, 2014 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck

U.S.-based Telsey Advisory Group said in a report on Monday it thinks Las Vegas Sands Corp’s global second quarter earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) could...

Slot maker Weike to close US$26 mln deal in late July

Jul 10, 2014 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Rest of Asia, Singapore, Top of the deck

Confirmation of a deal to enable Hong Kong-listed conglomerate CY Foundation Ltd to buy a maximum of approximately HK$201.13 million (US$26 million) worth of goods and services from Singapore gaming...