Category Archives: Sentosa Property

Genting to open Sentosa Resort by early January 2010


Picture 1 – Genting’s chairman Lim Kok Thay dots the eye of a prancing lion at a ground-breaking ceremony for ‘Resorts World at Sentosa’ on 16 April 2007.

Picture 2 – A monorail train rides through Sentosa’s Resort World in Singapore. The 49-hectare resort is expected to open in early 2010.

Picture 3- An aerial view of the Resort World at Sentosa under development in Singapore on June 25, 2009.

Picture 4 – Workers working on the structure of an amphitheatre, one of the attractions for the Resort World at Sentosa, on June 25, 2009.

Genting Berhad is on track to open the ‘Resorts World at Sentosa’ in Singapore by early January 2010, said its chairman and chief executive Lim Kok Thay.

Bernama news agency quoted Mr Lim as saying the project, which cost S$6.6 billion, would attract 12 to 13 million visitors in the first full year of operation.

“Construction is going on smoothly. We are targeting to open it by early January 2010,” he told reporters after the signing ceremony of its RM1.6 billion medium-term notes programme (MTN) with CIMB Investment Bank Bhd and HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd on Thursday.

Genting’s subsidiary, GB Services Bhd, has priced its inaugural issuance of RM1.45 billion nominal amount of 10-year MTN pursuant to its RM1.6 billion MTN programme.

The MTN programme is guaranteed by Genting and has been assigned ‘AAA’ rating by RAM Ratings Services Bhd. Continue reading

SingTel wins $21m RWS deal

SINGAPORE Telecommunications has clinched a seven-year, $21 million contract to equip all 1,800 rooms in the Resorts World Sentosa’s chain of six hotels.

Besides providing state-of-the-art interactive in-room multimedia entertainment system and high-speed wireless Internet access in the 490 ha integrated resort, it will also provide RWS with location-based mobile advertising capabilities and an innovative fleet management system to enhance its VIP limousine services.

Announcing the deal in a statement on Thursday, SingTel said it has developed a next-generation multimedia solution that will provide hotel guests with a powerful and exciting in-room entertainment system.

‘Guests can enjoy unlimited high-speed wireless Internet access, games, music and the latest movies and television programmes from SingTel’s mio TV, including Singapore’s largest selection of true video-on-demand and high definition content. From mid-2010, guests can catch all the sports action of the Barclays Premier League and ESPN STAR Sports exclusively on mio TV,’ it said.

SingTel’s location-based mobile advertising service will allow RWS customers to receive SMS or MMS messages at pre-defined locations.

‘Hence, SingTel subscribers will be the first to receive information about the latest promotions when they arrive at Sentosa or when they visit RWS attractions,’ it added.

Source : Straits Times – 5 Nov 2009