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Marina Bay Sands IR targets high-end customers

The upcoming Marina Bay Sands integrated resort (IR) in Singapore is targeting customers with high spending power.

It is promising a waterfront shopping experience, with brands in the upper-middle to high end.

“With integrated resorts, you normally get all sorts of different market segments – the MICE, leisure, gaming customers, and they vary from segment to segment. But we aim at attracting high-spending customers. And that’s why the product is pitched the way it is – more at the upper end,” said David Sylvester, VP of Retail Asia, Sands Retail Asia.

Some new names that Marina Bay Sands will bring in to Singapore include Italian apparel brand Henry Cotton’s, and Paul and Shark.

And to match the shopping experience, the integrated resort will also have restaurants featuring famous celebrity chefs.

Marina Bay Sands said it has been able to attract the top names, despite the current global recession. Continue reading

Yongnam wins S$39m contract for Marina Bay Sands resort

Steel contractor and civil engineering firm Yongnam said it has won a contract, worth nearly S$39 million for the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort.

Under the terms of the deal, Yongnam will supply and construct structural steelworks required to support the roof and facade of the North Crystal and South Crystal Pavillions.

Both Pavillions are located in the waters of the Marina Bay Reservoirs, a stone’s throw away from the IR’s Event Plaza.

Yongnam will also be responsible for the various structural works for all floors above the first level as well as the finishing works for all levels for both pavilions. Continue reading