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Jan 15, 2010
Ready for IR crowd
With Resorts World Sentosa set to make a big splash when it opens, businesses in the surrounding area are gearing up for what they hope will be a crush of visitors in coming months
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MORE fun times are in store for visitors of Sentosa over the coming months, with new attractions opening across and above the island.
Besides the integrated resort (IR), a brand new cable car system, skydiving simulator, beach club and visitor arrival centre will be rolled out this year.
They come right after two new attractions - water sports centre Azzura and surfing hot spot Wave House - opened last September and October, respectively, at Siloso Beach.
The timing is hardly coincidental.
'We made sure that the project would be completed about the same time as the IR would be,' said Mr Lawrence Koh, who brought the skydiving simulator, iFly, to Singapore.
'The opening of the IR will drum up a lot of interest in Sentosa and its attractions. We want to attract these visitors,' said Mr Koh, who expects half of iFly's visitors will be those going to the IR.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
JESSICA LIM
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St James Power Station chief executive Dennis Foo with his four heavenly queens and artistes at the station's Mandopop club Dragonfly. The club now has a three-tiered stage, high-tech lighting and LED screens. It is ready for the influx of tourists when the IR opens. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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WITH just months to the completion of Phase 1 of Resorts World Sentosa, and days to the debut of four of its hotels, businesses in and around Sentosa are feverishly primping up.
Buildings, facilities and decor are being spruced up or expanded, and employees are being trained to handle crowds expected to spill over from the integrated resort (IR).
Take St James Power Station, sited just across the water. It has just emerged from a six-month, $1.5 million makeover which has added a new sports bar and upgraded two of its nine clubs.
Its Mandopop club Dragonfly now has a three-tiered stage and high-tech lighting and LED screens; 20 new artistes have been hired, and a money-changing service will begin operating at its main reception area.
After Chinese New Year, another two of its bars will be upgraded.
It may be a bit early for the three-year-old entertainment complex's first renovation, but its chief executive Dennis Foo, 56, thinks it is necessary.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Jan 15, 2010
Ready for IR crowd
With Resorts World Sentosa set to make a big splash when it opens, businesses in the surrounding area are gearing up for what they hope will be a crush of visitors in coming months
<!-- by line -->By Tessa Wong & Jessica Lim
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<!--background story, collapse if none-->More thrills, spills on Sentosa
MORE fun times are in store for visitors of Sentosa over the coming months, with new attractions opening across and above the island.
Besides the integrated resort (IR), a brand new cable car system, skydiving simulator, beach club and visitor arrival centre will be rolled out this year.
They come right after two new attractions - water sports centre Azzura and surfing hot spot Wave House - opened last September and October, respectively, at Siloso Beach.
The timing is hardly coincidental.
'We made sure that the project would be completed about the same time as the IR would be,' said Mr Lawrence Koh, who brought the skydiving simulator, iFly, to Singapore.
'The opening of the IR will drum up a lot of interest in Sentosa and its attractions. We want to attract these visitors,' said Mr Koh, who expects half of iFly's visitors will be those going to the IR.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
JESSICA LIM
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WITH just months to the completion of Phase 1 of Resorts World Sentosa, and days to the debut of four of its hotels, businesses in and around Sentosa are feverishly primping up.
Buildings, facilities and decor are being spruced up or expanded, and employees are being trained to handle crowds expected to spill over from the integrated resort (IR).
Take St James Power Station, sited just across the water. It has just emerged from a six-month, $1.5 million makeover which has added a new sports bar and upgraded two of its nine clubs.
Its Mandopop club Dragonfly now has a three-tiered stage and high-tech lighting and LED screens; 20 new artistes have been hired, and a money-changing service will begin operating at its main reception area.
After Chinese New Year, another two of its bars will be upgraded.
It may be a bit early for the three-year-old entertainment complex's first renovation, but its chief executive Dennis Foo, 56, thinks it is necessary.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
