Sentosa blooms

Sentosa blooms: fresh looks to draw more travellers

Hotels in Sentosa have been sprucing up to cash in on the increased number of visitors to the island a spillover effect from the opening of Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) and its casino.

Of Sentosa's seven resorts, excluding those in RWS, four Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore; Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa, Costa Sands Resort Sentosa and The Sentosa Resort & Spa have either recently upgraded their facilities or are doing so.

In addition, an eighth hotel, the six-star Movenpick Hotel Sentosa, will open partially this year.

So, by this time next year, Sentosa will have 1,332 hotel rooms outside of RWS 17 per cent more than what it had in March this year.

Four of RWS' six hotels Festive Hotel, Hard Rock Hotel Singapore, Crockfords Towers and Hotel Michael opened on Jan 20, adding 1,350 rooms to the island.

Its remaining two hotels, Equarius Hotel and Spa Villas, will add another 500 rooms when they are completed.

Its casino opened on Feb 14 while its theme park, Universal Studios Singapore, started operations on March 18.

In a March report in The New Paper, Sentosa Leisure Group said the number of visitors to Sentosa, excluding RWS, grew 17 per cent from January to March 23, compared with that of the same period last year.

-News courtesy of Omy-