COMPLETED PROJECTS
- The Amara Sanctuary Resort, Sentosa, $60 million, 121-room boutique resort developed by the Amara Group, on a lush 5-acre land parcel that includes four old colonial buildings (completed May 2007).
- One° 15 Marina Club, $80 million world-class marina club boasts over 250 berths and 10 berths for mega-yachts and includes a business centre, gym and meeting facilities (completed April 2007).
- Songs of the Sea, $30-million nightly show featuring dramatic water, fire and high-tech laser effects opens on Siloso Beach. The attraction - created by world-renowned and internationally acclaimed Yves Pépin, Founder and President of ECA2 - seats 2,500 guests at the beachfront amphitheatre (completed March 2007).
- Café Del Mar, pioneers of chillout ambient music, has materialized on 28,000 sq ft of gorgeous sand on Siloso Beach, Sentosa. The S$3 million Café comes complete with a bungalow and dipping pool (completed January 2007).
- Sentosa Express, $140m light rail system capable of ferrying 3000 people per hour per direction opens to public (completed January 2007).
- Siloso Beach Resort, a $50 million mid-tier resort fronting Siloso Beach with 182 sea-facing rooms, 12 villas and a guest treehouse (completed June 2006).
- Palawan Beach, "Singapore's happiest family beach", has reopened after a $11m makeover and now includes free all-day Animal & Bird encounters at the 300-seater Palawan Amphitheatre, a 350-seater Koufu beachfront food court, an authentic Indian cuisine restaurant Samundar, Movenpick ice-cream parlour, beach bars Bora Bora and Club Islander, Singapore's first beachfront 7-Eleven store as well as shower and locker facilities (completed June 2006).
- Sentosa 4D Magix, $3.5m, Singapore's first and Southeast Asia's largest 4-dimensional theatre, is now ready to bring its guests the future of movies as it teases all their senses and gives a mind-blowing interactive experience, completing the Imbiah Lookout cluster of attractions (completed January 2006).
- Sentosa Luge, a $5.5m, 650-metre luge track with an aerial chair lift cableway where riders can cruise down from the hilltop to the beach, and hop onto the chair lift back to the starting point to do it all over again (completed August 2005).
- Images of Singapore, refurbished at a cost of $11m, the immersive attraction interweaves history, culture and folklore to present the story of Singapore in four different sections (completed June 2005).
- New / revamped attractions: Merlion, Fort Siloso Tours, Sky Tower and Magical Sentosa Musical Fountain Show are now adding to a memorable guest experience on Sentosa. Revamped / built at a cost of approximately $40m.
- Siloso Beach. this hyperactive beach has a brand new host of quality oceanfront entertainment, food, beverage and retail offerings to match its energetic image.
- The Tourism Academy at Sentosa, Asia's first hospitality, leisure and tourism institution that is situated on a vibrant resort island.
- Spa Botanica, Singapore's first $10.5m garden destination spa set in sprawling tropical gardens has been consistently winning "Best Spa Experience" accolades since it opened its doors in November 2003.
- Trapizza, a novel beach attraction that innovatively marries a pizzeria with Singapore's first flying trapeze school.
- Beachfront Event Halls, with a capacity of 450 – 800 persons, offer a sheltered venue by the sea for organised groups to hold dinner parties, cocktails and product launches etc.
- Award winning Cliff Restaurant at The Sentosa Resort has been garnering rave reviews as one of Singapore's top dining spots.
UPCOMING PROJECTS
- Sentosa Cineblast, $3.5 million, 50-seater cinematic will be added to the cluster of attractions at Imbiah Lookout (completion: 2007).
- Capella Singapore, a 6-star, super luxury resort with 110 keys, to be developed by the Pontiac Land Group on a sprawling 30-acre site to a total investment of $250 million (completion: mid-2008).
- Movenpick Treasure Resort Sentosa, Swiss-based Movenpick Hotels & Resorts will refurbish the former Sijori Resort to be promoted as a "lower-end 5-star" resort with a new hotel wing – bringing the total number of keys to 180, niche restaurants and spa at an investment of $30 million (completion: end-2008).
- Westin Quayside Isle Resort & Spa, 320-room, $180-million, 5-star marina hotel to be built by City Developments Limited (CDL) and operated by Starwood under its Westin brand (completion: 2009).
- Sentosa Cove Quayside Isle, a three-storey retail and commercial development by CDL, comprising shopping, dining and other lifestyle service-oriented options for residents and guests (completion: 2009).
- Resorts World at Sentosa, 49-hectares, $5.2-billion development by Genting International will include a Universal Studios theme park, oceanarium and marine park, water park, MICE facilities, over 1,800 rooms, retail and dining experiences, gaming and entertainment offerings (completion: 2010).
SIGNATURE ANNUAL EVENTS
Sentosa boasts a year-round events calendar teeming with international / regional sports, business gatherings, dance parties, concerts and festive celebrations!
- Forbes Global CEO Conference 2007, where the world's top captains of industry will converge for intensive and interactive discussions as well as to build important long term business partnerships
- Barclays Singapore Open 2007, 1 - 4 Nov 2007, Asia's richest national golf open with a US$4 million prize purse.
- Forbes Best Under A Billion Awards Ceremony & Dinner 2007 28 Nov 2007, is an extension of Forbes' Powerhouse rating issue called "200 Companies: Best Under a Billion in Sales" to recognise 200 of Asia's top-performing small and medium enterprises.
- Siloso Beach Party 31 Dec 2007 – touted as the New Year's Eve dance party, the annual Siloso Beach Party is a winning combination of music, attitude and dancing. More than 10,000 revellers converge on Siloso Beach to party to a dozen music genres from dusk till dawn.
- Sentosa Flowers 7 – 17 February 2008. Held in conjunction with the Lunar New Year celebrations and Spring-time festivities, Sentosa Flowers is Singapore's largest flower festival, showcasing over one million blooms of more than one thousand species. Over 250,000 guests throng this colourful family event on Sentosa every year.
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