{"id":24436,"date":"2021-11-11T13:08:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24436"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:54:57","slug":"marina-bay-sands-aims-to-attract-australian-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/marina-bay-sands-aims-to-attract-australian-tourists","title":{"rendered":"Marina Bay Sands aims to attract Australian tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marina Bay Sands has launched two package deals to attract Australian tourists after authorities announced a travel bubble with the former country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- The long-awaited\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-to-launch-travel-bubble-with-australia-from-november-8\">travel bubble between Australia and Singapore<\/a>\u00a0was launched on November 8 for fully vaccinated Australian residents and citizens, students and business travellers. To take advantage, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) has launched new package deals to attract tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Town, MBS chief operating officer, stated: &#8220;Australia was one of the top five source markets for both Singapore and Marina Bay Sands. The establishment of the Vaccinated Travel Lane with Australia is an important moment and allows for some form of normalcy to return, in a controlled manner.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Town said <strong>the company has invested an unspecified amount of cash in the integrated resort<\/strong>\u00a0in the last 20 months to prepare for the return of foreign visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated: &#8220;We are confident that Marina Bay Sands\u2019 impressive line-up of offerings will provide a new hospitality experience for our guests, underscored by our commitment to provide a clean and safe environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, MBS said the expansion of the casino venue, including a<strong>\u00a0hotel tower with a rooftop attraction, convention and meeting facilities, would be completed by 2023<\/strong>. However, the completion date was put back to 2024 and then 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marina Bay Sands has launched two package deals to attract Australian tourists after authorities announced a travel bubble with the former country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Marina Bay Sands has launched targeted package deals to attract Australian tourists following the establishment of a Vaccinated Travel Lane between Australia and Singapore. This strategic move aims to capitalize on a key source market for its integrated resort, which has seen significant investment in preparation for international visitor return. The article also notes delays in the planned casino and hotel expansion, pushing completion to 2025.","focusai_entities":"Marina Bay Sands, Paul Town","focusai_location":"Singapore, Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Projections","query":"What are the revised GGR recovery projections for Marina Bay Sands, considering the phased re-opening of key source markets and the delayed expansion timeline?"},{"label":"Capital Expenditure Impact","query":"How will the extended completion timeline for the integrated resort's expansion impact the capital expenditure schedule and return on investment projections for Marina Bay Sands?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,158,16333],"tags":[168],"class_list":["post-24436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-marina-bay-sands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24436"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24465,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24436\/revisions\/24465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}