{"id":777012924,"date":"2024-02-06T10:16:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012924"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:18:15","slug":"hard-rock-hotel-singapore-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hard-rock-hotel-singapore-to-close","title":{"rendered":"Hard Rock Hotel Singapore to close"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Resorts World Sentosa’s Hard Rock Hotel Singapore will be revamped and rebranded under another name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Singapore.-\u00a0Resorts World Sentosa (RWS)\u00a0has announced that it will close Hard Rock Hotel Singapore on March 2 as part of RWS’s expansion. The hotel will be revamped and will no longer operate under the Hard Rock name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RWS website states that the hotel “will undergo a complete makeover as part of RWS\u2019s expansion plans, which will see a dramatic transformation of the integrated resort over the coming years.” The hotel’s new name was not announced. Opened in January 2010, the Hard Rock Hotel Singapore has approximately 360 rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genting Singapore, the entity behind RWS, unveiled its SG$4.5bn expansion plans in 2019. Dubbed RWS 2.0, the first phase began in the second quarter of 2022. Key components include the expansion of Universal Studios Singapore and the transformation of the S.E.A. Aquarium into the Singapore Oceanarium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genting Singapore announced\u00a0an investment of approximately SG$6.8bn (US$5bn)<\/a>\u00a0in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October,\u00a0Moody\u2019s Investors Service<\/a>\u00a0said it expected\u00a0Genting Singapore\u00a0to generate SG$1.4bn (US$1.0bn) in operating cash flow up to December 2024. Moody\u2019s said this coupled with the company\u2019s cash balance, will cover\u00a0projected capital spending of approximately SG$1bn, an estimated dividend payout of around SG$0.6bn and minimal debt repayment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Singapore gaming revenue could grow by 10% in 2024, Fitch Ratings says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Resorts World Sentosa’s Hard Rock Hotel Singapore will be revamped and rebranded under another name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) is undertaking a significant revamp and rebranding of its Hard Rock Hotel Singapore, discontinuing the Hard Rock affiliation as part of Genting Singapore's broader SG$6.8 billion RWS 2.0 expansion. This strategic capital expenditure aims to enhance the integrated resort's non-gaming verticals, with financial analysts projecting robust operating cash flow for Genting Singapore to fund these investments and maintain dividend payouts.","focusai_entities":"Resorts World Sentosa, Hard Rock Hotel Singapore, Genting Singapore, Universal Studios Singapore, S.E.A. Aquarium, Singapore Oceanarium, Moody's Investors Service, Fitch Ratings","focusai_location":"Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"RWS 2.0 ROI?","query":"What is the projected return on investment (ROI) for Genting Singapore's SG$6.8 billion RWS 2.0 expansion, specifically considering the enhanced non-gaming assets' contribution to overall GGR and NGR?"},{"label":"Hard Rock Exit Impact?","query":"How will the rebranding and cessation of the Hard Rock affiliation impact RWS's brand equity, customer acquisition costs, and competitive positioning within the premium hospitality segment in Singapore?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[23687,21162],"class_list":["post-777012924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-genting-singapore","tag-resorts-world-sentosa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012924","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=777012924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012961,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012924\/revisions\/777012961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}