{"id":777040839,"date":"2026-04-22T08:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777040839"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:22:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:22:46","slug":"marina-bay-sands-and-las-vegas-sands-commit-us1-5m-to-hospitality-talent-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/marina-bay-sands-and-las-vegas-sands-commit-us1-5m-to-hospitality-talent-in-singapore","title":{"rendered":"Marina Bay Sands and Las Vegas Sands commit US$1.5m to hospitality talent programme in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The programme aims to support more than 160 students through 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- <strong>Marina Bay Sands<\/strong> and parent company <strong>Las Vegas Sands<\/strong> have announced a commitment of <strong>more than S$2m (US$1.5m)<\/strong> to help train future hospitality professionals in Singapore through the second edition of the Sands Hospitality Scholarship. The announcement was made during the <strong>Sands Future Talent ceremony<\/strong> in the presence of Senior Minister of State Low Yen Ling from the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on the inaugural US$1m programme launched in 2022, the expanded initiative will support more than 160 Singaporean students pursuing hospitality or tourism studies across seven Institutes of Higher Learning. The programme will run <strong>from 2026 to 2029<\/strong> and includes guaranteed internships or full-time employment opportunities at Marina Bay Sands upon graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative will also be complemented by the companies\u2019 participation in the <strong>Singapore Industry Scholarship (SgIS)<\/strong>, led by the Ministry of Education and facilitated by the Singapore Tourism Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/marina-bay-sands-launches-2026-sands-cares-global-food-kit-build-with-singapore-community-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marina Bay Sands<\/a> said: \u201cBy co-creating value with educators and industry partners, we are making a sustained commitment to strengthening Singapore\u2019s hospitality talent pipeline and supporting the country\u2019s vision of a skills-first society,\u201d the company stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marina Bay Sands also announced a partnership with <strong>TomoWork\u2019s Talent Uplift Programme<\/strong>, backed by a S$75,000 (US$55,500) donation. The initiative aims to broaden access to inclusive education by supporting undergraduates with disabilities or tailored assistance needs, creating new pathways into hospitality careers and fostering workforce diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/Singapores-tourism-emerges-after-Covid-19-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/marina-bay-sands-launches-2026-sands-cares-global-food-kit-build-with-singapore-community-initiative'>Marina Bay Sands hosts 2026 Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The programme aims to support more than 160 students through 2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777040841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"","focusai_target_profile":"","focusai_suggestions":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[24930,168,169],"class_list":["post-777040839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-hospitality","tag-marina-bay-sands","tag-singapore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040839","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777040839"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040871,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040839\/revisions\/777040871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777040841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777040839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777040839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777040839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}