MARINA BAY SANDS: INCREASING SINGAPORE’S TOURISM APPEAL

October 2010

SINGAPORE TOURISM BOARD GOALS

VISITOR ARRIVALS

2009 actual: 9.7 million

2010 forecast: 11.5 - 12.5 million, +19 - 29% year on year

2015 GOAL: 17 million

TOURISM RECEIPTS

2009 actual: S$12.5 billion

2010 forecast: S$17.5 – S$18.5 billion, +40-48% year on year

2015 GOAL: S$30 billion

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MARINA BAY – IDEAL WATERFRONT LOCATION 2

HOTEL TOWERS & SANDS SKYPARK

MUSEUM

EVENT PLAZA

CASINO

THEATERS

SHOPPING & DINING

EXPO & CONVENTION

CENTRE

CRYSTAL PAVILION

CRYSTAL PAVILION

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SNEAK PREVIEW ON APRIL 27

Welcomed 36,000 visitors in the first 24 hours

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5OPENING CELEBRATIONS ON JUNE 23

6DRAWING THE HIGH VALUE TRAVELER TO SINGAPORE

SANDS SKYPARKTM

The SkyPark can host

up to 3,900 people

200 m above ground

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SANDS SKYPARKTM 8

150 m long infinity pool

Landscaped gardens

Exclusive restaurants and clubs

Public observation deck that can accommodate hundreds of people

SANDS SKYPARKTM

Ku De Ta

SKY on 57 by Justin Quek

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120,000 sqm of MICE space

Largest ballroom in Asia

2,000 exhibition booths

250 meeting rooms

45,000 delegates

SANDS EXPO AND CONVENTION CENTRE

DIOR

LOUIS VUITTON

FENDI

BALLY

BLANCPAIN

BOTTEGA VENETA

BREGUET

BURBERRY

BULGARI

CHANEL

CHOPARD

FERRAGAMO

GUCCI

HERMES

HUBLOT

OMEGA

PATEK PHILIPPE

PRADA

MIU MIU

TIFFANY & CO.

YVES SAINT LAURENT

SINGAPORE’S MOST EXCITING RETAIL MALL 11

LAS VEGAS-STYLE GAMING 12

WORLD CLASS ENTERTAINMENT

LIGHT & WATER show

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First long-running BROADWAY musical in Southeast Asia

CRYSTAL PAVILIONS

AVALON / PANGAEA night clubs

LOUIS VUITTON island shop

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EVENT PLAZA15

FLEXIBLE OUTDOOR EVENT PLAZA SPACE16

ELEVATING SINGAPORE’S FOOD CAPITAL STATUS 17

Mario Batali Wolfgang Puck Santi Santamaria Tetsuya Wakuda

Daniel Boulud Justin Quek Guy Savoy

Dramatic and

voluminous gallery

space on upper levels

Conventional gallery

space on lower level

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MUSEUM 18

ENRICHING THE ARTS & CULTURE SCENE

Multi-storey waterfall Main lobby waterfall feature

Lower level museum galleries “Welcoming hand of Singapore”

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2010: IRs BEGIN TO DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH 20

VISITOR ARRIVALS

Since both IRs opened, Singapore visitor arrivals have

increased 25% (May – August 2010, year on year)

For the first time, Singapore welcomed more than 1 million

visitors in July 2010 (+24% year on year)

REAL GDP GROWTH

Q2 2010: +18.8% year on year

Q2 2010: +24% quarter on quarter, seasonally adjusted

Government nearly doubled its 2010 GDP growth forecast

to 13 to 15% after record expansion in the first half

Source: Singapore Tourism Board, Ministry of Trade and Industry