Singapore

Las Vegas Sands this week broke ground on a new US $8 billion “ultra-luxurious resort and entertainment destination” in Singapore. The still-unnamed project will serve as a counterpart to the Marina Bay Sands.

Grand Hyatt Singapore has officially completed an extensive multi-year redevelopment. The project redefines the 54-year-old icon as a contemporary haven of wellness, and meaningful luxury.

This year’s International Luxury Travel Market Asia Pacific event will welcome more than 740 carefully selected luxury travel buyers from 22 countries across the region to meet with 740 luxury travel suppliers from across the globe. It represents a 12% increase year on year making it one of the largest ILTM shows to date.

Independent travel buying network, CT Partners, has confirmed its 2025 Annual Conference will now be held at the Four Seasons Singapore following a destination change designed to ensure full accessibility and engagement for its Member network.

Singapore icon Marina Bay Sands has reached a major milestone in its US$1.75 billion transformation, as it unveiled its newly renovated hotel rooms and expanded its suite inventory to 775 – up from 180 before the revamp.

Paspaley Pearl has been handed over to Pearl Expeditions’ Executive Chair Sarina Bratton in Singapore, with the vessel now making its way to its new home in Darwin, Australia.

Hilton will open a NoMad hotel in Singapore, marking its foray into the fast-growing luxury lifestyle segment in Asia Pacific. The debut joins NoMad London which opened in 2021 to international acclaim.

Singapore is gearing up for a cruise boom, with an extensive upgrade of Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore (MBCCS) to take place this year that will almost double its capacity.

Seabourn has released details of a series of new sailings to Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Taiwan for late 2026/early 2027 aboard Seabourn Encore. The itineraries, currently available to Seabourn Club Members, will open to the public on 22 April 2025.

Salter Brothers has partnered with Tokyo Century as its investment manager for the joint venture development of the Hotel Indigo Changi Airport with OUE Limited.

Raffles Hotels & Resorts has welcomed the first guests for the highly-anticipated Raffles Sentosa Singapore. Set within 100,000 square metres of tropical greenery on Sentosa Island, the resort – created in collaboration with the Royal Group – thoughtfully blends natural beauty with impeccable hospitality, building on the rich legacy of the storied Raffles brand, which was founded in Singapore in 1887.

The imminent opening of Raffles Sentosa Singapore has seen a surge in forward interest for Singapore’s only all-villa resort, says Cavaliere Giovanni Viterale, Cluster General Manager of Raffles Sentosa Singapore and Sofitel Singapore Sentosa Resort & Spa.