Over 3,000 RWS staff to receive special one-off payment for LNY
SINGAPORE : It is all hands on deck for staff at Singapore's two integrated resorts to handle the thousands of visitors over the Lunar New Year holiday.
Resorts World Sentosa has come up with a special lump sum payment for staff, over and above the overtime pay they will get for putting in extra hours during this festive period.
MediaCorp understands that more than 3,000 staff stand to benefit from this one-off payment.
There is more to the two integrated resorts at Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa than just the casinos.
Marina
Bay Sands said the first day of the Lunar New year saw more than
235,000 visitors passing through the different attractions of the
sprawling complex, including the shopping mall and the food and beverage
outlets.
A spokesman for Marina Bay Sands added that The Shoppes
at Marina Bay Sands was the one of the few retail destinations that
opened throughout the Lunar New Year.
He added that the grand
dining options at celebrity chef restaurants and fine-dining Chinese
restaurants boasting traditional fare over the festive period also made
Marina Bay Sands a destination of choice.
The Sands SkyPark, 200
meters above ground, with breathtaking views of the Singapore skyline
and the fireworks displays over the weekend, was another popular venue
for visitors from Singapore and around the world.
Meanwhile, Resorts World Sentosa said that nearly 150,000 people have visited its attractions over the Lunar New Year holidays.
At
Resorts World Sentosa, every effort has been made to encourage as many
staff as possible to return during the long Lunar New Year holidays, to
ensure that all operations proceed smoothly.
One such programme
is called the X'tras Programme where corporate staff, nearly 500 of
them, have volunteered to come back and ensure that all operations
proceed with clockwork precision.
Resorts World Sentosa said
employees have been highly motivated by the large crowds and they have
all turned up on time to ensure that the various outlets function
effectively.
Last year's experience in handling the crowds has also been useful, especially in planning for the dietary needs of visitors.
Roger
Linehard, senior vice president for food & beverage and rooms at
Resorts World Sentosa, said : "We planned over the last two months based
on the history we had when we opened last year. Second, we knew we are
going to be full from the hotels, 100 per cent occupancy. We know that
we run the Universal Studios Singapore (USS) full and the casinos as
well, so we have split up the food and beverage component into three
components - the casino component, the USS component and the hotel
component.
"The hotels have been very successful. We do nearly
500 breakfast in every restaurant. We do one to one and a half turn for
lunch and at least two turns for dinner in our Chinese restaurant up to
three and a half turns. And the Universal Studios - with the amount of
crowds that we have now - we will do at least 20,000 meals, just in
Universal Studios alone."
Separately, the casinos at both the integrated resorts saw bigger crowds turning up on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
Resorts World Sentosa believes the eateries near its casino would have catered to at least 25,000 visitors on Friday.
- CNA/ms