Resorts World Sentosa

Resorts World Sentosa occupies the northern waterfront of Sentosa Island at 8 Sentosa Gateway, in Singapore's Southern Islands planning area, roughly ten minutes by car from the Central Business District and about 25 minutes from Changi International Airport. As the convention and exhibition arm of Singapore's first integrated resort, which opened in 2010, it matters to the city-state because it bundles business events with hotels, dining and attractions on one walkable island estate, letting organisers keep delegates on site for multi-day programmes. The venue's core is the Resorts World Convention Centre. It contains the Resorts World Ballroom — described by the operator as the region's largest column-free ballroom — with 6,000 square metres of unobstructed floor, an 11-metre ceiling and retractable walls that divide it into three smaller ballrooms or nine mega halls, seating up to 6,400 people theatre-style. More than 20 function rooms add about 2,800 square metres and capacity for over 4,500 guests, and can be combined into a junior ballroom. A VIP room, media holding room, green room and boardroom adjoin the ballroom. Features include a 270-degree projection system that turns the ballroom walls into scenery, basement parking with direct cargo loading, and access through The Forum on Basement 1. Architecturally the centre reads as a modern resort podium rather than a standalone shed, its interiors finished for gala dinners and concerts as readily as for trade shows, although its strength is ballroom-led conferences rather than very large trade shows. Access is by the Sentosa Express monorail from VivoCity, by cable car, public bus or taxi, with coaches using the Sentosa Gateway approach.