"Las Vegas Sands Corp. is honored to be selected by the Singapore government to build and operate the Marina Bay Integrated Resort," Las Vegas Sands Corp. president and chief operating officer William Weidner said.

"We are extremely delighted to have been chosen and are very excited and honored to be entrusted with the great task of taking Singapore's tourism sector to the next level. It will change the face of tourism in the region. We are confident that by 2010, Resorts World at Sentosa will attract 15 million visitors." Mr Lim Kok Thay, chairman of Genting International and Star Cruises, said in a statement.