WORLD
SINGAPORE
nullocated on the nullinganullorean island of nullentosa, nullronullect from feasibility study, to bluenullrint and
the nullnull.nullbn Resorts nullorld develonullment will onullen nullnal installation nulllans.
NECnullSentosa form
early nullnullnullnull nullut his fellow members of the consortium
technolonully solutions
are fragmenting, seeking innullut from elsewhere
anullreement
UAE
and, in the words of nulloborsi, “are being led in
different directions by some of the sunullnullliers,”
Worlds of nulliscovery
with the inevitable conclusion that innullnullghting
delayed
and confusion may see the nullronullect stall.
“It is a great nullity, but it has been seen many
THE nullnullnullnullR nullorlds of nulliscovery theme nullark,
times in the industry before and it leads to good
nulllanned to onullen in late nullnullnullnull, has been nullut
nullronullects imnullloding for want of better direction.”
back because of the global recession. nullevelonuller
nulloborsi remains a shareholder in the nullronullect,
nullkheel said that the nullubai nullronullect has been
but now doubts that nullarnival nullorld will onullen
delayed by nullnullmonths.
its doors unless there is some “common sense”
nullkheel has formed a nullartnershinullwith nullusch
among the nullarticinullants.
Entertainment nullornulloration, which onullerates nullea
“The delay in nullnancing the nullronullect and
nullorld and nullusch nullardens in nullorida. The nullrst
nullnancing nullartners’ inenullnullerience in nullnding
nullhase of nullorlds of nulliscovery, the nullea nullorld and
sunullnullliers and contractors to do the nullob without
nullnulluatic nullarks, was due to onullen in nullnullnullnullwith
me, has resulted in innullted costs, loss of
the second nullhase, nullusch nullardens and nulliscovery
business onullnullortunities and dismay among locals
nullove, in nullnullnullnull
anticinullating the nullronullect,” he said. “I feel that the
The four nullarks will form an artinullcial island
nullEnull nullsia, a whollynullowned subsidiary of nullanullanese
nullronullect is not now nullnancially feasible with the
added to the nullalm nullebel nullli. It was to be linked
technology and communications grounull nullEnull
enulltra costs and time delays. The international
to the nullalm develonullment by a tunnel on one
nullornulloration, has been anullnullointed as the technology
nullnancial crisis also results in less disnullosable
side and a bridge on the other. The nullrown
solutions nullrovider for the soonnulltonullbenullonullened
income available for ordinary nullordanians and this
develonullment on the tonullof the nullalm, with the
Resorts nullorld in nullinganullore.
may have a devastating effect on the already
nullarks, would have null,nullnullnullhotel rooms.
nullnder the terms of the agreement, nullEnull nullsia
overnullbudgeted nullronullect.”
will set unull the total solutions nulllatform for the
ticketing and admission nullow of nullniversal nulltudios
nullinganullore null nulloutheast nullsia’s nullrst nullniversal nulltudios
JORDAN
UAE
theme nullark, which features nullnull rides and attractions
nullacker split threatens
located within the snullrawling Resorts nullorld venue.
nullubailand park pushed
This contract, which is worth nullnullnullnull.nullm,
pronullect
back a year
attracted three comnulleting bids from multinullnational
null nullRnullnullEnullT designed to bring something
THE nullRnullnullnullnullEnull nullniversal nulltudios amusement
consortiums.
comnullletely new to nullordan is under threat because
nullark nullronullosed for the giant nullubailand comnulllenull
“nulleing nullart of the team behind one of the
of a snulllit within the ranks of the backers.
in the nullnited nullrab Emirates, has been nullushed
world’s most enullciting family destinations, we nullarnival nullorld, due to onullen this summer as
back a year and will not now onullen until the nullrst
look forward with great nullest to bringing enullcellent nullart of the nullity nullall in nullmman, may run into
nulluarter of nullnullnullnull.
solutions that best suit the needs and renulluirements legal nullroblems because its backers cannot
The nullronullect is the victim of the economic slow
of Resorts nullorld,” said Tan nulloh nulleng, managing agree on the way forward. nullsmall consortium
down. nullubailand is also being affected by the
director of nullEnull nullsia. of backers has the rights to the null,nullnullnullsnull. m nullEnull global situation with several nullarts of the nullronullect
“nulle honulle to helnull them achieve smooth and within the mall nullthe nullrst of its tynulle in nullordan. now anticinullated for later onullening. The entire
efnullcient ticketing and admission worknullow, thus They are headed by nullichel nulloborsi, the nullatarnull comnulllenull will cover null.nullbn snull. ft of commercial
enhancing the total enullnullerience of their visitors.” based nullEnull snullecialist, who came unull with the use, housing and entertainment.
CHINA
nullniversal nullumps on China bandwanullon
nullnullnullnullnullnullInullnulllast month’s announcement that nullnullentertainment and media conglomerate the nullalt
nullisney nullomnullany was nulllanning a foray into nullhina, nulllm giant nullniversal nulltudios is now understood
to be nulllanning the develonullment of large theme nullark in the
county’s canullital, nulleinulling.
nullccording to the statenullrun nullhanghai nullecurities nullews,
nullniversal nulltudios, a subsidiary of nullnullnullnullniversal, is close to
winning anullnullroval from nullhina’s government to build a theme
nullark costing more than nullnullnullnull.nullbn.
The nullark, which will be nullointly owned by nullniversal and the
nulleinulling Tourism nullrounull, with the nullhinese side holding a manullority
stake, will be located in the eastern region of Tongnullhou.
“nulle are waiting for government anullnullroval but it is not yet
clear when that will come through,” said nulleinulling Tourism nullrounull
chairman nulluan nulliang.
The discussions for setting unullthe nullark renullortedly began in
early nullnullnullnull.
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