A STANDALONE event venue by the beach will join Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort’s collection of function spaces by the end of July, along with the introduction of CSR activities themed around a new nature sanctuary.
The yet-to-be-named beachfront venue, once the site of the resort’s popular Barnacles Restaurant which has since been shifted to level three, will be able to accommodate 200 guests indoors and outdoors.
General manager Ben Bousnina told TTGmice e-Weekly that the restaurant’s move was necessary to allow the resort to accommodate the strong demand for beachfront event venues and also to provide greater convenience for guests during breakfast hours by centralising all restaurants on the dedicated dining floor, Dine on 3.
Bousnina said: “We also plan to build a sanctuary next to the new event centre, with plants and fruit trees to attract birds that were displaced by the construction on this island or even an orchid garden. We are also meeting with the team from the Butterfly Park (also located on Sentosa island) to see what we could do here.
“With this sanctuary, we will offer activities to resort guests and corporate groups that will satisfy their corporate social responsibility objectives.”
The sanctuary will complement the resort’s ongoing on-site garden tours that are conducted by the resident gardener, according to the resort’s spokesperson Tina Chia.
