Singapore Cruise contract award expected in January

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The SCCPL invited interested companies to tender for the development and operation of the duty free and general merchandise concession contract at the Harbourfront and Tanah Merah terminals for a period of five years (with an option to extend for another two years).

The SCC is investing in the redesign and upgrade of its commercial offer at both terminals, with expansion and reconfiguration of the main retail space in the departures and arrivals areas.

The SCC also decided to consolidate several separate contracts for the existing duty free concessions (including liquor & tobacco, perfumes & cosmetics, fashion & travel accessories and confectionery), into a single contract, to run for five years with a two-year extension option, commencing 1st April 2017.

The contract, for which the RFQ deadline was 30 June, will govern 542sq m of retail space, serving over 6.3m ferry passengers and 560,000 cruise passenger annually.

SCC RECEIVE TWO TOP AWARDS

As previously reported, the latter incumbent operator, Heinemann opened its third (157sq m) Ocean Duty Free store in Singapore’s HarbourFront Ferry Terminal in January 2015.

This follows the earlier opening of its first two outlets at the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal in March 2014.

“SCCPL does not bind itself to accept any tender nor the highest bid,” the SCC states on its website.

Singapore received the top cruise destination award at the 10th Seatrade Cruise Awards for the second time in three years in October – following on from September’s separate accolade where it was voted the leading Asian port of call at the Cruise Critic Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards.

In March earlier this year, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) reported that the country witnessed encouraged growth in the cruise and business segments as the Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) was named the number one cruise port in Asia in 2015.

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“SCCPL does not bind itself to accept any tender nor the highest bid,” the SCC states on its website.

Interestingly, the cruise industry saw a 14% year-on-year increase in cruise passenger throughput last year to more than one million.

In addition, the country welcomed a total of 385 cruise ships, including international cruise brands such as TUI cruises, and Royal Caribbean, as well as nine maiden calls – new to Singapore and Southeast Asia.


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