CityDev won’t run Singapore Marina Bay casino hotel

SINGAPORE, May 30 (Reuters) - Singapore property firm City Developments will not operate the hotel attached to the Marina Bay casino resort, the city-state’s first casino, for its partner Las Vegas Sands , CityDev’s chairman said on Tuesday.

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Tue, May 30th, 2006

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