Two top executives at the as-yet-unfinished Marina Bay Sands casino resort in Singapore have resigned, The Wall Street Journal reports. The executives -- president Nigel Roberts and vice president-hotel operations Tony Cousens - were both hired to work at the complex earlier this year, according to its web site. The two have been replaced by Thomas Arasi, formerly ceo of Lodigian Inc. and now Marina Bay Sands' president and ceo; and Ronen Nissenbaum, formerly of InterContinental Hotels Group and now executive vice president for operations at the Singapore complex.
The reasons for the two executives' exodus are unclear, as the Journal could not reach the executives for comment, and Las Vegas Sands, owner of the complex, did not reply to the paper's request for comment. The $5 billion resort-casino, on Singapore's downtown harbor, is slated to open in early 2010.
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