Casino and resort company Genting Singapore will spend $297m (S$400m) this year renovating hotels and expanding attractions in the city state in hopes of a tourism revival after what it called the severe impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

To keep pace with observed trends, one hotel will cater for the “bleisure” market, combining business and leisure.

Work on its Resorts World Sentosa cluster of facilities will include renovating three hotels, tripling the size of the SEA Aquarium, and adding a new themed zone, called Minion Land, to Universal Studios Singapore.

With a total room count of more than 1,200, the three hotels to be refurbished are Hard Rock Hotel Singapore, Hotel Michael and Festive Hotel, with work starting in the second quarter of this year.