15 February 2010

Warehousing, delivery-to-site and installation activities

Kuehne + Nagel has been awarded an exclusive logistics contract by Las Vegas Sands Corporation to manage the warehousing, delivery-to-site and installation activities of the hotel rooms and suites for the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort in Singapore, currently one of the world’s largest hotel projects.

Marina Bay Sands features three 55-storey cascading hotel towers with over 2,500 rooms and suites, topped by the extraordinary Sands SkyPar bridging across the towers. The resort includes a museum, retail stores, restaurants, the 120,774 m2 Sands Expo and Convention Centre that can host over 45,000 delegates, as well as two theatres and a casino.

Under the agreement, KN Hotel Logistics, the special services division of Kuehne + Nagel providing integrated supply chain management solutions to the world’s luxury hospitality industry, will be responsible for on-time delivery and installation of all furniture (FF&E) for the hotel.

The project team is gradually handing over the guest rooms to the operator, working its way up from the ground floor based on a tight time line. Kuehne + Nagel’s tailor-made IT solution which supports the FF&E installation results in better planning accuracy and reduced administrational effort.

Kuehne + Nagel has brought together some of its best FF&E experts from its teams in America, Europe and Asia taking over the warehousing and critical last-mile delivery for this historic hotel opening project. To meet the ambitious deadline, the Company has implemented three-shift operations, working six days a week, 24 hours a day.