Café Del Mar, of Ibiza fame, opens on Siloso Beach. The S$3 million establishment offers stylish entertainment, music and dining with inimitable style.

Palawan Beach reopens after a major S$11 million revamp. New family-friendly amenities include convenience stores, a food court, generous shower facilities, a variety of restaurants and an open-air animal theatre featuring regular animal encounters.

Siloso Beach Resort opens, a new S$50 million mid-tier hotel along Siloso Beach offering 182 sea-facing rooms, 12 villas and a unique tree-house.

Construction begins on the new S$31-million nightly water, light and fire spectacular titled Songs of the Sea. To be completed by Q2 2007, this extravangaza - the only one of its kind set in the sea – will replace the current Magical Sentosa fountain show.

The Singapore government awards the Sentosa integrated resort project to the Genting International and Star Cruises joint venture. Called Resorts World at Sentosa, the S$5.2-billion, 49-hectare mega development with a casino will open by 2010 and includes a Universal Studios theme park, Asia’s largest marine park, celebrity chef restaurants, signature retail offerings, nightly shows, an interactive maritime experience and over 1,800 hotel rooms with MICE facilities.

Fort Siloso, Singapore's only preserved costal fort turns 120 years old, and 2005 was named as "Visit Fort Siloso Year" to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Monorail ceases operation in March.

Images of Singapore closed for refurbishment into a more exciting and dramatic Singaporean experience of history and culture.

Works begun on a 650-metre, S$5.5-million luge track with an aerial chair lift cableway that will link the cluster of attractions at the hilltop near the Sky Tower to Siloso Beach's entertainment hub.

Amara Holdings Limited to develop a 125-room boutique resort sitting on a 2.1 hectare site currently occupied by the Sentosa Holiday Chalets near the Parade Square by 2007.

Sentosa Cove Marina, Singapore's first marina to be fully integrated with a residential community and only sheltered marina with the ability to berth some 204 boats including luxurious mega-yachts of up to 80 metres in length, was successfully awarded.

Sentosa acquired rights to exhibit, with the option to purchase, an astounding maritime treasure trove dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907AD) known as "The Tang Treasure".

Robertson Quay Hotel to develop a S$35-million mid-tier resort along Siloso Beach, boasting 139 sea-facing rooms on a terraced hill slope, 8 villas each with is own private roof top garden and spa pool, as well as an exclusive treehouse.

Sentosa earned a Guinness World Record for having the 'Most people (1039 participants) wearing balloon hats' at the Sentosa Balloon Hat Festival 2004.

Pontiac Land Group to develop a small luxury hotel with villas (to be named The Knolls) in the green heritage on Sentosa Island.

The Merlion closed for major upgrading works.

Development for Sentosa Express, a S$140-million light rail system, kicked off. It is expected to be operational by 2006.

Works on The Tourism Academy at Sentosa begun and classes are expected to commence in 2005.

Embarked on RIMBA, the world's first dining-with-wildlife lifestyle attraction, to be completed by mid 2004.

Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) re-aligned its corporate structure and transferred its day-to-day operations of the island to Sentosa Leisure Management Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary.

SDC & its subsidiaries are known as the Sentosa Leisure Group.

Magical Sentosa, an all-new pyrotechnic extravaganza, replaced the musical fountain show.

Stories of the Sea, a new multi-sensory maritime experience, was added to the Images of Singapore.

Spa Botanica opened with the distinction of being Singapore's first garden destination spa.

The Beaufort Hotel was renamed The Sentosa Resort & Spa.

Sentosa island admission was reduced from S$6 to S$2.

Sijori Sentosa Resort opened after a major refurbishment from two pre-war buildings.

Sijori WonderGolf opened.

Sentosa Cove Pte Ltd was incorporated to develop & manage Sentosa Cove, a prestigious waterfront residential & marina project on Sentosa.

Sentosa Food Centre opened.

NTUC Sentosa Beach Resort opened.

Orchid Fantasy (now renamed as Sentosa Orchid Gardens) opened.

A 710-metre long Causeway-Bridge, linking Sentosa to the mainland, was opened for traffic.

• Underwater World (S) Pte Ltd opened Singapore's largest oceanarium
• The Beaufort Hotel (now renamed as The Sentosa Resort & Spa) opened its doors to the public

Musical Fountain & the Nature Walk opened to the public.

SLG took over the management of St John's Island from the then Port of Singapore Authority and opened it to the public as a holiday / recreational resort.

Reclamation works on Pulau Hantu, Pulau Seletar, Pulau Ringgit, Sisters Island, Lazarus Island and Buran Darat were carried out.

Kusu Island with its swimming & beach facilities opened to the public.

Joint-venture company Singapore Cable Car Pte Ltd was established & SLG holds 50% interest.