Topic: Discuss the impact of the Integrated Resort (IR) on Singapore’s tourism industry.


1) Website: http://integratedresorts.com.sg/gov/

Summary: This website is to answer most of the general questions asked by many people about the integrated resort in Singapore. The coverage of the site is clearly very wide, it goes from general questions to social safeguard questions and to law & order questions. The answers to the questions are also all very detailed. It covers most of the important points on how the development of the integrated resort will impact Singapore's tourism industry. The website can be considered 'comprehensive' as it provides many information to students. The source is highly accurate as MTI is a government company thus is cannot be possible that it would actually give a false report. The information on the website is well presented and arranged. It is well placed into sections and sub section which makes it easy to read. The text are all of moderate size and easy to read.


2) Website: http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4023487.search?query=impact+of+integrated+resort+on+singapore%e2%80%99s+tourism+industry

Summary:
This website is a news report to tell the readers if the Singapore's hotel industry will be ready for the tourism boom when the integrated resort is created. The subject area mainly revolves around the Singapore Integrated Resorts. It talks about how the Integrated Resorts will make tourism double in Singapore and how it will help boost the economy. It covers most of the important points on how the development of the integrated resort will impact Singapore's tourism industry. Even though this piece of new was reported on the 8 of june 2005, it can be considered 'comprehensive' as this topic was heavily discussed during that point of time. The source is also a news company, Deloitte, thus is cannot be possible that it would actually give a false report. The information is presented and well arranged. It is well placed into sections and sub section which makes it easy to read. The text are all of moderate size and easy to read.


Done by : John Teo
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URL: http://app.mti.gov.sg/default.asp?id=148&articleID=7921
Summary:This source is an organization website which is maintain by the Government. This website gives us a lot of information on the Singapore’s trade industry. It gives information on how had Singapore done for the current year in economy and trading and how each industry had done. The information in the website is up-to-date. It always give the updated figure, statistics, news posted to help other get to know the latest information on the Singapore’s trade and various industries doing. It is also well-maintained, it will update 4-5 days per week, hyperlinks and search tools are working well and accessible. The website is consistency in presentation and arrangement, they only used 2 different colours alternately to different the articles, speech and other news. This source is authoritative because it is a speech given by one of the Singapore government and the domain is gov. which is a government website. He or his team definitely did the researches and statistics regarding the impacts of Integrated Resort before saying out all these point


URL: http://singaporeresorts.blogspot.com/
Summary: This source is a blog which is maintain by a person. This website gives a lot of news and opinions related to the Singapore Integrated Resort. It give like how is the IRs currently progressing and what are the news related to the IRs and the impacts of it. The information of the website is not up-to-date because the last entry of the blog was from 2nd February 2007. I still able to get news regarding the Singapore integrated resorts at November 2007; this had shown that the information is not up to date. Perhaps the blog writer does not remember he /she got a blog for integrated resort anymore and it not well-maintained as nothing. The colour combination of the words against the blog colour makes the users quite hard to read. The font is pretty small. Some of them are authoritative source because it was taken from the channel news Asia which is a news resource and for the rest it is the personal opinions from what the blog writer read which might be subjective to some biasness.


Done by Chee Seng


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Week 12 E-learning Discuss the impact of the Integrated Resort (IR) on Singapore’s tourism industry.

URL: http://www.smartinvestor.com.sg/livingconcepts.asp?livconid=408
Summary: This source provides monthly reports to update investors on current economic events happening. The link that I’ve used provides an analysis on the impact on integrated resorts on Singapore tourism industry. The subject area covers from Singapore tourism trends to assessing the impact of IRs on the tourism industry. I would say that the coverage of the site is quite comprehensive. It provides all the information on the impact of IRs on Singapore Tourism industry. This website is easily accessible. You can easily find out information that you need in just a blink. What you have to do is to type the keyword in the search box and SmartInvestor will direct you to a page where all the relevant information can be found. It does not require registration or log-ins and all the information are accessible for FREE. The information is well presented and arranged in a way that readers can easily find their source through the different categories on the left side on the website. On top of that, this website provides search features that are easy to use and navigate around.

URL: http://www.property-report.com/apr_singapore.php?con_id=103&date=072007
Summary: This source is an interview report which mainly provides information on impacts of IRs on the Property market. It does provide information on the impact of IRs on the Singapore tourism industry but only minimal. This website presents up-to-date information and coverage of industry trends and innovations. It offers links to other useful sites, which covers from news to factual reports. With its search features, users can easily find the information they need and zoom into more specific search through the categories available on the left side of the website. In conclusion, both website are very user-friendly!

HuiJoo

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URL: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/298982/1/.html
Summary: This source is from a channel News Asia and it is owns and manages by MediaCorp which is the only television news channel in Singapore with a regional reach. It produces news around the globe and news related to business and financial. We can also read news about sports and entertainment industry. Also it produces current affairs programmes in Mandarin, Malays and Tamil for MediaCorp’s stations and overseas markets. Advertisement link can also be found on the site for reader convenience. Date and time we shown under the heading of the news to determined the currency of the news. Since this speech is from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the content from the speech should be highly accurate and transparent to the public in Singapore. Research must have made to analyze the economy of Singapore, therefore the information contain is current and accurate.

URL: http://app.stb.gov.sg/asp/new/new03a.asp?id=6783
Summary: This source is from a government organization website. This website is on Singapore Tourism Board which is an economic development agency for one of Singapore’s key service sector and it gives information anything that is related to tourism service center. It provides statistic on visitor arrivals into Singapore and their expenditure pattern. In addition, it provides reports pertaining to the key demographic and socio-economic characteristics of travelers from major source market, as well as motivational factors for visiting a destination. Events there are happening around in Singapore were shown for the benefit of tourists who intend to visit Singapore. There is always be a last updated date at the end of the information that they provide for the reader. in this case, reader will have to take note of the date that they have read for this piece of information. As this is from a government organization website, content that were found from this website is authoritative as we know that a government personnel can’t be giving false assumption or information to the public. Research and statistical analysis would have been done so as provide current and accurate information to the reader.

Cheryl

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Group Overall Evaluation
With the above evaluations on the various internet resources, our group has decided to choose the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) website as the most desired one. This government organizational website provides comprehensive information relating to impact of Integrated Resorts (IRs) on Singapore Tourism Industry. Aside from this, STB also provides information on sightseeing and attractions to business travel as well as healthcare and education services. There are available links to further information to enhance the coverage of the website. Users can navigate easily around the website and access these links at their convenience. Such links include government site, travel industry associations, Singapore Tourism Board site and tourism education institutions. Clear headings were displayed and the various categories are logically arranged and presented where people can navigate around the website with ease. STB is a government source and this proves to be of high accuracy and error-free. Overall, this website is well-organized. The presentation of this website captures people’s attention and it is aesthetically pleasing.