We love our posh resorts. The unabashed excess. The glossy polish. The excess of staff. The extravagant design. The giddy, fizzy sense of occasion. Marina Bay Sands resort is all this and more. And it’s busy, busy, busy what with it encapsulating a casino, 5-star hotel with – shocked intake of breath – over 2,000 rooms spread over three towers, a Sands SkyPark, restaurants and cocktail lounges.

There’s a dizzying array of things to do, whether you want to catch ‘The Lion King’ in The Sands Theatre, gamble away your savings or take in the iridescent swimming pool with its surreal infinity edge. Food lovers need not stray too far – there are a medley of celebrity-chef restaurants to choose from, whether you’d like dishes by Mario Batali, Daniel Boulud, Wolfgang Puck or Tetsuya Wakuda. And lest you think you can’t indulge in shopping, think again. The adjacent shopping mall – christened The Shoppes – have loads of designer stores (Gucci, YSL, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Cartier) to blow your credit card limit on.

Mindblowingly beautiful, this integrated resort offers oases of luxe and glamour. The entire thing shines out like a beacon; there’s little wonder people are flocking to it.