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THE AMERICAN CLUB
JAN / FEB 2017
GENERAL
MANAGER
FROM THE
Dear Members,
I hope you enjoyed a relaxing holiday season and a bit of a break
from work and school to recharge and unwind. This new year,
we’ve got a myriad of programs and events planned to keep
you and your family engaged as we look forward to continued
progress on The Club’s redevelopment.
One significant focus of the redevelopment project for
management has been looking at ways to future proof The Club.
We are putting much effort into exploring solutions that can
enable our team members to work smarter, and not harder. As
many of you know, labor market challenges continue to prevail in
Singapore, and it is especially difficult to find eligible candidates in
the hospitality field. With this condition projected to be the reality
for the foreseeable future and with Singapore’s shift towards the
automation of services, we are looking at ways for The Club to
leverage and maximize government funding opportunities to
tackle this issue.
I’d like to share some of the opportunities we are considering
for government funding. None of these initiatives have been
confirmed, as we are still in the exploration stage of the process,
but they highlight a few of the exciting possibilities as we look
forward to our new clubhouse.
The first of these includes the implementation of a wine vending
machine at our new gourmet shop that will not only allow us to
store wines at the perfect temperature, but will also enable self-
service wine and liquor purchases to create a more convenient
buying experience while facilitating a quicker checkout process.
Similar technologies we are exploring are the intelligent wine
dispenser system, that allows for longer storage of wines, gives
our sommeliers unparalleled control over our wine list with the
option to offer more by-the-glass purchases, and allows Members
to conduct self-service wine-tastings; as well as a touch-screen
table top that can serve both as a functional counter top as well
as an interactive wine browsing platform.