Best Sunshine looks to a bright future with NMI

On Sunday, July 26, 2015, Best Sunshine Live began the dawn of a new era on Saipan with the opening of its doors to the public at the T Galleria in Garapan. The live training facility marks the beginning of a journey to revitalize Saipan’s economy. As an appetizer presenting an upscale entertainment experience, much will be anticipated as its first course presents itself to Garapan.

Best Sunshine Live began the dawn of a new era on Saipan with the opening of its doors to the public at the T Galleria in Garapan on July 26, 2015. (Contributed Photo)

From the beginning, Best Sunshine Live landed itself on Saipan with a clear position to be a member of the community. This mindset formed the cornerstone of all aspects of its approach and varying endeavors on Saipan; from the concept design to the selection of vendors, right down to its hiring and selection of talents and as well its general long-term approach to the makeup of the company.

With a goal to ultimately maximize benefits to the Saipan community and to facilitate business and economic expansion locally, Best Sunshine Live sourced its needs locally right from the start before looking beyond Saipan, with over 40 percent of its needs sourced right here at home on Saipan.

Tremendous support has been provided by local vendors covering industries that range across a variety of the supply spectrum, from small services handling custodial needs to medium-sized businesses handling computer and information technology and escalating all the way to large hotels handling the housing needs of Best Sunshine Live personnel. Best Sunshine Live strives to enhance its goal as a valuable contributor to the community and will continue to look to source locally to support its development and expansion needs before looking beyond the island.

Committing to its mission to elevate and diversify the quality of services offered on Saipan, Best Sunshine Live has also created new career opportunities to the local staff force and offered structured training programs conducted by experienced trainers. These offerings addressed the initial limitations with relatively few local personnel who have the necessary experience in the casino and casino-related hospitality businesses. Best Sunshine Live’s robust training programs also present an option for those locally employed with gainful employment and positioning to enable them to take advantage of the plentiful opportunities for career advancement within a progressively growing organization. The strive to build and develop on Saipan a world-class casino and integrated entertainment resorts support the need and drive to ensure that integrity and standard of services cannot be compromised.

In terms of the long-term makeup of Best Sunshine, Mark A. Brown, CEO of Best Sunshine Live, already said it best at the most recent public hearing on the development of the complex Grand Mariana. As an aspiration and a goal to accomplish, Brown noted that, “The future outlook of Best Sunshine will become more and more local oriented as those capable and successful local hires working in different functional departments gain valuable experience that prepare them to move up and take on senior corporate positions, not only will Best Sunshine stand as a stronger and more recognized member of the community, but leaders in senior and executive positions will be filled by those capable individuals born and bred right here in the local Saipan community.” (BSI)