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Sands China properties to be part of IHG network

Jun 25, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Hotel and resort operator InterContinental Hotels Group Plc (IHG) announced on Tuesday that some properties of Macau casino operator Sands China Ltd will be part of IHG’s InterContinental...

Bernstein maintains its caution on Macau June GGR

Jun 25, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd forecast in a Monday memo that Macau’s June casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) would be between 1 percent and 3 percent higher year-on-year, maintaining a cautious...

G2E Asia to have Philippines edition in December

Jun 24, 2019 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, Macau, Philippines, Top of the deck

An organiser of Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia, a casino industry conference and trade exhibition that has been held annually in Macau since its inception in 2007, says that this year there is to be...

Macau’s GDP to dip 0.3pct in 2019, says EIU

Jun 24, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) says in its latest analysis on the outlook for Macau that it expects the city’s economy to contract 0.3 percent this year, after a 3.2 percent first-quarter...

Three more rubella cases found at StarWorld: Macau govt

Jun 24, 2019 Newsdesk Macau, Top of the deck

Three more staff members at StarWorld Hotel’s casino in Macau have been diagnosed with rubella, a disease also known as German measles, according to an update published by the city’s...

Wynn’s Encore Boston Harbor opens to public

Jun 24, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck, World

The US$2.6-billion Encore Boston Harbor (pictured), near Boston, Massachusetts, the latest venue from casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd, opened on Sunday. According to photographs carried on the...

Meg-Star launches VIP poker club at Macau Roosevelt

Jun 24, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau junket investor Meg-Star Group says it launched on Friday a new VIP poker club at the casino inside the Macau Roosevelt Hotel in the city’s Taipa district. The poker room – dubbed “Poker...

Macau’s May visitor tally up 26pct year-on-year

Jun 21, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Visitor arrivals to Macau totalled nearly 3.4 million in May 2019, up by 25.6 percent year-on-year. The pace of growth in same-day visitors to Macau that month was faster than that for overnight...

Guangdongers reporting stay home holidays 2019: research

Jun 20, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

A survey conducted by the Chinese government and publicised this week, suggests that residents of Guangdong province – the mainland jurisdiction nearest to Macau and Hong Kong – remain...

Macau govt’s US$6bln via gaming tax to May 31 this year

Jun 20, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Official figures indicate that the Macau government collected just over MOP48.36 billion (US$6.01 billion) in current-revenue terms from the local gaming industry in the first five months of 2019....