GGRAsia – Macau

Macau govt not easing test rules for inbound travel from HK

Sep 29, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau is not planning currently any relaxation of the Covid-19 test requirement for anyone wishing to enter the city from neighbouring Hong Kong, said Alvis Lo Iek Long, clinical director at Macau...

Stanley Ho Melco tie not probed in Crown share deal: inquiry

Sep 29, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck, World

A non-executive director at Australian casino firm Crown Resorts Ltd, Michael Johnston, said on Monday that he had not checked whether Stanley Ho Hung Sun, former monopolist in the Macau casino...

Mild hope of Macau Golden Week tourism perk: trade rep

Sep 28, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Tourists from neighbouring Guangdong are likely to be the main component of Macau’s visitors during the upcoming Golden Week holiday starting on Thursday (October 1), a representative from the...

US$147bln exits China online yearly for gambling: report

Sep 28, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Movement of funds cross-border out of mainland China – including via digital currencies – is helping to fuel transfer of at least CNY1 trillion (US$146.5 billion) for gambling each year, claimed...

Trip.com to help give out US$22mln in Macau travel coupons

Sep 25, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

China’s Trip.com, one of the country’s leading providers of online booking and information services for travellers, says it is working with the Macau government and Chinese online technology...

Two board members with reduced stakes in SJM Holdings

Sep 24, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Two directors of Macau casino operator SJM Holdings Ltd, Timothy Fok Tsun Ting and Louis Ng Chi Sing, have seen their respective stakes in the firm reduced earlier this month, although for...

LVS oks for lender no dividends unless US$1bln liquidity

Sep 24, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Singapore, Top of the deck, World

Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) has agreed with one of its lenders that the casino firm will, for the time being, not declare or pay any dividends unless it has more than US$1.0 billion in liquidity. In...

Macau junkets limiting cashing out but reasons offered vary

Sep 23, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

A shortage of liquid cash available to Macau VIP gambling rooms is likely to have been a factor in junkets capping cash-out efforts by patrons, several industry sources have separately told GGRAsia....

Macau’s casino staff mask rule extended to March

Sep 23, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

The Macau government’s requirement that face masks be worn by the city’s casino employees when in the workplace has been extended for a further six months, starting from Tuesday (September 22)....

Macau’s IVS travel bubble with mainland now national

Sep 23, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau’s ‘bubble’ for quarantine-free travel to the city by Chinese tourists is being widened from Wednesday (September 23), with the restart by mainland authorities country-wide of applications...