GGRAsia – Macau

Hotel Royal Dragon for Macau quarantine, casino continues

Mar 27, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Hotel Royal Dragon, a three-star Macau property, has become the 10th local hotel to turn its facilities over to the Macau government – for an unspecified duration – to quarantine people...

Guangdong to quarantine people arriving from Macau

Mar 27, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Authorities in Guangdong province announced on Thursday evening a 14-day quarantine requirement for people entering the province from Macau and Hong Kong. Separately, the Chinese central government...

Wife replaces Chow as Macau Legend CEO, firm in 2019 loss

Mar 27, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Former Macau lawmaker David Chow Kam Fai (pictured in a file photo) ceased to be chief executive of Macau-based casino services company Macau Legend Development Ltd with effect from Thursday. He has...

Paradise Ent 2019 profit plunges, ends Casino Waldo ops

Mar 27, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau-focused casino equipment maker Paradise Entertainment Ltd says its net profit attributable to shareholders for full-year 2019 fell by 98.4 percent from the prior year, on revenue that actually...

Fitch halves MGM China EBITDAR forecast for 2020

Mar 26, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck

Macau-based casino operator MGM China Holdings Ltd is likely to report a 31-percent decline in full-2020 revenue, related to the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on business. That is...

TCS John Huxley urges G2E Asia delayed again or dropped

Mar 26, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck, World

A casino technology supplier has criticised what it claims is a decision to press ahead in late July with a rescheduled version of Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia 2020 while the industry and the world...

SJM hopes soon to supply hotel for Macau quarantine use

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

Macau casino operator SJM Holdings Ltd has told GGRAsia it hopes to “make available a hotel soon” for use by the Macau government as a quarantine facility during the novel-coronavirus...

Bank seeks a loan repayment from The 13 Hotel promoter

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

Hong Kong-listed South Shore Holdings Ltd, the promoter The 13 Hotel (pictured) in Macau, says a bank has demanded “immediate payment” of overdue interest amounting to approximately HKD71...

Galaxy Macau construction pause amid worker fatalities

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

The Macau government has ordered suspension of activity at a worksite for Phase 3 expansion of the casino resort Galaxy Macau, pending an investigation, after three people died and four were injured...

Casino Eastern shuts as linked Macau hotel quarantine place

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

Casino Eastern (pictured), located within the site of the five-star Grand Lapa Hotel on Macau peninsula, has been closed temporarily from 3pm on Tuesday (March 24). It follows the hotel portion of...