Jul 08, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World  
Grant Johnson (pictured) has been promoted to senior vice president and property general manager (GM) of City of Dreams Mediterranean and the Cyprus Casinos (C2) brand, the properties’ main promoter Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd said in its latest press release.
The release confirmed that Craig Ballantyne had retired in April as property president of City of Dreams Mediterranean and Cyprus Casinos. Mr Ballantyne had been appointed as the property president of City of Dreams Mediterranean in 2018.
Lawrence Ho Yau Lung, chairman and chief executive of Melco Resorts, was quoted in the release thanking Mr Ballantyne for his work and congratulating Mr Johnson on his appointment.
The C2 properties count as satellite casinos to City of Dreams Mediterranean. The latter is being built in the southern port city of Limassol and is due to be finished in 2021, according to previous corporate materials of Melco Resorts. The group said on its first quarter earnings call in May, that the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic had put the project “a few months behind” mainly due to availability and mobility of labour.
According to Melco Resorts’ press statement, Mr Johnson will assist on development of City of Dreams Mediterranean, and the “management and operations” of the existing smaller C2 venues. Mr Johnson will report to Evan Winkler, president of Melco Resorts.
Mr Johnson is said previously to have held senior gaming and non-gaming roles in Macau properties of Melco Resorts. He joined the Melco brand in 2011. Prior to his career at Melco, Mr Johnson was with its Macau market rival Sands China Ltd in a variety of marketing roles between 2007 and 2011, Melco Resorts noted in its release.
May 30, 2023
May 16, 2023
Jun 02, 2023
Jun 02, 2023
Jun 02, 2023
Genting Singapore Ltd says Lam Yi Young has resigned from his role as deputy chief executive of Resorts World at Sentosa Pte Ltd. The latter firm is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Genting...Jun 01, 2023
Alfastreet, a manufacturer of electronic gaming machines,...Jun 01, 2023
Casino equipment maker Sega Sammy Creation Inc is tweaking...Jun 01, 2023
The iGaming segment in Asia “has grown rapidly” since...May 31, 2023
Showing slot machine players – via animations on the...May 31, 2023
Macau stocks in likelihood “have been punished too much...May 31, 2023
There are foreign companies still interested in investing...May 31, 2023
Thailand could pass the necessary enabling legislation for...May 30, 2023
China will remain a key market for Asian gaming...May 30, 2023
Alejandro Tengco (pictured in a file photo), chairman and...May 30, 2023
There are “plenty of reasons” for the global gaming...May 30, 2023
Gaming equipment provider International Game Technology Plc...May 30, 2023
The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia 2023 Special Edition:...May 29, 2023
Austria-based gaming equipment maker and operator Novomatic...May 25, 2023
Sports betting and online casino operating platform...May 24, 2023
The business performance in Asia of gaming content and...May 18, 2023
The organisers of Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia 2023...May 17, 2023
Gaming content and equipment supplier Light & Wonder...May 16, 2023
Casino equipment maker Sega Sammy Creation Inc is to...May 09, 2023
Casino slot machine and digital gaming content provider...May 05, 2023
The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia event in Singapore is the...May 04, 2023
An adviser to a Thailand parliamentary committee mulling...(Click here for more)
US$8.1 billion
Macau’s casino gross gaming revenue in the five months to May 31