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Sands China, DreamWorks deal for Cotai Central ended

Sep 29, 2017 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  


Sands China, DreamWorks deal for Cotai Central ended

Macau-based casino operator Sands China Ltd is ending a five-year partnership with California-based DreamWorks Animation SKG.

Under the deal, signed in 2013, Sands China was authorised to use cartoon characters from DreamWorks Animation for entertainment purposes in non-gaming areas at its Sands Cotai Central property, for what was branded the ‘DreamWorks Experience’.

The DreamWorks brand is known for hit film franchises including ‘Kung Fu Panda’, ‘Shrek’, ‘Madagascar’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon’.

The DreamWorks Experience included themed-breakfasts and birthday parties featuring DreamWorks characters, a daily parade and opportunities for guests or their children to meet one-on-one with the characters.

“After an extended five-year engagement at the integrated resort… the DreamWorks Experience, including the ever popular Po’s Kung Fu Feast Character Breakfast, will enjoy its final weeks at Sands Cotai Central, with the last breakfast show to be held on October 8,” Sands China said in a release.

The firm did not elaborate on the reason for the end of the partnership.

“Over the past five years, Sands Resorts has enjoyed a great working relationship with the renowned DreamWorks Animation,” Ruth Boston, Sands China’s senior vice president for marketing and brand management, said in a statement included in the press release.

She added: “As an integrated resort we are continuously striving to bring new and exciting entertainment to our resorts for our guests, visitors and in particular our family market to enjoy. As such we are currently looking for new family themed offerings of the same calibre for all of our guests to experience.”

Robert Goldstein, president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp – the parent company Sands China – told an investor conference in June that Sands Cotai Central needed some refurbishment and that the company was already working on some plans to create fresh consumer interest in the property.

“The property [Sands Cotai Central] could and should be a lot stronger,” Mr Goldstein said at the time, adding that the firm would also make improvements to the gaming space at the resort. “It [Sands Cotai Central] is an asset that can grow but we need to rethink it.”

DreamWorks Animation also has a partnership in the Philippines with casino operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd for casino resort City of Dreams Manila. The property features several non-gaming attractions based on hit films from DreamWorks.


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