September 17, 2007Melco PBL shares rose 7% Thursday after an analyst speculated that the company could eventually team up with Harrah’s on a Macau casino.
Any partnership deal would provide a strong boost for Melco, a casino operator in Macau.
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September 17, 2007Harrah’s Entertainment, the world’s largest casino operator by revenue, has acquired the Oriente Golf Course in Macau where it plan to develop an entertainment project, the South China Morning Post reported Thursday.
According to the newspaper, which is published in Hong Kong, if the development of the plot is authorized for the hotel and entertainment industry, the price of the plot could increase to between 21 and 30 billion Hong Kong dollars.
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August 10, 2007Starwood has announced plans for a new W Hotel in Macau that is scheduled to open in early 2009.
This new-build W hotel will be located within the Macau Studio City complex, situated on Cotai, an area earmarked by the Macau government to become one of the main gaming, entertainment and resort developments in the Special Administrative Region. W Macau Studio City will make its debut offering 563 guest rooms.
W continues to extend beyond the boundaries of everyday travel, offering a magical mix of sexy destinations and sublime design,” said Ross Klein, president of Starwood’s Luxury Brands Group. “W Macau marks our fourth property in China and promises to offer extraordinary experiences at every turn through the brand’s key lifestyle elements of provocative spaces, delightful indulgences and experiential surprises. From the Maldives to Milan, Hoboken to Hong Kong, W Hotels continues to go global as the influential and innovative lifestyle authority and we are proud to make Macau a W destination.”
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May 25, 2007Melco PBL, a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused exclusively on the Macau market, announced today that its subsidiary, Melco PBL Gaming (Macau) Limited, has signed its services agreement with New Cotai Entertainment (Macau) Limited to operate the casino portions of the Macau Studio City project, a large scale integrated gaming, retail and entertainment resort development that is targeted to open on the Cotai Strip during 2009.
The project is being developed by a joint venture between eSun Holdings Limited and New Cotai Holdings, LLC, which is primarily owned by investment funds and David Friedman, a former senior executive of Las Vegas Sands. A percentage of the gross gaming revenues from the casino operations of Macau Studio City will be retained by Melco PBL Gaming.
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February 19, 2007Six years ago, they were going to build a film school on that piece of land in Cotai. Now, they’re getting ready create a casino with a difference there. And maybe even a Playboy Club, too.
Macao Studio City, a HK$16 billion(US$2.05 billion) synergy-saturated gaming, entertainment, retail and resort development is slated to open in early 2009 on the Cotai Strip. It’s a project that’s changed “script” and “cast” as often as a Hong Kong soap opera, and it promises more drama over the next two to four years as well.
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January 15, 2007Project Will Be Region’s First to Integrate Television and Film Production with World-Class Retail, Gaming, and Resort Properties.
Macao Studio City, Asia’s first leisure resort property combining theatre, television and film production facilities, and Studio Retail(TM), with gaming, entertainment and world-class hotels, was officially launched at a groundbreaking ceremony in Cotai, Macao, on January 11, 2007.
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January 10, 2007After two failed attempts to win a casino licence in its home country, local property giant CapitaLand has leapfrogged into Macau — Asia’s gambling heaven — with a deal in its pocket.
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