Air Supply will mark their second performance at the Sands Macau Theatre from Friday, June 6 to Sunday, June 8, having previously performed for local audiences last October. Air Supply members Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell will be including Macau in their latest tour, being the first stop in Asia for what is billed as their World Tour 2008.

“Air Supply is excited to visit Macau again. We have always been looking forward to this opportunity and we are glad to be invited to play at the Sands Theatre again. We long to meet the Macau audience and we will make it another fabulous night for them” said Graham Russell, Air Supply.

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Macau is fast overtaking its rival Hong Kong as the fastest-growing area for residential hotel and retail property prices.

One of the largest projects is the US$2.1 billion City of Dreams being built by Leighton Asia, China State and John Holland, on behalf of the Melco PBL development company - owned by Lawrence Ho’s Melco gambling company and James Packer’s Crown group.

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Bangkok Airways will begin flights to Macau in July, becoming the third carrier to offer scheduled non-stop service on the fast-growing route between Bangkok and the former Portuguese colony. The Thai carrier is set to commence daily flights using a new twin engine Airbus A319, which is capable of carrying 120 passengers, on July 4.

The launch would give Bangkok Airways a share of the lucrative and booming air traffic demand of the city. Two operators have been serving the city: the no-frills carrier Thai AirAsia and the full-service airline Air Macau.

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Colliers International Macau has just released this interesting and bullish report about the Macau Property Market.

The latest report shows the openings of the Venetian Macau, MGM Grand Macau, Grand Lisboa and Crown Macau last year strengthened the island’s position as a world-class tourist destination.

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Celine Dion didn’t disappoint fans last night at the Venetian Macao’s arena. The 15,000 seat venue was crammed with locals as well as many that traveled from Hong Kong and the mainland to see the “Taking Chances” tour.

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The 2nd Annual Asian Gaming Affiliate Marketing Conference for the far east will be held in Macau at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on 21-22 November 2008. Super affiliates and Casino Affiliate Programs with a desire to work with Asian affiliates will attend.

The CasinoAffiliateConvention.com covers affiliate marketing and advertising to Asia for gaming affiliate webmasters. The convention and exposition covers marketing and advertising, and is known to assemble high revenue producing super affiliates in one location.

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Asia’s first Manchester United merchandising store opened its doors yesterday to a throng of fans and media pushing for a glimpse of retired star Ole Gunner Solskjaer. Many of the more than 150 local and Hong Kong fans waited for more than four hours for the former English Premier League star to open the first floor of the almost 1,400 square metre “Manchester United Experience”.

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Considering the fact the Venetian Macao Hotel rooms were fully booked during the Chinese Lunar New Year during which the average daily room rate was US$360 compared to the US$222 average for last year, it was no surprise to hear Bill Weidner, president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands boasting “So much for the conventional wisdom that Asians will not pay top dollar for rooms under demand conditions,” .

This was followed by the news that at the end of December 2007, the total number of guest rooms available in the hotel sector increased by 3,170 (+24.4%) from a year ago to 16,148 rooms.

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