Hong Kong’s hotel industry have decided to increase salaries by 4 to 5 percent in order to prevent the loss of talents, particularly to Macau. In the upcoming years, quite a few grand hotels will be established in Macau, whereby the increase of salaries by the Hong Kong hotel industry could be interpreted as an act of precaution. However, local hotels are in desperate need of administrative staff.

The hotels that are to be established are believed to be continuing in their quest to recruit talent from other corporations with a salary increase of up to 50 to 100 percent . Last year, Macau’ s hotel industry faced a run-off of talents by up to 20 percent. In order to stabilise the local work force, the industry is to increase salary by 5 to 7 percent. About 42,000 employees in the Hong Kong hotel industry have received an average salary increase of 4 to 5 percent in the new fiscal year.

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Our thanks go out to Phyllis from Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16 for sending us some great pictures of the hotel views and room. It is truly spectacular! She also mentioned that they will full support to the Ponte 16 Casino opening party on serving their guests for F&B as well as providing accommodation for them.

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Groups of waiters serve each other in the never before used restaurant overlooking the silver waters escaping from the Pearl River, while downstairs a casino full of croupiers play pretend baccarat to the music of a rehearsing saxophonist and keyboard player. The Ponte 16 Casino Hotel in Macau is preparing for its February 1 curtain-call. The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly and the workers are enjoying the only occasion they will be on the receiving end of the venue’s hospitality.

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Macau saw 459,093 visitor arrivals in package tours in November 2007, up notably by 58.5% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China (331,741), Hong Kong (33,005) and Taiwan, China (25,183) recorded remarkable growth of 54.7%, 52.0% and 85.3% respectively compared with November 2006. In the first eleven months of 2007, visitors arrived in package tours surged by 46.1% over the same period of 2006 to 3,802,059. This come hot on the news that Macau is now busting at it’s seams!

In November, the number of Macao residents travelling in package tours decreased by 27.5% year-on-year to 15,777. Mainland China, Japan and Thailand were the three most popular tour itineraries, which accounted for 74.5%, 6.6% and 5.7% of the total respectively. In the first eleven months of 2007, Macao residents travelling in package tours dropped by 24.0% over the same period of 2006 to 186,554.

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The world famous seven-star The Plaza Hotel in New York is looking to possibly establish a Plaza branded hotel casino in Macau. This shows that Macau and the Cotai Strip are still being seriously considered by the top hotel brands. The big question remains where will all the sites be to put them?

They also have announced plans for a US$8 billion Plaza Casino in Vegas and plan to set-up in Singapore as well.

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The number of visitor arrivals in package tours, in light of the National Day holidays, reached 369,056 in October 2007, up notably by 70.8% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China (255,675), Hong Kong (31,929) and Taiwan, China (24,117) recorded remarkable growth of 65.3%, 191.2% and 36.6% respectively compared with October 2006. In the first ten months of 2007, visitors arrived in package tours surged by 44.5% over the same period of 2006 to 3,342,966.

In October, the number of Macao residents travelling in package tours decreased by 38.0% year-on-year to 12,144. Mainland China, Thailand and Republic of Korea were the three most popular tour itineraries, which accounted for 67.7%, 7.9% and 5.3% of the total respectively. In the first ten months of 2007, Macao residents travelling in package tours dropped by 23.6% over the same period of 2006 to 170,777.

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[ November 13, 2008 to November 16, 2008. ] During their meeting held last week in Monaco, the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) approved the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship calendar, motorsport.com has reported.

The series will start at Curitiba, Brazil, on March 2 and will come to an end at the Grand of Macau on November 16.

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Be the first one to know on Macau Daily Blog! On our recent visit we had a brief look around, and were pleasantly surprised on how big this project really is! The Ponte 16 Casino will have a soft opening, together with Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16 around the 30th of January just in time for the Chinese Year goldmine. The riverside promenade and shopping arcade should be ready by Mid 2008. The casino will have a Gaming Area of 270,000 sq ft, 8 VIP Rooms with 3 Gaming Tables each, 130 Gaming Tables and 300 Slot Machines.

We think the location is great, it is only a pleasant 10 minute walk to the Grand Lisboa, where actually you walk past the Senoda Square, you could if you wish even drop into Starbucks for a nice cup of coffee. From the Sands Macau we managed to get to Ponte 16 in about a 30 minute walk. The Macau Strip finally has come alive!

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