The number of visitors to the Macau Grand Prix Museum saw a 22 percent increase in 2006, with individual travelers gaining more weight compared to those brought by travel agencies to see one of the city’s main drawcards.

Isaac Lai’s family is of the size of an authentic tour group, but the Hong Kong resident prides himself as the organizer of the tour that brought to Macau during Spring Festival almost twenty of his family members, from three generations.

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Macau is set to host Asian real estate exhibition EXPO REAL ASIA, on December 5 and 6, at the Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre.

EXPO REAL ASIA will be an international trade event which brings together key professionals involved in all aspects of the international property development and investment cycle. This includes key organisations and governmental authorities, city planners, architects, designers, developers, construction and engineering companies, corporate end users including retailers, hoteliers and major institutional investors and financiers.

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Macau is to host an Asian real estate exhibition on December 5 and 6, which will bring together sector and banking specialists to discuss the development of the market in the region, officials said.

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As I cannot comment on Las Vegas properties, I still think that the US casino operators are taking a huge risk with their Macau properties. Reports that Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts are expecting about plus 90% occupancy for their rooms is a little bit far fetched.

The reason for this is simple, let’s just take The Lisboa which has traditionally only has an average occupancy of 80-85% and who knows how many of those rooms are being used by the high rollers for free.

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Update - Again we got coming up in September 23-26, see details 11th MIF Trade and Investment Fair

According to the president of the Institute for Promotion of Trade and Investment, Lee Peng Hong, the 2006 fair, which will take place between September 23 and 26, and will have the largest attendance since the fair began in 1996. They are expecting 133 delegates from 39 countries.

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Las Vegas Sands must be on a roll in Macau, first having the largest casino in the world and now ranking up trade shows for its yet to open the Venetian Macao!

There are big changes coming along for Macau!

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As if the Cotai Strip is not enough Las Vegas Sands are now eyeing a couple of islands off Macau to develop some non-casino resort projects. This is amazing as these islands are not particulary idyllic beach resorts. And of course the ferries that Sands suppose to be running. Well we have to wait and see, don’t we!

As reported by Las Vegas Business Press - As part of a $2 billion deal signed Oct. 14, 2005, Sands will create a 1,600 acre “convention hotel and holiday resort,” one that will include several million feet of convention space, a marina, golf courses, tennis courts and possibly an open-air opera house.

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MacauHub - More than fifty Portuguese companies and business associations will be represented at the Macau International Fair (MIF), due to take place from September 23 to 26,the representative of Portuguese export promotion agency ICEP in Macau has said.

Manuel Geraldes told the Tribuna de Macau newspaper that in order to receive the high number of companies, the Portuguese Pavilion at MIF would be twice the size it was in 2005.

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