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Poker Machines Will Prevail in Macau Says Aristrocat

admin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:50:51 +0000

Poker machine maker Aristocrat Leisure has denied claims it faces a struggle to increase machine sales in Macau because gamblers prefer to play the card game baccarat.

Speaking from Asia’s biggest gambling conference in Macau this week, chief executive Paul Oneile said gamblers visiting the former Portuguese enclave were acquiring a taste for machines and were expected to become regular players.

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Crown Macau Wins Prestige’s Eco-Business Award

admin — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:37:28 +0000

Crown Macau has been elected as one of the awardees at the Prime Awards for Eco-Business 2008 recently held in Hong Kong. The Awards recognize the effort and accomplishments of promoting green environment and Crown Macau is the only hotel and casino in Macau that has been selected along with other large-scale corporations such as The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, The Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd. and MTR Corporation Ltd. etc.

The judging panel consisted of renowned representatives from major Hong Kong environmental protection organizations, commence and industry associations and academic scholars. Entries were judged on such criteria as strategy and measure, consciousness, and innovative idea on environmental protection.

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Crown Macau Presents Hugel Wine Dinner at YING

admin — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:08:28 +0000

From 23 May to 24 June, Crown Macau will be presenting a meticulous pairing of food and wine by 12th generation Alsatian winemaker Etienne Hugel and former World Champion Cantonese Chef Tam Kwok Fung. Thus exclusive offering features the wines of Hugel, renowned for generations as being the leading winemakers in the region, with a customized menu of fine Chinese cuisine.

A benchmark in Chinese fine-dining, Ying features refined traditional and modern interpretations of Cantonese cuisine. Under the watchful eye of award-winning Chef de Cuisine Tam Kwok Fung, each creation pays tribute to the fine art of Cantonese gastronomy in its quality and exquisite presentation.

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Las Vegas Sands Send in Team to Stop Macau Losses

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:27:45 +0000

In response to a drop in income from its Macau properties in the first quarter, Las Vegas Sands Corporation is sending in its top US managers to cut costs and win back lost VIP business.

In the first quarter of the year, Sand’s lost US$2 million, down from a profit of almost US$40 million last quarter and almost US$91 million during the first quarter of 2007. Income from the Venetian Macao and Sands Macao dropped from USD133 million in the last quarter of 2007 to USD.4 million in the first three months of this year.

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Macau is Fast Overtaking Hong Kong in Property Sector

admin — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:17:45 +0000

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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Melco PBL Tops Out Hard Rock Hotel and City of Dreams

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:53:02 +0000

PBL Entertainment (Macau) Limited topped out the Hard Rock hotel and the main podium of its mega-project City of Dreams in Cotai, Macau today.

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Crown Macau: the new VIP king

Editor — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:25:23 +0000

Congratulations to the Crown Macau on its dramatic turnaround. The six-star hotel casino continues to gain market share, particularily in the high-end VIP segment. One Wall Street gaming analyst recently wrote:
“Thanks to A-Max’s junkets, Melco PBL’s market share improved substantially from 5.7 per cent in November to 18.1 per cent in February, making Crown Macau [...]

Colliers International Bullish About Macau Property Market

admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:03:54 +0000

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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Crown Macau Turns VIP Tables Volume to Largest in the World

a2zCasino — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:35:35 +0000

Hot on the heels of our precious invitation from Melco PBL to attend the City of Dreams Topping-out Ceremony on 1 April 2008 at 12.10pm, comes the surprising news about James Packer’s Crown Macau enjoying a huge turn-around, making it the busiest casino in the world in terms of betting volume!

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