Jun
16
Four Seasons Hotel Macao hiring
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We will be seeing a lot more of this over the next few years, but in much, much bigger numbers. The Four Seasons is relatively small compared to everything else that will be popping up in Cotai and the Cotai Strip® hotel complex.
Macau Daily Times reports: Read more
Jun
7
Zaia | The Cirque du Soleil show at the Cotai Strip®’s Venetian Macao
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Cirque du Soleil and Las Vegas Sands finally made an announcement providing some details for their much awaited Cirque show on LVS’s Cotai Strip®. The show will be called Zaia and is scheduled to start this spring in Zaia’s special 1,800 seat theatre at the Venetian Macao.
This is pretty exciting news for Macao. If you’ve been to Vegas, you know its hard to go anywhere in Las Vegas without seeing a Cirque advertisement, since it seems to be a Cirque show at almost every major resort on the Strip. The shows are pretty spectacular (and expensive), and Zaia should be a big step in making Macao the entertainment capital of Asia. Read more
May
15
Galaxy announces Banyan Tree Hotel at Mega Resort
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Banyan Tree to create a luxury resort featuring luxurious suites, pool villas and its award winning spa in Galaxy’s mega resort in Cotai 15 May 2008, Hong Kong / Macau - Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited (”Galaxy” HKSE:0027) today announced an agreement for Banyan Tree Holdings Limited (”Banyan Tree” Singapore:B58), a leading Asian resort hotel brand, to develop and operate a luxury resort featuring luxurious suites, pool villas and its award winning spa resort in the Galaxy mega resort in Cotai, Macau. Read more
May
6
Welcome to the Venetian Macao
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Here is a collection of videos from the Venetian Macao. If you’ve ever been to the Venetian in Macao or Las Vegas, you can just skip this. If you havent, and have about six minutes to spare, you may want to quickly look through the videos I’ve assembled. Most are about 30 seconds in length, with the exception being the second video, which is a little longer but well worth it. Read more
May
3
City of Dreams update
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My favorite magazine, Macau Business, did an article entitled Cotai Dream a few months ago that Ive been meaning to mention. Not a whole lot of new details in it, but there were a few things that I found interesting. I also included a new Destination Macao video of the City of Dreams right below the details. Read more
Apr
22
My take on the end to the boom (or is it just a pause?)
Filed Under Macau, Macao, Cotai, Wall Street, COTAI CASINOS, MACAU PENINSULA CASINOS | Leave a Comment
By now everyone has heard the big news that Macao has put the brakes on gaming expansion. There are plenty of news articles out there for you to read, so I figured I’d summarize the important points and give my first impressions. Keep in mind that some of the details of the Chief Exec’s announcement are still fuzzy, but I’m sure there will be more clarification in the days ahead.
Here is the basic blueprint for the halt: Read more
Apr
11
Four Seasons Macao opening pushed back
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Macau Daily Times is reporting that Cotai’s third hotel opening, the Four Seasons Hotel Macao, will now be opening sometime in the third quarter of 2008. According to the General Manager, its not really a delay, “June was the target date but we have always said we were going to be around the third quarter of 2008.” Read more
Apr
2
Cotai Mega Resort to sell sex (appeal)
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Sorry, they wont be selling sex, just sex appeal. Anyway, there’s already enough places in Macau that sell sex, right?
Here is a quote from a recent MacauDailyTimes article entitled “Cotai to be swimming in Galaxy girls.” Read more
Mar
30
Crown Macau: the new VIP king
Filed Under Cotai, Taipa, Crown Macau | 1 Comment
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 the busiest casino in the world in terms of betting volume,” Credit Suisse’s Hong Kong-based gambling analyst, Gabriel Chan, says in a bullish new report on the company.
“If we focus on market share in the high-roller segment alone, the improvement was even more astonishing with market share increasing from 6.6 per cent in November to 24.8 per cent in February.”
That’s Read more
Mar
23
Celine hits the Cotai Strip®
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It doesnt get any bigger than Celine Dion. She’s been entertaining Vegas at Caesars for years, and now she has finally hit Las Vegas Sands’ Cotai Strip at the one and only Venetian Macao. The afterparty was almost as good as the actual event, as you can see from this Destination Macau video.
Mar
13
Macau Studio City’s Ritz Carlton nervous?
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Take a look at this quote about Macau Studio City’s Ritz Carlton Macao hotel from the Macau Daily Times:
He (Macau Studio City President Simon Cooper) added that Macau does not have the international air routes to develop a Las Vegas style entertainment centre.
The hotel is still definitely committed to the Cotai project, Ambrose Cheung told the Macau Daily Times yesterday, adding that the hotel is nervous about theincreasing competition.
“Hoteliers are always cautious and if you think about it you are getting close to 18,000 rooms in Macau and close to 50,000 in the next few years,” said Mr Cheung.
I can understand Read more
Mar
13
New Macau pictures
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It looks like Martin from MacauCasinoWorld has some great new photos up on his website from a recent trip he took to Macao. There are some beautiful and interesting pictures here, so I recommend checking them out. Here is my personal favorite of the lot - MGM Grand Macau casino on the peninsula.