05/07/20 Casino operator reopens in South Korea Grand Korea Leisure will become the first casino operator in South Korea to reopen after it had closing operations on March 24.
05/06/20 Macau not relaxing border restrictions yet Governments in Macau and mainland China are still thrashing out plans regarding how best to lift border restrictions.
05/05/20 Japan: Government IR Basic Policy to be published in July Bay City Ventures the Basic Policy will be published on July 26 but that the government’s IR implementation could be delayed until July of 2021.
05/04/20 Osaka IR bid still on MGM Resorts agenda Bid for an integrated resort in Osaka, Japan is still on MGM Resorts’ agenda according to acting CEO.
05/04/20 Solaire ramps up Covid-19 testing The operator has introduced rapid mass testing for Coronavirus so that employees can return to work in the coming weeks.
05/04/20 IPI furloughs 500 workers Imperial Pacific International is the latest operator to cut staff numbers after being forced to close due to Covid-19.
05/04/20 Macau: Four Seasons “grand suites” to open in 2Q Las Vegas Sands confirms extension is on track to complete by June 30 despite the Coronavirus crisis.
04/30/20 Kangwon Land extends closure to May 11th South Korea casino to remain closed despite others in the country re-opening.
04/30/20 Macau waiting for China to lift border restrictions Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, says mainland government needs to green light any easing to border and travel restrictions.
04/29/20 New Brisbane casino to feature 2,500 slot machines Queen’s Wharf will open in 2022 and feature 800 more slot machines than the current Brisbane casino license holder, The Treasury.
04/29/20 Blackstone Group buys Melco’s Crown shares Hedge fund giant acquires a 10% stake in Crown Resorts in $550million deal.
04/29/20 Sands China launches cutting-edge hybrid energy system Macau casino operator replaces gas boiler with state of the art solar thermal heat pump hybrid energy plant.
04/29/20 Macau: visitor numbers plummet 94% in March Just 212,311 visited Macau in March due to the restriction still in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
04/28/20 Tokyo likely to join race for IR licence in Japan Global Market Advisors says it is a case of it not when the city will join the likes of Osaka and Yokohama in bidding for an IR licence.
04/28/20 PAGCOR profits drop 50% in Q1 Profit for the period fell by 49.9 per cent to Php777.4million (US$15.3million).
