03/23/21 Macau GGR continues to improve through March Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) reached MOP5.85bn (US$731.3m) for the first 21 days of March.
03/20/21 Analyst finds social distancing rules not strictly enforced in Macau An analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein analyst visited Macau casinos and reported that social distancing was not being strictly enforced.
03/20/21 Osaka to consider new submissions for IR project until April 6 Osaka’s prefecture has made changes to its IR implementation policy in order to consider new submissions from potential private partners.
03/20/21 Macau reduces quarantine for Hong Kong arrivals to 14 days Macau now requires a 14-day quarantine instead of 21 days for arrivals from Hong Kong.
03/20/21 Macau Legend to report consolidated loss of US$258m for 2020 Macau Legend Development expects to report a consolidated loss of up to US$258m due to a decrease in the number of visitors to Macau and Laos in 2020.
03/20/21 Nagasaki: 3 operators selected for next IR round Oshidori International Holdings, Casinos Austria International and the Niki Chau Fwu Group are the three operators selected by Nagasaki prefecture to move forward into the next round.
03/19/21 Gaming operators suspend customer services in mainland China Gaming operators have suspended services to avoid possibly infringing new Chinese criminal regulations on overseas gambling.
03/19/21 Emperor Entertainment to expand hospitality operations Emperor Entertainment Hotel Ltd has bought a portfolio of three properties in Hong Kong for US$260m.
03/19/21 Macau gaming operators’ EBITDA to increase 15% in 2022, analysts say A reduction in operating costs market-wide and rising hotel room capacity will see Macau gaming operators’ property EBITDA increase to over 2019 levels in 2022.
03/19/21 Yokohama: new group to support anti-IR mayoral candidate The newly established IR opposition group aims to promote a unified candidate to stand against Yokohama’s integrated resort plans.
03/19/21 Midan City resort development to resume South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has granted a 12-month extension to the Midan City integrated resort complex construction deadline.
03/18/21 Grand Korea Leisure reopens Seoul casinos Grand Korea Leisure has reopened its two casinos in Seoul after the latest pandemic-related closure that began in November 2020.
03/17/21 Melco and Yokohama F. Marinos to assist high street The “Stay Strong Together and Support our Hometown Shopping Streets!” project will begin in April.
03/17/21 Landing expects to recover Jeju casino stolen funds The operator hopes to recover at least KRW13.4bn (US$11.8m) from KRW14.56bn (US$13.4m) that was stolen from its casino on Jeju island in South Korea.
03/17/21 APE to record loss before tax of US$4.1m for 2020 APE’s gross profit has decreased by approximately 63 per cent year-on-year.
