01/28/20 Macau visitor numbers plummet and travel visas suspended The number of visitors to Macau from mainland China dropped by almost 80% year-on-year on Sunday.
01/28/20 Coronavirus: Hong Kong to close football stadiums Hong Kong will close public facilities such as sports centers and campsites to contain the spread of the Coronavirus.
01/27/20 Coronavirus sees Macau visitor numbers almost half during Golden Week During the first two days of Golden Week, Macau visitor numbers were down 49.9% year-on-year
01/27/20 Yokohama to hold first Japan IR Expo The two-day event will be hosted by the Integrated Resort (IR) Yokohama Promotion Council and the Japan IR Expo in Yokohama Committee
01/27/20 Contact between government officials and IR operators to be regulated Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has said that Basic Policy will set rules for how officials and operators can communicate.
01/27/20 Macau Govt asks locals to return from mainland China Residents holidaying in mainland China have been asked to return to the city and to isolate themselves for the next two weeks.
01/24/20 Macau casino workers ordered to wear masks The decision was taken to prevent the spread of the deadly Wuhan Coronavirus, which has killed 26 people and infected more than 830
01/24/20 Macau casinos prepare for closure if Coronavirus outbreak worsens Two people have so far been diagnosed with the virus in Macau.
01/24/20 Sands China reveals employee bonus and salary boost Macau IR operator has announced a discretionary bonus and a salary increase for employees.
01/23/20 Macau casinos deploy temperature monitoring at hundreds of entrances Macau’s casino operators are performing temperature tests at 405 guest entrances and 47 employee entrances
01/23/20 Miyagi prefecture mulls IR bid The prefecture survey said that the “excessive investment” of JPY 330 billion (US$3 billion) could take “20 to 46 years” to recover
01/23/20 Macau: second case of pneumonia virus confirmed and CNY parade cancelled The second patient is a 66-year-old from Wuhan in China’s Hubei province who entered Macau on Wednesday afternoon
01/23/20 Landing shakes up its board and moves headquarters Landing International reshuffles board and moves offices to Two International Finance Centre in Central Hong Kong.
01/23/20 GSA Japan to change its name Gaming Standards Association (GSA) will now operate as International Gaming Standards Association (IGSA).
01/23/20 Pneumonia will slow Macau gaming growth but not reverse it, analysts say Coronavirus outbreak has hit Macau and will likely slow the city’s gaming growth
