{"id":777004635,"date":"2023-04-25T13:16:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004635"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:33:16","slug":"raffles-hotel-opening-delayed-due-to-staffing-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/raffles-hotel-opening-delayed-due-to-staffing-shortage","title":{"rendered":"Raffles Hotel opening delayed due to staffing shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Galaxy Entertainment Group says the Raffles Hotel at Galaxy Macau will miss its planned opening date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.– Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG)<\/strong> has confirmed that the Raffles Hotel at Galaxy Macau<\/strong> will not be able to open before the Labour Day Golden Week as planned due to the ongoing labour shortage in Macau<\/a>. Raffles Hotel features around 450 suites and was originally due to open in the second half of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raffles along with the Andaz hotel is part of the Galaxy Macau Phase III project<\/a>. Andaz’s opening date is still undecided. The Galaxy International Convention Center and Galaxy Arena had a soft opening, and events have been held in the GICC since mid-April last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The labour shortage has been causing problems for Macau’s hospitality industry, with Sands China saying that around 3,800 of its rooms<\/strong>, or 31 per cent, were out of service in the first quarter of 2022 due to labour constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billy Song<\/strong>, president of the Macau Responsible Gaming Association previously told Bloomberg the most urgent labour needs are frontline workers such as waiters, cleaners and receptionists in hotels and restaurants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau has lost around 40,000 non-resident workers over the past three years \u2013 10,000 of them in the hospitality industry. Many Southeast Asian workers, who used to make up a sizable portion of the hotel and casino workforce, have moved to countries like Singapore and Vietnam<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau’s tourism bureau expects up to 90 per cent occupancy during the upcoming Labor Day holiday. The city registered an average hotel occupancy of 75 per cent in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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