The decision would be intended to boost local businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- It has been reported that the Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) may have ordered casinos to stop offering complimentary food and beverages<\/strong>. The order would be a response to complaints from local business associations, who said the provision of free food at casinos negatively impacted small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by reducing tourist spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We don’t know for sure if or when the order came into force. Morgan Stanley analysts Praveen K Choudhary <\/strong>and Gareth Leung<\/strong> have said free beverages are still widely available but that access to complimentary snacks now often requires a membership card with at least one point to indicate that the visitor has gambled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They said they believed the change will have minimal impact on gross gaming revenue (GGR) but may affect overall footfall, as non-gamblers might be deterred. Cheng Wai Tong<\/strong>, deputy director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) noted that non-gaming spending per visitor has increased compared to pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See also: <\/strong>Macau GGR to dip in June, analysts say<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, Macau\u00a0received 28.23 million<\/a>, 71 per cent of the 2019 pre-pandemic levels (39.4 million). Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes<\/strong>, the director of the MGTO said she is confident the city will reach the goal of\u00a033 million visitors<\/a>\u00a0this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The decision would be intended to boost local businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) has reportedly ordered casinos to curtail complimentary food and beverage offerings, a measure intended to bolster local small and medium-sized enterprises. While free beverages remain widely available, complimentary snacks now often require a membership card with gambling activity, according to Morgan Stanley analysts. This policy is anticipated to have minimal impact on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) but could affect overall footfall by deterring non-gamblers.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ), Morgan Stanley, Praveen K Choudhary, Gareth Leung, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Cheng Wai Tong, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operator Strategy Shift","query":"How will Macau casino operators strategically adjust their customer loyalty programs and non-gaming amenity offerings to mitigate potential footfall reductions and maintain player value?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Details","query":"What are the precise compliance requirements and reporting obligations for Macau casinos regarding the new restrictions on complimentary food and beverage provisions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777016425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777016425"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016468,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016425\/revisions\/777016468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}