{"id":777027445,"date":"2025-06-06T04:40:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T07:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777027445"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:10:15","slug":"macau-faces-shortage-of-budget-hotels-galaxy-chairman-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-faces-shortage-of-budget-hotels-galaxy-chairman-says","title":{"rendered":"Macau faces shortage of budget hotels, Galaxy chairman says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Francis Lui Yiu Tung said more affordable hotel rooms are needed to support the growth of non-gaming offerings in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- <\/strong>Francis Lui Yiu Tung<\/a>, chairman of Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), has said that Macau has a shortage of hotel rooms priced at MOP1,000 (US$125) or below. He said the deficit of budget accommodation posed a challenge to the growth of non-gaming offerings in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During an interview with Hong Kong media, Yiu Tung said the availability of affordable hotel rooms was crucial for attracting business and budget travellers<\/strong>. He said that, while GEG and other casino operators are expanding non-gaming initiatives, such as concerts and conventions, limited accommodation hindered further development.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Francis Lui Yiu Tung, Galaxy Entertainment Group’s chairman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

GEG’s chairman sugggested that Hengqin could complement Macau’s tourism infrastructure if the island could add 7,000 hotel rooms. He said: “Macau’s biggest asset is its 35 million visitors [last year], some of that traffic can help support Hengqin’s business development while easing pressure on Macau\u2019s hotel capacity.” He said achieving this would require a comprehensive plan, including the relaxation of border crossing rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A policy signed last July<\/a> allows unused commercial and office buildings in Hengqin to be converted into hotels for a period of up to eight years. That came after a relaxation of the visa policy between Macau and Hengqin last May introduced\u00a0a multiple-entry visa<\/a>\u00a0for mainland Chinese travellers participating in package tours between the two locations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to government data, Macau had 147 hotels<\/a> offering 45,000 rooms as of April. That’s a decrease of 4.3 per cent in year-on-year terms. According to the Macau Hotel Association, the average rate across all hotel categories fell by 4 per cent year-on-year to MOP1,275 in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Statistics and Census Service (DSEC)\u00a0has reported that 3,092,791 people visited Macau in March. The figure was up 18.9 per cent in year-on-year terms and 0.78 per cent\u00a0sequentially.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau faces shortage of budget hotels, Galaxy chairman says<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Francis Lui Yiu Tung said more affordable hotel rooms are needed to support the growth of non-gaming offerings in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Francis Lui Yiu Tung, Chairman of Galaxy Entertainment Group, highlights Macau's critical shortage of affordable hotel rooms (below MOP1,000), which impedes the growth of non-gaming offerings. He suggests leveraging Hengqin's potential for 7,000 additional rooms and relaxing border controls to support Macau's tourism infrastructure and diversify its economic base.","focusai_entities":"Francis Lui Yiu Tung, Galaxy Entertainment Group, GEG, Macau Hotel Association, Statistics and Census Service, DSEC","focusai_location":"Macau, Hengqin, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Hengqin conversion timeline?","query":"What specific policy and regulatory frameworks are being fast-tracked to enable the conversion of Hengqin's commercial properties into hotel accommodation, and what is the projected timeline for these initiatives?"},{"label":"Non-gaming revenue impact?","query":"How will the proposed expansion of budget accommodation and enhanced connectivity with Hengqin quantitatively impact the GGR\/NGR mix and the overall non-gaming revenue contribution for Macau's integrated resort operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[24782,257,24680],"class_list":["post-777027445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-hotel-accommodation","tag-macau","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027445","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=777027445"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777027468,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027445\/revisions\/777027468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777027445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777027445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777027445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}