China’s State Council has added eight more mainland cities to the list of places where people can apply for Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) exit visas to travel to Macau and Hong Kong….
Thai govt mulls casino size if country opts IRs: report
The gambling area in any Thailand casino resort that might be built, should not exceed “5 percent” of the whole project area, reported the Bangkok Post news outlet on Monday, citing the…
China adds eight more cities to Individual Visit Scheme for travel to Macau and Hong Kong
Following the addition of Xi’an and Qingdao to the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) on 6 March, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China announced Saturday the addition of eight new…
El Cortez in Vegas Getting $20M Remodel
The oldest continuously operating casino in Las Vegas is getting a facelift. El Cortez is renovating 10,000 square feet of its historic casino floor and adding another 5,000 square feet to it….
MGM Will Be Held to Host City Agreement in Possible Springfield Casino Sale, Say Officials
Nearly two months ago, reports surfaced that MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is mulling the sale of its regional casinos in Ohio and Springfield, Mass. Officials in the Massachusetts city said they…
Singapore visits dip m-o-m, but Jan-Apr was 91pct of 2019
Singapore’s visitor volume was 1.36 million in April, down 8.1 percent from March, but up 20.4 percent year-on-year. In April, Indonesia overtook China as the top source market. That is according to the latest…
‘Tepid’ GLP, dividends at SJM only after 2025: analyst
“Tepid” and “disappointing” were words used by some brokerages to refer to the business ramp up at Macau casino resort Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP), which opened in July 2021 amid the Covid-19…
Philippines to tighten tourist visa rules for Chinese nationals
The Philippines is set to tighten this week its visa requirements for Chinese tourists, amid what the nation’s Department of Foreign Affairs said were a “high number of fraudulent applications” received by…
GEN Singapore quarterly profit circa double q-o-q and y-o-y
First quarter net profit after tax rose quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year at casino operator Genting Singapore Ltd. Such first-quarter profit was SGD247.4 million (US$182.8 million), a sequential gain of 108.6 percent on fourth…
Celebrity realtor tasked with selling lavish US$60 million apartment at Crown Sydney
Crown Resorts has appointed a celebrity realtor in a bid to sell a lavish AU$90 million (US$60 million) apartment atop its Crown Sydney casino resort that has remained unsold since 2021. According…