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ISSUE 96 - Apr 2012
 
 
What are your expectations for the gross gaming revenue growth of Macau’s gaming industry in 2012?
Decline
Growth above 20 percent
Growth from 10 to 20 percent
Stagnation
 
 

More people flying low-cost

Low-cost carriers are taking up to 30 percent of the total passenger volume at Macau’s airport
 

Macau, Guangdong plan new border crossing

Both gov’ts will work on the construction of a new passage next to the Border Gate to ease heavy traffic
 

Follow thy guide

The number of visitor arrivals on package tours to Macau increased by 51 percent in March
 

Staying less

The average hotel occupancy rate has gone up, but hotel guests are spending less time in Macau
 

Red tape leaves Segway tours at a standstill

A city tours project remains on hold due to a lack of regulation
 

Neon memories

Artist Leung Mee-ping is to exhibit an installation featuring the old San Ma Lou Coca-Cola sign
 

Macau could have 50,000 hotel rooms by 2017

The Tourist Office director expects the number to almost double in the next five years
 

SJM again biggest Grand Prix sponsor

The gaming operator will be the sole sponsor of the event and also sponsor two races
 

More visitors

In the first quarter of 2012, visitor arrivals to Macau increased by 7.9 percent year-on-year
 

Gathering dust

Tourists are satisfied with their visits to the city’s museums – when you can actually get them enthusiastic enough to go Tourists who are professionals or managers are the visitors most satisfied with the museums in Macau, a study has found. But visitors to museums complain that the city’s museums have insufficient exhibits and are too small, hard to get to and poorly promoted. Elizabeth Cheng I Man of the Institute for Tourism Studies and Penny Wan [...]
 

Not here for the games

A new survey has found that close to half of tourists don’t gamble when coming to Macau
 

Package tours soar

Visitor arrivals on package tours surged by 41.7 percent year-on-year in February
 

Hotels welcome more guests

Macau received 721,000 guests in February, an increase of 20.1 percent year-on-year
 

Three hotels score top green award

A total of 10 hotels have been granted the 2011 Macau Green Hotel award
 

More tourists in Ching Ming and Easter

Macau welcomed close to 800,000 tourists from April 2 to April 8
 

Smooth sailing

The Macau gov’t looks to expand yacht berths and implement a new travel scheme
 

‘Zero-fare’ tours back

The Hong Kong Travel Industry Council says ‘zero-fare’ tours to Hong Kong and Macau are back
 

CAM posts MOP15 million loss

The company reported revenues of MOP659 million for 2011
 

Venetian Theatre announces classic music show

The venue is to host a concert from the China National Symphony Orchestra
 

Troy Hickox to head Holiday Inn

Property to be managed by Sands China Ltd under a franchise agreement
 

Friendly skies

Air Macau plans daily flights to Tokyo from July onwards
 

Zaia venue now a ‘luxury theatre’

Violinist Jue Yao and Hong Kong diva Elisa Chan will perform at the theatre’s grand opening
 

Macau to reach up to 32 million visitors in 2012

Latest estimate by Union Gaming Research Macau
 

Visitor arrivals down by 1.5 percent in February

More than 2 million tourists flocked to Macau last month, but most only stayed a day
 

All aboard

Universal Event Management wants to bring the Queen Elizabeth 2 ship permanently to Macau
 
1. Studio City to receive casino approval “soon”: report
2. Steve Wynn unveils details about Cotai project
3. Gov’t to control new casino openings: Union Gaming
4. May ‘critical’ for assessing Macau gaming industry
5. Steve Wynn explains Tien Chiao deal
 
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