The news comes as Macao gears up for the Labour Day Golden Week holiday, with many hotels already reporting that they are fully booked.
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Officials say the move is not connected to the recent high-profile cases of disgraced junket operators Levo Chan and Alvin Chau.
Some 17 out of 25 hotels surveyed in a Morgan Stanley report are fully booked for the May Day Golden Week, but a lack of staff is preventing them from matching pre-Covid levels.
Nearly a dozen deals have been signed at a top-level investment and tourism gathering in the Portuguese capital, timed to coincide with the chief executive’s visit.
Robert G. Goldstein, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands, Sands China’s controlling shareholder, said he was pleased to see recovery “accelerate during the quarter”.
Vietnam’s consul-general Pham Binh Dam says his country and Macao should deepen cooperation when it comes to visas and hiring.
Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes says the territory has to redouble its long-haul marketing efforts and do “what hasn’t been done in three years” because of the pandemic.
If the streets seemed a little crowded last Saturday, it’s because the city’s tourism sector was busy welcoming more visitors than it has seen on any other day in 2023.
According to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, 84 percent of gross revenue earned from gaming in the first quarter of 2023 came from this one game.