New Zealand’s SkyCity Entertainment Group to cease working with junkets
New Zealand’s SkyCity Entertainment Group will permanently cease all dealings with junket operators and bring its international VIP operations in-house. The decision to ban junkets, effective immediately, follows the conclusion of a strategic review into the company’s International Business division....
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Australia and New Zealand to launch travel bubble from 19 April
Australia and New Zealand are set to launch Asia-Pacific’s first official travel bubble since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announcing plans to open the borders from Monday 19 April. The culmination of...
SkyCity to add three new directors to company Board
SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited has revealed plans to appoint three new non-executive directors to the Board, namely Silvana Schenone, Julian Cook and Chad Barton. The trio will act in an advisory capacity while awaiting approval from regulatory authorities in each of the gaming...
COVID-19, absence of international business sees SkyCity profit fall 76% in 1H21
New Zealand’s SkyCity Entertainment Group has reported a 76.1% year-on-year decline in net profit to NZ$78.4 million (US$56.4 million) for the six months to 31 December 2020, impacted by multiple property closures due to COVID-19 and the absence of international...
New Zealand COVID cases see SkyCity close Auckland casino for three days
New Zealand’s SkyCity Entertainment Group has closed its flagship Auckland casino for three days in response to the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in the nation’s latest COVID outbreak. The New Zealand government announced Monday that it would raise the alert...
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SkyCity Entertainment Group announces latest changes to leadership team
New Zealand’s SkyCity Entertainment Group has announced further restructuring to its leadership team with three internal appointments across its flagship properties in Auckland and Adelaide. The appointments include current Executive General Manager Hospitality at SkyCity Auckland, Callum Mallett, being promoted...
SkyCity Auckland to drop all COVID-19 restrictions this week
SkyCity Auckland, the flagship property of New Zealand’s SkyCity Entertainment Group, will be allowed to operate without any restrictions from Thursday 8 October after the New Zealand government announced it will be dropping its COVID-19 alert from Level 2 to...
No more restrictions for two SkyCity casinos but Auckland still on COVID-19 alert
SkyCity Entertainment Group says it has fully reopened its casinos in Hamilton and Queenstown after the New Zealand government announced that the majority of the country, other than Auckland, would revert back to COVID-19 Alert Level 1 from Tuesday. Under...
