Inside Asian Gaming

APRIL 2018 INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 19 Tiger Palace is already planning its own expansion onto the 22- acre site’s remaining 10 acres of land with Phase 2 to include between 100 and 300 hotel rooms. Other facilities being considered are banquet and wedding centers, MICE space and an extended casino. this year. Gautam Buddha Airport – currently serviced by a tiny domestic terminal – is also undergoing a major facelift that will see it transformed into Nepal’s second international airport (after Kathmandu) by mid-2019. The new facility will reportedly handle around 30% of the country’s international air traffic with direct connections slated to China, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and multiple Indian cities. Likewise, Tiger Palace is already planning its own expansion onto the 22-acre site’s remaining 10 acres of land with Phase 2 to include between 100 and 300 hotel rooms. Other facilities being considered are banquet and wedding centers, MICE space and an extended casino but a final decision on use has yet to be made. Bolsover believes Tiger Palace can change the face of gaming in India, potentially leading the way for the modest nation of Nepal to progress from frontier gaming territory to global player. COVER STORY The spectacular hotel lobby