Inside Asian Gaming

IAG DEC 2019年12月 亞博匯 63 特稿 that, “Monte Carlo is split by a road, it is owned by the government and they are two different enterprises, so it’s not inside the Yacht Club.” The boutique casino is a new addition to Subic Bay Yacht Club, which celebrates its 22nd year in 2019. A joint venture between Volare Grandezza and Frontier Wish International Ltd, the casino concept was borne four years ago with the Php500 million (US$10 million investment) aimed at capitalizing on the lucrative clientele base Subic Bay is starting to attract. “Subic is a safe haven in the boating world, and we have mega-yachts coming in on a weekly and monthly basis to use Subic Bay as their base,” Sequeira says. “We have everything from Russian mega-yachts measuring 200meters and above tomega-ships coming in from China – the smallest hosting 3,800 guests and the biggest 5,200 guests, which is a huge market. “So we saw an opportunity that this Yacht Club would be a great base to host a casino. We are positioning ourselves very much as a boutique casino.” Offering impressive views out over Subic Bay, the yacht club casino currently has 43 gaming tables and 169 slot machines in operation, with in-house junkets set to begin in January 2020 and partnerships with international Junket operators from across Asia also in the pipeline. Facilities to allow for proxy betting are already in place. Like Clark, Subic Bay is a Freeport Zone which allows it to take advantage of certain tax benefits aimed at driving new business to the area. Unlike Clark, Koreans don’t necessarily make up its primary target market (although there are three world-class golf courses nearby just in case). 如 田園詩般的海濱度假勝地蘇比克灣（Subic Bay），距離菲律賓克拉克自由港區僅45分鐘 車程，是馬尼拉人週末度假的好去處，很多菲 律賓富豪及名人也在此地購置了度假屋。 這裏也是菲律賓最獨特的賭場所在之地。當 地知名的蘇比克灣遊艇俱樂部（Subic Bay Yacht Club）於今年11 月11日悄然開業了一家精品賭場，並將於12月1日全面投入營運。 這裏是除了澳洲塔斯曼尼亞州的荷伯特（Hobart）以外，全球第二 家坐落在遊艇俱樂部內的賭場。 可能會有人說，你是不是忘了還有個地方叫蒙地卡羅賭場， 但該賭場合夥運營商之一、Volare Grandezza公司首席執行官 兼總裁Manuel Antonio Sequeira已經告訴我們：「蒙地卡羅賭 場歸政府所有，而且分屬兩家不同而企業，所以其不在遊艇俱樂 部內。」 這家精品賭場是蘇比克灣遊艇俱樂部的新成員，該俱樂部 剛於2019年慶祝其成立22週年。這間由Volare Grandezza公司和 Frontier Wish International Ltd合資成立的賭場，其概念誕生於 四年之前，當時兩間公司投資了5億披索（1000萬美元投資），希望 可以吸引到蘇比克灣富裕的消費人群。 Sequeira表示：「蘇比克灣是遊艇界的安全港。我們每週及每 月都有大型遊艇來此，將蘇比克灣作為其基地」。 「我們擁有從來自俄羅斯200米以上的大型遊艇到來自自中 國的巨型郵輪，可容納從最少3800人、最多5200位客人，這是一個 巨大的市場。」 「所以我們覺得在遊艇俱樂部內設立一個賭場將大有機會。 我們將自己定位為精品賭場。」 該遊艇俱樂部賭場坐擁蘇比克灣迷人的美景，目前擁有43張 賭枱和169台角子機，將於2020年1月開始提供貴賓服務，並與亞