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IAG JAN 2020年1月 亞博匯 80 FEATURES That popularity has already been reflected in the property’s 3Q19 results, which saw VIP rolling chip increase 37.9% to JPY138.56 billion and mass table drop up 14.7% to JPY5.08 billion – continuing an 18-month trend of rising revenues as Okada Manila ramps. However, it is in the mass market segment where analysts expect to see the most significant growth in the coming 12 months. “We still expect mass volumes to pick up nicely at the property in 2Q20 when the full 500 new rooms are up and running at the hotel,” explained Union Gaming analyst John DeCree in a November note. Likewise, Okada Manila’s non-gaming facilities feature an abundance of unique, mass market focused attractions clearly aimed at setting it apart from the Asian IR crowd. Taking pride of place is US$30 million The Fountain, where music is choreographed to a fantastic array of light, water and sound all surrounded by more than a kilometer of entertainment space called the Crystal Corridor. Targeted to become one of Manila’s main tourism icons, The Fountain is designed and developed by WET, the same team behind some of the world’s most popular water features in Las Vegas and Dubai. Okada Manila is also home to the Philippines’ first- ever indoor beach club and nightclub, Cove Manila. The hugely impressive space, all enclosed in a high- tech UVA- and UVB-protective glass dome measuring 100 meters in diameter and 30 meters in height, can host up to 5,500 guests at any one time while the smaller nightclub section features an ultra-impressive combination of audio, video and ambient lighting technologies including high-definition LED walls, motion video projectors, a hyper-advanced sound 同樣,岡田馬尼拉的非博彩設施亦包括大量獨特、針對中場 市場的吸引項目,顯然是要令該物業從一眾亞洲IR中穎脫而出。 最為該物業所自豪的,就是一個稱為The Fountain的噴泉。 該噴泉根據音樂舞動,成為一條讓人目不暇給的燈光、泉水和音 樂通道,而這一切都被一個超過一公里、稱為Crystal Corridor水 晶走廊的娛樂區域所包圍。 The Fountain的目標是成為馬尼拉的其中一個主要旅遊景 點,由WET設計及開發。這團隊亦有負責在拉斯維加斯及杜拜那 些世界上最有人氣的水裝置。 岡田馬尼拉亦擁有菲律賓第一個室內沙灘會所及夜店Cove Manila。 這個讓人深受震撼的空間,由一個直徑達100米、高30米的高 科技防UVA及UVB紫外光的玻璃天幕所包裹,可以一次過容納多 達5500名賓客。面積較小的夜店部分,則以令人驚豔連連的手法, 把聲音、影像及環境燈效技術結合在一起,裏面有多道超高清LED 牆、動作影像投影器、一個極先進的音響系統,以及一個能製造出 多達1萬種特效的動感中央裝飾裝置。 Cove Manila亦有一個先進的空氣調節系統,用來在日間模 擬充滿活力的海岸環境,並於夜間帶來涼快的氣候,還有一個先 First opened in December 2016, it has taken three years for Okada Manila to finally reach completion but the long wait is just about over with the last of almost 1,000 rooms due to welcome guests in 1Q20. 於2016年12月開幕的岡田馬尼拉,用了三年的 時間才終於接近完成。但這個長久的等待終於即 將結束,該度假村總數接近1千間的酒店客房的 最後一批將於2010年第一季開放入住。

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