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IAG APR 2020年4月 亞博匯 42 IN FOCUS a main floor with four baccarat and two roulette tables plus 15 private gaming rooms, with panoramic views of the sea from eight stories up. Guest suites are available on floor to customers that roll US$1 million. Players can join Corona’s rolling program with as little as the equivalent of US$2,000. Junkets receive rebates around 1.2%. The majority of junkets are from Vietnam. Overall, estimates peg Corona’s 2019 gross gaming revenue north of US$70 million, with Vietnamese play accounting for 90% of it. “There are monetary advantages for locals to gamble in their home country as the challenge for moving money internationally does not exist,” Global Market Advisors Managing Partner Steve Gallaway says. Corona says it was registering 3,000 to 4,000 new Vietnamese players monthly before the virus gutted travel. These players are not the Vietnamese riding buses over the border into Cambodia to play in the dingy casinos of Bavet. Corona executives consider their competition to be the Philippines, Singapore, Macau and NagaWorld in Phnom Penh. Players from across Vietnam can fly to Phú Qu ố c more frequently, easily and cheaply than to those other destinations. There are also ferries from two Vietnamese ports. GLOBAL REACH However, it would be wrong to see Corona as strictly a domestic gaming play. There are direct flights from 10 international destinations, including four mainland Chinese cities, Hong Kong, Taipei and Seoul, plus seasonal charters from Russia. Corona’s casino visit records show that, while Vietnamese constituted a majority in the early months, overseas visitors overtook them last July. For the full 2019, Corona attracted 105,200 visitors, about 300 daily, with foreigners 55% of the total. “Junket operators have been sending players to 紅燈區 在博彩空間上面的是一個為中介博彩而設的閣樓,以及一間 名為紅燈的小夜店。這個上層的貴賓區域可以直接從Vinoasis酒 店進入,Milosheski形容這地方「非常隱私」。 Radisson Blu的頂樓則有一個天際娛樂場,可通過私人升降 機到達。這個貴賓區域有一個擁有4張百家樂賭枱和兩張輪盤賭 枱的主要博彩空間,另外還有15間私人博彩房間,可以從八層樓 的高度俯瞰海景。該空間外亦有為那些轉碼數達100萬美元的客 人提供的酒店套房。 玩家只須最少2千美元就可以加入Corona的轉碼計劃。中 介會收到大約1.2%的回扣,大部分的中介都是來自越南。總括而 言,Corona的2019博彩總收入預計高於7千萬美元,當中90%由 越南國民貢獻。 Global Market Advisors管理合夥人Steve Gallaway說:「對 於本地人而言,在他們的本國博彩於金融上來說是有好處的,因 為不需要面對金錢在國與國之間流動的困難。」 Corona說直至旅遊業遭到病毒的磨難以前,他們每個月都會 登記3千到4千名新的越南玩家。這些玩家現在都不會乘坐巴士穿 越邊境到柬埔寨巴韋市的那些簡陋賭場那裏玩樂。Corona的管理 層認為,他們的競爭對手都是在菲律賓、新加坡、澳門以及在金邊 的金界。在越南各處的玩家都可以更常飛到富國島,這比起到其 他目的地更容易及更便宜,而且還有渡輪服務連接當地與其他兩 個越南港口。 環球接觸 可是如果只把Corona當成一間純粹為本地的博彩耍樂之地, 則是大錯特錯。在那裏可以直飛10個國際目的地,包括中國大陸 城市、香港、台北及首爾,還有從俄羅斯來的季度包機。 Corona的賭場訪客紀錄顯示,雖然越南人在一開始的幾個 月內佔了大多數,但海外旅客於去年七月起就超越了前者,而在 2019年一整年,Corona就吸引了10.52萬名旅客,即每日約300 名,當中55%為外國人。 市場推廣專家及Differential Labs董事總經理Clay Peister說: 「中介營運商已經有很多年都在把玩家送到越南,特別是在峴港 附近的Crown International那邊。」 Differential Labs亦是Global Market Advisors的一個戰策夥伙。 「雖然中介營運商在包括澳洲以至韓國的市場內遭遇艱難, 但他們都表示比較容易向他們的客戶推銷越南。營運商們都有信 心,他們的玩家對在越南的整段旅遊體驗都很是享受,而他們在 越南時住宿及飲食的花費都高於在其他市場時的水平。」 Corona的外國訪客增長在這一年來開始增速,其中在12月 的訪客旅高有達62%是外國人,這是在病毒對旅遊造成影響之前

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