Inside Asian Gaming

IAG APR 2020年4月 亞博匯 63 日本 PROS • Operates Philippines IR market leader Solaire Resort & Casino • Chairman and CEO Enrique K Razon Jr has strong global business ties CONS • Only casino outside Philippines, located in South Korea, is not profitable • Currently focused on second Manila casino, cruise port developments The Philippines IR market has grown stupendously over the last five years, and now rivals that of Singapore for the title of Asia’s second largest gaming market (a title which in due course should be lost to Japan). Solaire is the undisputed leader of the pack at Manila’s Entertainment City – at least it is for now until Okada Manila, which is still ramping up, comes knocking. Solaire’s Chairman and CEO, Enrique Razon Jr, is no stranger to international investment. Named the fourth richest person in the Philippines in 2019, Razon controls a string of ports around the world, as well as interests in mining, electricity, oil and gas. In January he told IAG his interest in a Japan IR only extends to a regional IR “in the US$3 billion to US$4 billion range”. Solaire is widely known to be interested in Wakayama as a potential location. 優 • 營運著菲律賓市場龍頭IR • 主席及行政總裁Enrique K Razon Jr與全 球商界聯繫密切 缺 • 其在菲國境外的韓國所營運的賭場無法 盈利 • 目前正專注於在奎松市打造第二個馬尼 拉IR 過去五年來，菲律賓的IR市場取得了驚人 的增長，幾乎可以比肩新加坡爭奪亞洲第二大 博彩市場的頭銜（倘若未來不輸給日本的話）。 晨麗無疑是馬尼拉娛樂城內當仁不讓的龍頭物 業——至少目前看來如此，且看岡田馬尼拉會否 後來者居上。 晨麗的主席兼行政總裁Enrique Razon Jr 尤為熟悉國際投資。Razon於2019年在菲律賓 國內的富豪排行榜上位居第四，他控制著全球 各地多個港口，同時在採礦、電力、石油及天然 氣領域獲利匪淺。他目前已明確表示，其對日本 IR的興趣只保留在「30億至40億美元的」範圍之 內。晨麗向來對和歌山很感興趣，後者頗具發展 IR的潛力。