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IAG NOV 2020年11月亞博匯 108 2020 POWER 50 THOMAS ARASI PRESIDENT AND COO Bloomberry Resorts PRESIDENT AND COO Solaire Resort and Casino 總裁兼營運總監 Bloomberry Resorts 總裁兼營運總監 晨麗度假城 46 POWER SCORE 權能指數 : 618 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名 : 43 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 Trusted confidante of Bloomberry owner Enrique Razon Jr • • Bloomberry掌舵人Enrique Razon Jr的心腹 MANILA’S MARKET LEADER IN THE GAMING SPACE , Solaire Resort & Casino has been a significant victim of the Philippines’ COVID-19 woes in 2020, where community quarantine measures shuttered the business and its Entertainment City peers for the best part of six months. Parent company Bloomberry Resorts reported in August a 95% decline in GGR for the three months to 30 June 2020 to Php686.6 million (US$14.1 million), of which VIP contributed Php121.7 million (US$2.5 million), mass table games Php303.7 million (US$6.2million) and electronic gamingmachines Php261.1 million (US$5.3 million). To their credit, Arasi and his team haven’t sat idly by to wait for better times, with the company’s charitable arm assisting with the contruction of three Manila quarantine facilities including most recently a 600-bed facility for patients recovering from the virus and needing to isolate. Then again, it should come as no surprise to see Arasi at the forefront of transitioning to this “new normal.” Since joining Bloomberry as President and COO of Solaire in late 2013, he has been instrumental in positioning the pioneering Philippines resort as market leader in the most dynamic and fastest growing region in Asia. The company also remains on track to open Solaire North in Quezon City by the end of 2022. 作為馬尼拉博彩市場 的領頭羊，晨麗度假城無疑是2020年菲律賓新冠肺炎疫 情的主要受害者。在六個月內的大部分時間內，該地區一直實行社交隔離措 施，該區商業及馬尼拉娛樂場內的企業不得不暫時關閉。 母公司Bloomberry Resorts在8月報告稱，截至2020年6月30日的三個 月內，博彩總收入下降了95％，至6.686億菲律賓比索（1410萬美元），其中貴 賓博彩業務貢獻了1.127億菲律賓披索（250萬美元），中場賭枱業務貢獻了 3.037億菲律賓披索（620萬美元），角子機則貢獻了2.611億披索（530萬美元） ， 然而值得稱頌的是，Arasi及他的團隊並未袖手旁觀坐等疫情過去，該公 司的慈善部門協助在馬尼拉建設了三個隔離檢疫措施，包括最近新增的一個 600個床位的設施，用以幫助那些正在恢復並需要隔離的的新冠患者。 看到Arasi這次又佔到「新常態」的最前沿並不令人感到驚訝。他自2013 年底加入Bloomberry並擔任晨麗的總裁兼營運總監以來，一直在幫助晨麗 這個最具開拓性的菲律賓綜合度假村，在亞洲這片最具活力及增長最快的地 區披荊斬棘，找尋立足之地。晨麗還有望在2022年底按計劃在奎松市開業第 二間綜合度假村Solaire North。