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IAG NOV 2020年11月亞博匯 110 2020 POWER 50 KINGSON SIAN PRESIDENT AND CEO Travellers International Hotel Group 蔡宜良 總裁兼首席執行官 達富來國際酒店集團 48 POWER SCORE 權能指數 : 591 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名 : 42 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 Led Resorts World Manila since its debut as the Philippines’ first integrated resort in 2009 Okura Hotel opening completes US$650 million Grand Wing expansion Long awaited Entertainment City project taking shape in partnership with Hong Kong’s Suncity Group • • • • • • 菲律賓首個綜合度假村馬尼拉名勝世界於2009年開業至今，一直掌舵項目營運 項目內的大倉酒店開業，標誌著耗資6.5億美元的Grand Wing 擴建工程完成 與太陽城集團合作，在馬尼拉娛樂城的項目發展有序 RESORTS WORLD MANILA CHANGED THE GAME in the Philippine capital when it opened in 2009. Travellers International Hotel Group’s combination of a casino, hotels, shopping mall and theater on the fringe of the nation’s gateway airport proved an irresistible attraction, especially compared with government operated PAGCOR casinos that were previously the rule. But the March 2013 opening of Solaire took the gaming product mix up another notch, beginning the rise of Entertainment City along Manila Bay, shifting the center of gaming gravity away from Resorts World Manila. As two more IRs came to Entertainment City, speculation grew about when, or even if, the joint venture between Philippine billionaire Tan’s Alliance Global Group and Genting Hong Kong would develop its assigned plot there, at the risk of cannibalizing RWM. Now there’s an answer. Travellers has retained a minority stake in development of a casino hotel with Alvin Chau’s Suncity Group holding the majority. The casino hotel is part of the Westside City project, a 31 hectare (77 acre) project with more hotels, a shopping mall, theater and residences developed by Alliance Global affiliate Megaworld, similar to Megaworld’s Newport City development surrounding RWM. After RWM suffered a deadly attack in June 2017, Travellers accelerated its US$650 million Grand Wing expansion. Manila’s first Okura Hotel, due to accept guests this quarter – its signature Yamazato restaurant is already open – completes the expansion. Additions, including new gaming areas, have aided recovery, but since Travellers delisted from Manila’s stock market last year, there’s no telling how much they’ve helped defy gravity. 馬尼拉名勝世界 於2009年開業，改變了這菲律賓首都的博彩業格局。這達富 來國際酒店集團旗下的項目位於當地機場附近，揉合了賭場、酒店、購物中心 和劇院等元素，特別與此前由菲律賓博彩監管機構PAGCOR營運的賭場有著 天淵之別。但2013年3月開業的晨麗娛樂場及渡假城，將當地博彩項目水平提 高至另一階段，標誌沿著馬尼拉灣的馬尼拉娛樂城之崛起，當地博彩業重心亦 從馬尼拉名勝世界轉移至該區。 隨著多兩個IR項目在馬尼拉娛樂城營運，人們開始猜測由菲律賓億萬富 翁吳聰滿旗下的Alliance Global Group與雲頂香港組成的聯營體達富來，何 時或甚至是會否發展其在馬尼拉娛樂城內的土地，因為這可能會潛食其馬尼 拉名勝世界的業務。這問題現在已有答案。達富來與太陽城集團合作在馬尼拉 娛樂城發展賭場酒店綜合體，前者持有綜合體的少數股權，後者則為大股東。 該賭場酒店綜合體是Westside City 名勝世界項目的一部分，該項目佔地31公 頃（77英畝），將由Alliance Global關聯公司美加房產（Megaworld）負責項目 中的更多酒店、購物中心、劇院和住宅配套發展，類似馬尼拉名勝世界附近、由 Megaworld開發的 Newport City項目。 在馬尼拉名勝世界2017年發生了槍擊死亡事件後，達富來加快了耗資 6.5億美元的 Grand Wing 擴建工程。馬尼拉的首家大倉酒店的建設工程已完 成，將於本季度開門迎賓，其招牌日本料理餐廳「山里」已開業，這標誌著項目 擴建工程完成，包括新增設博彩面積，可助馬尼拉名勝世界復甦。但達富來去 年從菲律賓證劵市場除牌，所以無從得知擴建如何助力該項目對抗當地博彩 業重心轉移。