Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2020年11月 亞博匯 95 2020 亞博匯50強 HENRY CHENG Chairman Chow Tai Fook 鄭家純 主席 周大福企業有限公司 33 POWER SCORE 權能指數 : 797 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名 : 36 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 Majority partner in Vietnam’s Hoiana integrated resort with Suncity Group and VinaCapital Inherited father Cheng Yu-tung’s 10% of SJM Holdings parent STDM Strategic partner of Australia’s Star Entertainment Group with a 4.99%stake Acquired Baha Mar, largest resort in the Caribbean, from Chinese state creditors • • • • • • • • 周大福與太陽城集團及VinaCapital合資營運越南會安南岸綜合度假村 繼承父親鄭裕彤所持有的澳博控股母公司澳娛的約10%股權 澳洲星億娛樂集團的戰略合作夥伴，持有其4.99%股權 從中國國有金融機構手上購入加勒比海最大的度假村巴哈-瑪（Baha Mar） SINCE TAKING STEWARDSHIP of his father Cheng Yu-tung’s Chow Tai Fook and New World empires on behalf of the family, Henry Cheng has tried expanding to get a bigger piece of the gaming pie. Five years ago his initiative started paying off. In 1982, Cheng Yu-tung bought a 10% share of STDM, Stanley Ho’s Macau casino monopoly, originally held by former Shanghai casino boss Yip Hon. Yip and Ho had a falling out, and Cheng stepped in to help his fellow Hong Kong tycoon. WhenMacau liberalized gaming, NewWorld bid unsuccessfully for a license. It expressed interest in Singapore’s IR contest, but didn’t get further. A bid to buy Macau’s top junket promoter Suncity Group fizzled. In 2015, family investment vehicle Chow Tai Fook Enterprises – named for its flagship jewelry retailer – took a majority stake in the dormant central Vietnam integrated resort project that Genting had abandoned. Now called Hoiana, the IR features minority owner Suncity running gaming and the Chengs’ Rosewood brand operating lodging. Later that year, CTFE was part of the winning bid for a Brisbane IR with Star Entertainment and subsequently took a 4.99% corporate stake as a strategic partner of the number two – rapidly closing on number one – Australian gaming operator. Further afield, when China state creditors sought an owner that wouldn’t ask many questions about their role in driving out the original developer and could get the US$3.5 billion IR open, CTFE stepped in. Along with its billions and Rosewood brand, CTFE brings a database of luxury customers from its retail, hospitality and property businesses. What more could you want from a partner? 從父親鄭裕彤手上接管家族業務 周大福和新世界集團以來，鄭家純嘗試擴展 王國版圖，在博彩領域上謀求更大空間發展，而他五年前的決定開始有所回 報。 鄭裕彤於1982年購入澳門旅遊娛樂股份有限公司的10%股權。澳娛為 港澳大亨何鴻燊之企業，一度專營壟斷澳門博彩市場，而有關10%股權原由 前上海賭王葉漢持有，但因葉何不和，鄭裕彤為協助好友何鴻燊而購入股權。 當澳門開放賭業時，新世界集團競逐賭牌失利。集團亦曾表示有意參與 新加坡賭牌競投，但最終沒有進展。收購澳門大型貴賓廳中介人太陽城集團的 計劃也失敗告終。 2015年，鄭氏家族投資企業周大福企業有限公司（家族旗艦珠寶連鎖品 牌亦以周大福命名）購入了越南中部綜合度假村項目的大部分股權。該項目遭 雲頂集團擱置放棄，現時卻發展成會安南岸綜合度假村，由項目少數股權持有 者太陽城集團負責博彩營運，鄭氏旗下的瑰麗酒店負責酒店業務。 2015年稍後時間，周大福企業與澳洲星億娛樂集團合作成功投得布里 斯班Queen’s Wharf項目發展，其後更與星億娛樂集團達成戰略合作夥伴關 係，並持有其4.99%股權。星億娛樂是澳洲第二大博企，而且或快將成為澳洲 最大博企。在更遠的地方，當中國國有金融機構為總值35億美元的IR項目尋求 買家，希望相關買家不會有太多提問，特別是關於該金融機構怎樣從原發展商 獲得項目，以及儘快令項目開業時，周大福企業出現了。 加上總值數以十億元的瑰麗酒店品牌，周大福擁有與零售、酒店和房地 產業務相關的高端客戶數據庫。這不就是夢寐以求的合作夥伴嗎？