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IAG DEC 2020年12月 亞博匯 15 JAPAN’S PIXEL COMPANYZ TO JOIN RACE FOR NAGASAKI IR LICENSE 日本PIXEL COMPANYZ參加長崎IR牌照競賽 請於asgam.com註冊獲取《亞博匯早報》 Sign up to receive IAG Breakfast Briefing at asgam.com TOKYO-BASED fintech and renewable energy firm Pixel Companyz has named Nagasaki as the location for its bid to develop an integrated resort in Japan. Three months after French casino operator Groupe Partouche was announced as Pixel Companyz’ new Japanese IR consortium partner, the duo will now become Nagasaki’s fourth IR candidate alongside Oshidori International Holdings, Casinos Austria and a consortium comprising Get Nice Holdings and Current Corp. “As of right now, the official public offering period hasn’t been announced,” said Pixel Companyz CEO Hiroaki Yoshida on Monday, confirming plans to participate in Nagasaki’s Request for Proposal once it launches. “Until it is, we will continue discussions and preparations and hope it will lead to acquiring an IR operation license.” Pixel has been carefully preparing its IR bid in recent months, having started development of a resort hotel in Miyakojima city, Okinawa in June, in order to gain valuable experience for future IR development. 總部位於東京 的金融科技及可再生能源公司 Pixel Companyz日前已經選定長崎為其角逐 在日本開發綜合度村(IR)的所在地。 三個月前，該公司宣佈將攜手法國賭場 營運商Parte Partouche為其新的日本IR財團 的合作夥伴。兩者目前為止為競逐長崎IR的第 四個候選人，其餘三位分別是Oshidori Inter- national Holdings、Casinos Austria以及Get Nice Holdings和Current Corp組成的財團。 Pixel Companyz行政總裁吉田弘明表示： 「截至目前，官方尚未公佈公開投標的時間。」 他同時確認一旦長崎的概念書徵集啟動，該公 司將參與競投。「在此之前，我們將繼續討論及 準備，希望可以獲得IR牌照。」 Pixel近幾個月來一直為未競標IR做準備。 其自6月開始在沖繩縣宮古島市開發一間度假 酒店，為未來發展IR積累寶貴經驗。