Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAY 2021年5月 亞博匯 26 COVER STORY all-suite tower Raffles at Galaxy Macau, which will see Singapore’s famous Raffles brand introduced to Macau for the very first time. Those 1,500 rooms represent half of the 3,000 rooms planned for Phases 3 and 4 combined, down from a combined 4,000 rooms Galaxy had originally set out to build. Speaking with media in February following the release of Galaxy Entertainment Group’s 4Q20 financial results, Vice Chairman Francis Lui explained that the company had altered the design of its upcoming phases to better serve the lucrative premium mass segment – widely considered to be the future of Macau gaming. “We have found that the visitors to Macau we are looking for are the high-end, mass market customer,” Lui said. “So we hope most of the 3,000 rooms will be able to satisfy families who come to Macau for leisure and that the quality of our rooms is what they are looking for.” Importantly, while total room supply will increase by 13% in 2022, Morgan Stanley notes that the number of “ultra-high-end rooms” will grow by 59% compared with 2019 as more operators eye the premium mass segment. “Premium mass remains the biggest driver of profit for companies in Macau in 2021/22,” the Morgan Stanley report states. “These customers come to Macau and expect high end hotels, free entertainment and F&B amenities. Companies with better hotel products such as Ritz The Morgan Stanley report outlines strongreasons foroptimism,withgross gaming revenues tipped to improve from around 55% of 2019 levels in 2021 to around 97% by 2022. 摩根士丹利在報告中列述了其樂觀態度的理由， 包括博彩總收入有望從2021年的恢復至2019 年的55%，提升至2022年的恢復至約97%。