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IAG NOV 2021年11月 亞博匯 114 26-50 PRESIDENT Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment, Inc 總裁 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 574 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: ONES TO WATCH 未來焦點 Former Deutsche Bank and Union Gaming investment banker • • 曾任職於投行德意志銀行及Union Gaming工作 48 BYRON YIP JUST A FEW DAYS before the 2020 Asian Gaming Power 50 Gala Dinner took place in Macau, Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment, the operating entity of Okada Manila and subsidiary of Japan’s Universal Entertainment Corp, announced the promotion of Chief Operating Officer Byron Yip to the role of President. Among other honors that supported the appointment, the corporate release highlighted the rapid growth of Okada Manila prior to the COVID-19 pandemic under his direction. Expectations about Yip – a former investment banker with Deutsche Bank – were perfectly summarized in the words of Hajime Tokuda, Universal Entertainment Corp’s Director-in-Charge for Overseas Business. “As the whole world continues to struggle through these trying times, we are confident that, with Byron’s exemplary leadership, Okada Manila will soon resume being a preferred destination and world-class integrated resort.” But for the time being, COVID-19 has been especially cruel to Okada Manila, forced to shut its doors for most of the second quarter of this year. It resulted in a 49% sequential decline in gross gaming revenue to Php2.61 billion (US$51.9 million) in 2Q21, down from Php5.12 billion (US$101.7 million) in the March quarter. The decline reflected the suspension of casino operations at Okada Manila through April and part of May, with capacity limited to 30% during the second half of the quarter. Notwithstanding the circumstances, Yip managed to reduce the 1H21 operating loss to JPY2.02 billion (US$18.4 million), compared with a loss of JPY5.27 billion (US$48.0 million) over the same period last year, which included the suspension of casino operations for the entire second quarter. His simple hope heading into 2022 will be to keep Okada Manila’s doors open. 就在2020年 「亞博匯50強」正式晚宴在澳門舉行的前幾日，岡田馬尼 拉的營運實體、日本環球娛樂公司的子公司Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment宣佈，將晉升首席運營官Byron Yip為公司總裁。 在概述此番任命的多個榮譽中，該公司突出強調了岡田馬尼拉在他領 導之下於新冠疫情前的快速增長。Byron Yip此前曾就職於德意志銀行。而 環球娛樂公司海外業務主管 Hajime Tokuda 的話完美地表達了對 Byron Yip的期望，他說：「當整個世界繼續在這個艱難時刻掙扎之時，我們相 信在Byron的優秀領導下，岡田馬尼拉將很快恢復成為首選目的地和世界 級綜合度假村」 但就目前而言，疫情對岡田馬尼拉的影響尤其殘酷，其在今年的大 部分時間內被迫關閉。導致岡田馬尼拉的博彩總收入在2021年第二季度 環比下降49%至26.1億披索（5190萬美元），低於第一季度的51.2億披索 （1.017億美元）。 這一下滑主要由於岡田馬尼拉的賭場在4月及5月間部分時間內暫停個 營運，及當季的運力被限制在30%。 儘管如此，Byron Yip還是成功將2021年上半年的經營虧損減少至20.2 億日元（1840萬美元），而去年同期虧損為52.7億日元（4800萬美元）， 其中還包括整個第二季度賭場暫停運營。他對2022年的簡單希望是希望岡 田馬尼拉能大門常開。