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IAG NOV 2021年11月 亞博匯 128 ONES TO WATCH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHAIRMAN Success Universe SONNY YEUNG ED TRACY RAVI WIJERATNE PERHAPS Success Universe’s biggest move this year was to invest a few million dollars into Bitcoin. But if the world’s most famous cryptocurrency can’t deliver, Macau integrated resort Ponte 16 is a decent option to fall back on. Despite suffering like everyone else in the industry during COVID-19, the unique Inner Harbour property has a history of outperforming against the might of Macau’s Cotai giants. Ponte 16 benefits from some unique geography, with its 2.3-hectare space offering an outdoor pool, a fitness center and sauna, a high- end spa, nine restaurants, cafes and lounges and seven multi- purpose meeting rooms, plus 93 gaming tables as of 30 June 2021. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Hard Rock Japan CHAIRMAN Rank Holdings THE FORMER SANDS CHINA PRESIDENT AND CEO is now Hard Rock International’s CEO of Asia, tasked with expanding the company’s regional portfolio including the No 1 target of Japan. While that opportunity looks lost for now, word on the street says Hard Rock hasn’t given up the ghost just yet. And with the governor of its preferred location of Hokkaido suggesting Japan’s northernmost island might also be keen to revisit IRs in the future, expect Hard Rock to be ready and waiting. ONE OF SRI LANKA’S casino “kings” with two of its five casino licenses in his control, Rank Holdings Chairman Ravi Wijeratne has long been one of the country’s most powerful men with interests in everything from real estate and finance to hydropower, logistics and shipping terminals. The 61-year-old purchased his first casino, Star Dust – also Sri Lanka’s largest – in 1994 before building a second called Casino Marina Colombo soon after. 執行董事暨主席 實德環球有限公司 行政總裁 Hard Rock Japan 主席 Rank Holdings 楊海成 Ed Tracy Ravi Wijeratne 可能實德環球 在今年最大的動作，就是 投放數百萬元在比特幣的上。但如果這 種世界上最出名的加密貨幣都未能帶來 任何回報的話，澳門的綜合度假村十六 浦將會是該公司最佳的退守之處。雖然 實德環球就如行業中其他成員一樣都由 於新冠疫情受到打擊，但該公司旗下獨 特的內港物業就曾試過錄得比起澳門的 路氹巨擘更好的成績。十六浦得益於幾 個獨特的地理條件。截至2021年6月30 日，在其2.3公頃的範圍內，有一個室外 泳池、一個健身中心及桑拿、一個高端 水療中心、9間餐廳、咖啡室和大堂酒 吧，還有7個多功能會議廳，另外加上 93張賭枱。 這位金沙中國 前總裁及行政總 裁，現為Hard Rock International 亞洲事務行政總裁，專注負責 Hard Rock的區域擴展計劃，首 要目標是日本市場。雖然現時該 公司看似失去了一個機會，但有 傳言Hard Rock並未就此放棄。而 由於該公司相中的北海道的知事 曾表示這個日本最北端的島嶼可 能亦有興趣在未來重新思考發展 綜合度假村，一般可以假設Hard Rock對此已準備就緒，而且蓄勢 待發。 身為斯里蘭卡 的賭王之一，Rank Holdings主席Ravi Wijeratne手 持著五張賭牌的其中兩張，並且 一路都是斯里蘭卡最有權勢的人 物之一，業務遍佈地產、水力發 電、物流和碼頭等行業。這位年 屆61歲的商人於1994年收購其首 間娛樂場、斯里蘭卡最大的娛樂 場Star Dust，隨後興建了第二間 賭場Casino Marina Colombo。