Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2021年11月亞博匯 57 1-10 Galaxy Macau Phase 3, originally due to open in 2021 but delayed as a result of the pandemic, will be Macau’s most significant property launch of the year, comprising a raft of new gaming and non-gaming elements including Galaxy International Convention Center, an Andaz Hotel and an all-suite Raffles at Galaxy Macau, featuring 450 suites under the famous Singapore hotel brand. Galaxy Phase 3 will be closely followed by Phase 4, and between them will see Galaxy Macau add a combined 3,000 rooms across eight new hotel brands targeted at the premium segment via high-end family rooms and villas. This will more than double the offerings at GEG’s flagship property, which currently boasts six hotels including top end Ritz-Carlton and high-quality Asian brands Okura and Banyan Tree. It will also help boost the company’s Macau market share, analysts say. Currently sitting just behind Sands China at around 21% market share, it is predicted that Phases 3 and 4 will give GEG a small boost in VIP and substantial boost in the more lucrative mass market segment once fully operational. It is perhaps the significance of GEG’s Macau expansion that allowed the company to pause its pursuit of an integrated resort license in Japan in May with little to no fanfare, having previously expressed an interest in Yokohama among other locations. Given Yokohama’s recent withdrawal from Japan’s IR race under a new mayor, GEG’s decision in that regard looks even more astute. It is this considered approach that has formed the backbone of Galaxy’s success, an achievement made even more impressive by the fact that neither Francis Lui nor his father, group Chairman Lui Che Woo, had any notable gaming industry experience when Galaxy Entertainment Group won a Macau gaming concession back in 2002. Twenty years on, the company approaches Macau’s long-awaited license re-tendering process as one of the elite heavyweights of Asian gaming. 一如所有 在澳企業,銀河娛樂集團亦受到新冠肺炎大流行帶來的 財政衝擊。該公司在2020年錄得40億港元(5.14億美元)的虧損, 在2021年首6個月亦只有90萬港元(11.6萬美元)的盈利。而近期的 疫情反覆及在十月黃金週前後的通關限制,都令到銀娛在2021年 下半年的財政表現蒙上陰影。 但在呂耀東領軍下,銀娛的保守財政策略令到該公司比其他 嚴重依賴龐大的新債及銀行豁免的澳門賭場專營權持有人處於一 個更具優勢的位置。根據在八月更新的資料,該公司截至2021年 6月30日的流動資產為430億港元(55.3億美元),淨現金則有316 億港元(40.6億美元)。這讓銀娛成為澳門6間博企中唯一一間擁有 淨現金的公司。 即使面對新冠疫情的不明朗以及博彩牌照在來年6月26日正 式到期等,2022年還是有不少值得期待的地方。 原本計劃於2021年開幕的澳門銀河第三期,由於疫情關係出 現延誤。但它將會為澳門來年帶來最重量級的設施啟用。澳門銀 河第三期將蘊含一系列全新博彩及非博彩元素,包括銀河國際會 議中心、安達仕酒店,以及全套房的澳門銀河萊佛士和由這個著 名新加坡酒店品牌帶來的450間套房。 緊隨澳門銀河第三期的將會是第四期,它們將會為澳門銀河 增加一共8個新酒店品牌3000間客房,通過高級家庭客房及渡假 屋來主打高端市場。 現時澳門銀河的6個酒店品牌中,就包括高端定位的麗思卡 爾頓以及高質素的亞洲品牌大倉和悅榕莊。在第三第四期開幕 後,這座銀娛旗艦設施的酒店客房數量將會倍翻。 分析師也認為,新項目將能夠令該公司在澳門的市場份額變 大。現時銀娛的市場份額僅僅排於金沙中國之後,約為21%。一般 預料在第三及第四期全面開幕後,銀娛在貴賓市場的份額將會小幅 度增長,但在更加利潤豐厚的中場市場的份額將會大幅提升。 可能正是由於該公司在澳門擴充的重要性,令到本來對橫濱 等地點表達過興趣的銀娛於5月低調暫停爭取在日本的綜合度假 村牌照。有鑑於橫濱在新市長領導下於最近退出日本的綜合度假 村競逐,銀娛的決定就顯得更加英明。 亦正是這種深思熟慮的態度,造就了的成功。而這份成功顯 得更加令人欽佩的原因,在於呂耀東及其父親、集團主席呂志和 在銀河娛樂集團於2002年贏得澳門博彩專營權前並未在博彩業 有任何突出的經驗。 20年過去,該公司現在就以亞洲博彩市場中精英大腕的姿態 邁向讓人期待已久的澳門賭牌重新競投。

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