Inside Asian Gaming
IAG NOV 2021年11月亞博匯 71 1-10 border restrictions with mainland China. Signs of recovery earlier this year have also been stymied in recent months due to a handful of COVID-19 spot fires, the most recent seeing just 8,159 visitor arrivals into Macau for the whole of the October Golden Week holiday, down from almost 1 million arrivals during the same period in 2019. Wynn’s Macau casinos have generated losses of US$75 million and US$50 million respectively in the first two quarters of 2021, coming off a US$928 million loss in 2020. But Maddox has remained bullish on Macau’s prospects throughout, telling investors in August that he expects the mass gaming segments to return stronger than ever. “It’s hard to predict but when we witnessed what happened with Golden Week in May, it just shows that the pent-up demand is very real and I think everywhere around the world the demand for what we do is stronger than it’s ever been,” he said. “Clearly [the VIP segment] won’t come roaring back to what it was, but I fully anticipate that what you’ll see on the premium mass and mass side will be stronger than it’s ever been.” It is with this in mind that Wynn Macau has been converting some of its old VIP areas into premium mass space, echoing similar moves being made by other operators in the SAR. The company also completed an expansion of its peninsula property, adding more mass gaming space, two new restaurants and 7,000 square feet of new retail space. A much more substantial Phase 2 expansion of Cotai IR Wynn Palace remains on hold due to COVID-19, but will include more hotels as well as non-gaming attractions once work gets underway, likely in 2022. No doubt Maddox will be looking for smoother waters by then. 自2018年2月 出任永利渡假村行政總裁以來,董事兼行政總裁馬 德承始終引領著永利渡假村一路破冰前行,很可能在未來幾年成 為真正的「掌舵者」。 馬德承在擔任行政總裁的前兩年內的大部分時間,都在修復 公司創始人史蒂芬·永利被指控多起行為不端事件而對永利渡假 村聲譽造成的損害。該事件最終導致永利從董事會辭職並出售所 持有的全部公司股份。 在馬德承的領導下,董事會進行了全面變革,告別了一些「 老人」,增加了更大多樣性包括重要職位的女性代表。有知情人 士稱,面貌一新的永利渡假村是2021年的首選僱主。但是,馬德 承幾乎沒有時間來享受這一成果。 2020年2月,澳門當局下令關閉特區內的所有娛樂場15天, 其中就包括永利渡假村的子公司永利澳門有限公司所經營的永利 澳門及永利皇宮。儘管自那之後澳門的娛樂場再未關閉,但由於 與內地之間的通關限制,澳門的業績持續低迷。雖然今年較早 時復甦跡象乍現,但近幾個月來依舊受到零星爆發的局部疫情的 影響。包括在今年的十一黃金週期間,僅錄得8,159人次進入澳 門,遠低於2019年同期的近100萬人次。 永利在澳門的娛樂場在2021年的前兩個季度分別虧損7,500 萬美元及5,000萬美元,但2020年虧損為9.28億美元。 但是馬德承自始至終都看好澳門的前景。他曾在8月告訴投 資者,預計中場博彩將以前所未有的強勁勢頭回歸。 「這很難預測,但當我們目睹5月黃金周的狀況所反映的真 實被壓抑的需求時,我認為全球對於這個行業的需求都比以往任 何時候都要強烈。」他表示,「無疑貴賓博彩難以恢復往日盛 況,但我認為,高端中場及中場方面將以前所未有的強勢回歸。 」 有鑒於此,永利澳門一直在將一些舊的貴賓博彩區改建成優 質中場,其他營運商亦有類似舉動。 該公司還完成了對其位於澳門半島物業的擴建,增加了更多 的中場博彩空間,兩家新餐廳和 7,000 平方英尺的新零售空間。 因應疫情影響,位於路氹的永利皇宮二期擴建工程仍處於擱 置狀態,但一旦該工程開始啟動(可能在2022年),將提供更 多的酒店及非博彩景點。 毫無疑問,馬德承屆時將領軍駛向更為平穩的水域。
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