Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2022年11月 亞博匯 67 1-10 Meanwhile, Solaire’s COVID comeback is already well underway. Bloomberry reported a 131% year-on-year and 47% sequential increase in gross gaming revenues in the June 2022 quarter to Php13.1 billion (US$235 million) – enough to return to net profit following two years of significant losses throughout the pandemic. And word on the street has it that the property, like many in the Philippines, is already on track to surpass 2019 levels by early 2023, if not earlier. Meanwhile, Razon – who played a leading role in the Philippines’ COVID-19 fight by establishing a number of vaccination and quarantine centers – continues to wield enormous power in his home country thanks to his many business interests, most notably via port-handling giant International Container Terminal Services from which he first made his billions. He also has interests in power, mining, oil and gas, and in 2020 he purchased a 25% stake in utilities firm Manila Water, injecting much-needed funding into an operation whose financial struggles had long earned the ire of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. 正當 菲律賓從新冠肺炎大流行的蹂躪中涅槃重生時,Bloomberry Resorts Corp及其充滿遠見的擁有人Enrique Razon Jr,也立即 把握時間,計劃一個更加美好的將來。 Bloomberry在菲律賓的第二間綜合度假村、位於奎松市的 Solaire North,已經進入啟用前的最後準備階段。該物業在6月 平頂,並預計於明年開幕。Bloomberry也在5月宣佈,已經達成 了協議,在馬尼拉以南的甲美地,購買近3百萬平方米的土地, 發展第三間晨麗品牌的綜合度假村。 該公司亦正商討購入面臨困境的PH Resorts Group的股 份,甚至可能會取得後者的控制權。PH Resorts Group是由 Dennis Uy擁有的Udenna Group的博彩及款待業務分支,正在開 發分別位於宿霧和克拉克The Emerald Bay和The Base Resort Hotel and Casino。 雖然在娛樂城的晨麗度假城已經被公認為菲律賓博彩業界的 黃金準則,但Bloomberry可能在十年內於該國各地營運多至5間 綜合度假村的潛在擴充計劃,就無疑更加奠定該公司在當地的龍 頭地位,以及在亞洲地區其中一位最顯赫營運商的身份。 與此同時,晨麗也正穩步從新冠疫情中重回正軌。根據 Bloomberry的公佈,該公司在2022年6月的季度,錄得了博彩毛 收入131億披索(2.35億美元),同比連續兩年上升131%及47%, 這亦足夠讓公司扭轉疫情兩年的嚴重虧損,重回盈利狀態。有傳 言指該物業與很多其他在菲律賓的度假村一樣,有可能在2023 年初甚至更早就可以取得比2019年更佳的業績。 與此同時,Razon在菲律賓的抗疫之路中,通過設立多間疫 苗及隔離中心,被視為擔當領導角色,也因為他於不同商業領域 的廣泛涉獵,特別是那個為他賺來第一桶金的碼頭操作巨頭In- ternational Container Terminal Services,而繼續在菲律賓享有 巨大權勢。 他也有涉足能源、採礦和石油及燃氣等方面,並在2020年 購入馬尼拉水公司兩成半股份,為這間因為深受財政問題困擾而 在從前令到菲律賓前總統杜特爾特大為震怒的公司,帶來急需的 資金。

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