Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUL 2023年7月 亞博匯 60 IN FOCUS when we first came in but with everyone working together – ourselves, the government and the neighboring businesses – we have kind of rebuilt this area. It is becoming more popular among tourists. For example, we have many revisit customers and many of them come back because they like this area and because of the convenience our hotel offers. It really is segment tourism with two types of customers coming to the counter. One is mainly to gamble, so they don't care about staying in a box – they just want everything to be convenient and to cater to their needs. The other type is those who want to go out. It can be very difficult to get taxis in Macau, so location becomes even more important, and having that convenience to walk around here has been beneficial to us. All these [factors] add up together to create our property, and I think it’s a unique client base we have captured. AWS: You mentioned some of the advantages of this area, being a historical and an interesting area. What about the challenges, either from being in this area or just generally challenges that arise from operating in Macau at the moment? Dr Ma: Well, it has been a challenge because the third phase hasn’t been built, although it has almost been resolved with the government. What we had initially planned for has changed entirely. We have grown up with Macau through different phases, and what Macau really needs now is