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Macao bags several awards at a regional travel showcase
Macao News
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August 28, 2025
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has brought home Grand and Gold awards from this year’s Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Travel Mart, held this week in Bangkok. Two of the SAR’s integrated resort operators – Melco Resorts and...
PATA Travel Mart 2025 opens in Bangkok with global delegates
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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August 28, 2025
PATA Travel Mart 2025 in Bangkok gathered over 1,000 delegates from 50 destinations, fostering collaboration, cultural exchange, and industry innovation. BANGKOK, THAILAND – The PATA Travel Mart 2025 (PTM 2025), the Pacific Asia Travel Association...
What’s in store for Macao’s GGR? Here are 3 factors worth monitoring
Macao News
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August 29, 2025
Following consecutive gross gaming revenue (GGR) beats, industry watchers are poised to thoroughly comb through the August data when the numbers are released next week. Investment analysts have turned more optimistic on the sector’s outlook with...
Tourists visit Ruins of St. Paul's in S China's Macao
Xinhua News Agency
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Tourists visit the Ruins of St. Paul's in south China's Macao, Aug. 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka) Tourists visit the Ruins of St. Paul's in south China's Macao, Aug. 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka) Tourists visit the Ruins of St. Paul's in...
Macao’s citywide consumption drive is tipped to greatly boost local spending
Macao News
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August 28, 2025
Macao’s new 13-week long consumption campaign, which will run from 1 September to 30 November, is expected to drive Macao’s stable economic recovery during what is traditionally an off-peak season for the local tourism industry. Such remarks were...
Can Macau handle 40M tourists per year? And should it?
Asia Gaming Brief
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August 28, 2025
Stress tests. Night tourism. More improvements to transportation and infrastructure. All of these are needed for Macau to reach its goal of 40 million tourists in 2025 without hitting a saturation point. “There’s no problem with 40 million...
Visitors’ average stay in Macao has been shortening. That may not be such a bad thing.
Macao News
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August 28, 2025
Travellers left after an average of 1.1 days in Macao during the first half of 2025 – a pattern that, if continued, would make the average length of stay this year the lowest in a decade. Is that a bad thing? Not according to researcher Ali Bavik...
‘I want to show that a kid from Macao can work,’ says Macau Black Bears’ youngest star Leo Lei
Macao News
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August 28, 2025
Macao’s basketball scene has grown through the years, and Leo Lei has grown along with it. He’s a student at Keang Peng School who was raised shooting at a hoop his grandfather put up at home. The 17-year-old player also scored 20 points against...
The Privileged Moment: Moët Hennessy launches ultra-personalised travel retail experience
DFNI-Frontier
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August 28, 2025
Moët Hennessy has launched The Privileged Moment, an ultra-personalised experience exclusively for premium shoppers in travel retail. Offering access to the maison’s “most harmonious cognac” Hennessy Paradis, the experience first launched at...
Art Macao 2025 kicks off with city-wide exhibitions
Macao News
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August 27, 2025
The Macao International Art Biennale 2025 (otherwise known as Art Macao) is now underway, offering a diverse programme of over 30 exhibitions. Among the public art is Time Tower, recently unveiled at the Macao Cultural Centre Plaza. The...
Turning hell into heaven: Macao priest Father Gaetano Nicosia embarks on the path to sainthood
Macao News
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August 28, 2025
Start from Sai Van Bridge and head south. Past the fast cars and faster talkers of Taipa’s town centre, past the hopeful gamblers and fastidious hoteliers on Cotai Strip. Take a left when you reach the Ilha de Coloane. There, tucked in the corner...
Jeju Dream Tower Overtakes Paradise City as South Korea’s Highest-Earning Tourist-Only Casino
Casino Beats
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August 27, 2025
The Jeju Dream Tower Casino has overtaken Paradise City to become South Korea’s highest-earning casino that only admits foreign passport holders. According to the South Korean newspaper Maeil Kyungjae, the Dream Tower Casino has recorded the...
Macao Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai will visit Portugal and Spain next month
Macao News
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August 27, 2025
Chief Executive (CE) Sam Hou Fai of Macao is scheduled to visit Portugal and Spain between 16 and 23 September in what will be his first overseas trip since taking the city’s highest office on 20 December last year. According to an announcement by...
The 12th International Lion Dance Championship 2025 – MGM Cup to Roar into Action This October at Macau’s Barra Square
Macau Daily Times
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August 27, 2025
MGM announces “The 12th International Lion Dance Championship 2025 – MGM Cup” will be held on October 4 and 5 at Barra Square of A-ma Temple. Staying true to its commitment to innovating while preserving Chinese cultural heritage, MGM has hosted...
CE to travel to Lisbon, Madrid after legislative elections; key topics on agenda
Macau Daily Times
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August 27, 2025
Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai and Consul General of the Portuguese Consulate in Macau Alexandre Leitão The Chief Executive (CE), Sam Hou Fai, will lead a delegation of local government officials and business sector representatives on an eight-day...
MACAU REPORT: Innovation beyond casinos
Asian Legal Business
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Macau's legal market – one of China's most mature yet insular – is experiencing a quiet revolution as the city's ambitious economic diversification strategy creates new opportunities beyond its traditional gaming and real estate strongholds. With...
Sri Lanka eyes 10% GDP from tourism with casino focus
Asia Gaming Brief
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August 26, 2025
Sri Lanka’s president is betting on casinos to fuel the country’s tourism recovery, aiming to lift the industry’s contribution to 10 percent of GDP as the island nation seeks to rebuild its economy after the devastating financial collapse of 2022...
Macao named Asia’s ‘Best Conventions Destination’ at M&C Asia Stella Awards
Macao News
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August 25, 2025
Macao has once again been recognised as a top business events hub, winning the title of Best Conventions Destination (Asia) at the 2025 M&C Asia Stella Awards in Bangkok last week. The awards are regarded as one of the region’s most credible...
Macao to host CreatorWeek 2025, spotlighting global creator economy
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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August 25, 2025
CreatorWeek Macao 2025 will unite global creators, platforms, and industry leaders, highlighting culture, collaboration, and East-West creative exchange. MACAO – Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and co-organizers, Branded, will host...
Macau logs this year 9th imported chikungunya case
The Macau Post Daily
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Macau recorded this year’s ninth imported case of chikungunya fever yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night. According to the statement, the patient is a 53-year-old local man who works in Macau but lives in the...