Articles tagged “gaming”

Hotels

Las Vegas Sands CEO Praises China With Macau Gaming License Up for Renewal

Macau is an extraordinarily important gaming market for Las Vegas Sands, and the company’s third quarter earnings call was a giant love fest for China’s gaming regulators. What else are company leaders going to do but schmooze the people in charge of renewing their gaming license?

Cameron Sperance | 3 months ago

Coronavirus

Video: How Hotels Are Looking Ahead as Large-Scale Events Return

Watch a full session from our recent online event devoted to hotels and hospitality, and post-pandemic marketing strategy and planning.

Skift | 7 months ago

Hotels

Mohegan Says New Luxury Resort on Site of Former Athens Airport Will Be Open in 2026

A long-awaited $10 billion redevelopment of the old Athens airport is underway finally. U.S. casino operator Mohegan will be the first to push ahead at the seaside location. Στην υγειά σας !

Angeliki Koutantou, Reuters | 8 months ago

EventMB

How Event Planners Can Leverage Gaming to Engage Online Audiences

11 months ago

Coronavirus

Las Vegas Gets New Coronavirus Restrictions as Cases Grow

Vegas partially reopened with fewer issues than many expected, but as summer turned into fall and visitors and locals let their guard down cases shot back up quickly. Like every other tourist market in the U.S., Vegas would benefit from a coordinated federal response.

Steve Gorman, Reuters | 1 year ago

Hotels

Caesars Entertainment Raises Stakes in Online Betting With $3.7 Billion Bid for British Company

Chasing MGM Resorts? Caesars Entertainment's play for William Hill is the latest sign Las Vegas sees tons of upside in moving chips in the direction of online gaming and sports betting.

Tanishaa Nadkar and Pamela Barbaglia, Reuters | 1 year ago

Tourism

Blackstone Picks Up $360 Million Stake in Australia’s Crown Resorts From Melco

Gaming companies are hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, but Melco seems to be suffering more than others — if its latest money-losing deal with Blackstone goes to shows.

Rashmi Ashok, Reuters | 2 years ago

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Takes a 80 Percent Bite Out of Macau’s Gaming Revenues in March

Macau's casinos may have reopened but business is not as usual for these resorts. If there’s anything the coronavirus has shown, it’s that diversification is needed more than ever for the gaming enclave.

Farah Master, Reuters | 2 years ago

Tourism

Chinese Casino Dream for Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Undeterred by Coronavirus

Will it take more than a global pandemic to reshape Sihanoukville’s tourism future? All bets are off now.

Clare Baldwin, Reuters | 2 years ago