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Mass market slot machines aren't doing that well, but high-end Baccarat play are booming. Sign of the economic times, really.
Skift | 12 years ago
Tourism
China hopes to stop Macau from regressing to its chaotic and violent past by publicizing police raids and developing the city into a more tourist friendly destination.
Farah Master, Reuters | 12 years ago
Slowdown in China means the super-rich there may pull back short term from Macau, but MGM Resorts says it is in for long haul.
Susan Zeidler, Reuters | 12 years ago
Airlines
You don't want to look at Atlantic City's revenues too closely. You think the airport's bad? The social cost of running A.C.'s casinos is even higher.
Jennifer Bogdan, The Press of Atlantic City | 12 years ago
What is and isn't an Indian casino in the U.S. is so much about local politics and creative boundaries that a battle like this amounts to not much more than closing the gate after the horses have escaped.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat | 12 years ago
Unless your city is a marquee destination like Las Vegas or Macau that has more to offer visitors than loose slots, there's little to keep visitors loyal to one city over another.
Online Travel
Finally, a way to make social media addiction pay. Every location-based update a user makes to linked social media accounts -- no matter the number of followers they have -- gives them loyalty points equal to what spending $20 does.
With the average foreign visitor likely to spend nearly triple on everything, the local tourism and convention board wants to nearly double its foreign influx to 30% of the city's total.
