–Happy New Year’s–
Macau celebrated the coming of the new year all throughout the city, with performances and shows and the appearance of local celebrities at the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf and the Sai Vai Lakes. Amongst the new year’s activities, the Grand Lisboa started its celebrations at 11pm and at midnight had its first countdown into [...]

Macau unemployment under 3%

–Thank you casinos–
Macao saw its unemployment rate for the first 11 months of 2007 stand at 2.9 percent, 0.7 percentage point lower than the same period of 2006, according to the Employment Survey released on Friday by the Statistics and Census Service.
The survey showed that Macao’s total labor force was estimated at 320,000, while the [...]

Gambling mom leaves kids at home

A single mother left her two young daughters home alone while she indulged in a week-long gambling spree, a Hong Kong court report said Saturday. The mother left the girls aged eight and nine with just 160 Hong Kong dollars (20 US dollars) on a Friday night in October and left for Macau, a gambling [...]

NJ’s MGM probe continues

The efforts by MGM Mirage to open a casino halfway around the world have led to a review of whether there’s a conflict of interest within the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. For nearly three years, the division has been conducting an investigation into MGM’s partner in the Chinese enclave of Macau. The partner, [...]

Macau ferry services inadequate

Ticket touts are increasingly working the ferry terminals between Hong Kong and Macau, cashing in on the tourism boom in the territory that has revealed the inadequacy of ferry services, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported yesterday.
The public recently complaint about both the lack of ferries and associated ticket scalpers, when Venetian Macao held [...]

The Police concert at Venetian Macao

Stuff like this is great for The Venetian, Cotai Strip tourism, Macau, and most importantly, its tourists. They may be balding and grey, but they still rock…“The Venetian Macau Resort Hotel and Live Nation Global Touring have confirmed that The Police will perform at The Venetian Arena in Macao, on 7th February 2008.
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MGM Cotai plans

The incredible MGM Grand Macau has only been open for a few days and I’m already looking ahead to the opening of MGM’s Cotai Strip resort. Since that project hasnt even been approved by the government yet, I am obviously jumping the gun a bit. But I can’t help myself, so here’s what MGM has [...]

Anti-government protest in Macau

More than 1,000 people marched through Macau streets on Thursday demanding an end to corruption and calling for greater democracy at a time of mounting tensions and social inequalities in the gambling haven.
“Fight for democracy. Protect our livelihood,” shouted the protesters, who brandished banners and shouted slogans denouncing what they called the authorities’ poor and [...]

Hotel Okura Macau to open at GalaxyWorld Resort

Hotel Okura Macau is to debut in September 2009, Travel Business Review reported. Hotel Okura Macau is to offer 400 rooms and features such as a bar and club lounge, along with two restaurants, one of which is to be open 24 hours.
The hotel is to be part of a 15-million-square-foot Galaxy entertainment complex offering [...]

MGM Grand Macau casino opens

U.S. casino operator MGM Mirage and its joint-venture partner Pansy Ho plan to add to their new business in Macau by building an ultraluxurious hotel and casino on reclaimed land that has seen fervid construction.
The joint venture opened its first project yesterday, a $1.25 billion casino and 600-room hotel called MGM Grand Macau in downtown [...]