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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jump to the full entry & travel map Macau, China Macau - lo huan island where part of the finale of the S Korean TV drama "The Princess House" is shot
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Shares of major casino operators with properties in Macau slipped on Wednesday as investors grappled with an unconfirmed news report that the Chinese government might place new restrictions on visits to the gambling enclave. According to analysts, Portugal's...
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Banking Business Review (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
HSBC Macau has appointed Clarissa Wong as the new head of global payments and cash management.
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Shares of major casino operators fell on reports that might make it harder for mainland Chinese to visit Macau, the one part of the country where gambling is legal
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Stocks to Watch Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
VEGAS SANDS DISPUTES NEW MACAU WORRIES Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has sworn the latest media reports of trouble in the gaming paradise of Macau aren’t true. But with the stock off as much as 6% in Wednesday’s trading, the market doesn’t seem to be taking gaming company denials at face value. China media outlets reported that [...]
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jump to the full entry & travel map Macau, China Today was wonderful! For breakfast I had congee, this is a chinese sort of grits. They are bland and you add in cilantro, chives, dried fish, fresh fish, what ever you wish. We went to several local markets - Bird, Flower, Fish & Food. Bird Market was was set in a city garden. People raise their birds ( finches, parrots, deep blue birds, small...
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Stocks to Watch Today (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
GOV’T RESTRICTIONS COULD CURB CASINOS MACAU OPS Shares of casino operators have tumbled sharply in Tuesday’s trading amid concerns that the surging revenues gleaned from operations in Macau could be imperiled by efforts on the part of the Chinese government to curb visits to the gaming destination. Shares of Las Vegas Sands (LVS) dropped 11% Tuesday, [...]
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shares of casino operators fell sharply on Tuesday amid concerns that the Chinese government may act to curtail visits by mainlanders to Macau, the only place in China where gambling is legal.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
MACAU, Aug. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Macau Prime Award-winner for Best
Online Travel Agency, Macau.com launches partnership with Macau video
provider Aomen.TV to provide Japanese online videos of Macau travel and
tourism attractions on .
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The videos, which all have Japanese subtitles, feature Macau's hottest
attractions and events in collaboration with Destination Macau magazine.
One new...
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currybetdotnet (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Unlike at Euro2008 , where UEFA's top sponsors had billboards all over the stadia, one of the challenges of sponsoring or being a marketing partner at the Olympics is that you can't directly advertise within the sporting arenas themselves. Marketing activity has to take place away from the Games, and, as I saw in Macau, is at risk of being usurped by 'fake' Olympic branding . There was a lot...
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currybetdotnet (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
As I mentioned, I was in Macau during the build-up and start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Although Macau is a ' Special Administrative Region ' of China, and so under a different legislative framework, the area is still proud to be associated with hosting the Olympics. There are street signs and evidence of Olympic-related activity almost everywhere you go. Macau is an interesting...
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Business Times Asiaone (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
(HONG KONG) Macau's chief executive has warned that gaming revenues in the casino haven may fall next year due to the global economic slowdown, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.
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currybetdotnet (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
I was in Macau during the build-up and start of this year's Beijing Olympics , and, since it is one of China's " Special Administrative Regions ", I really got a taste of what it was like to be in the host country. The British team stayed in Macau in the run-up to the Olympics, and we spotted quite a few people walking around with their Olympic accreditation badges and 'Team GB' shirts...
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Bed and Breakfast Blog (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Mobil Travel Guide to Launch Mobil Travel Guide: Hong Kong & MacauMarketWatch - 2 hours agoThis guide, the second in Mobil Travel Guide's inaugural suite of international titles, will feature an abundance of information on the rapidly evolving …