Your Daily Asia Gaming eBrief: Henqgin recovery outpacing Macau, still bodes well: expert

Good Morning. Build it, across the border, and they will come. Such is the story of Hengqin, whose recovery is outpacing its neighboring gambling hub Macau. A massive theme park and a continual ramp-up of new hotel rooms and MICE facilities on the non-gaming island (and surrounding Zhuhai) are bringing visitors to within a stone's throw of Cotai. And in Australia, the problem gambling mitigation continues, with Crown Resorts launching PlaySafe - encompassing everything from game design to online player self-exclusion.

What you need to know

• An expert says that even though Macau's tourism recovery was encouraging in 1H23, it still needs momentum to catch up with neighboring Hengqin.
• Crown Resorts officially rolls out its new responsible gaming program, entitled PlaySafe, with online self-exclusion and player curbs.

On the radar

• MGM Resorts appoints Daniel Yang as Chief Customer & Innovation Officer.
• AMCM: Visitor spending on gaming increased by 100 percent in 1Q23.
• Flight links delay Macau recovery, operators setting up new promotion bureaus.
• China to severely crack down on telecom/online gambling with Myanmar.
• Crystal Cruises to purchase four new vessels, with “ambitious growth plans”.
• SJM’s hotel occupancy jumps to 90 percent during summer.

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