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北马里亚纳群岛——博华太平洋的 VIP 部门受到机场关闭的打击
By 菲尔 -28年2019月XNUMX日
Having issued a profit warning at the start of the month, Imperial Pacific confirmed that a huge slump in VIP at its Imperial Pacific Resort on Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, resulted in a loss of HKD2.97bn (US$378m) in 2018.
Revenue came in at HKD3.25bn for the year to December 31, marking a fall of 58.2 per cent from 2017 with rolling chip revenue coming generating HKD126.26bn, dwarfed by 2017’s total of HKD385.86bn. It finished the year operating 193 gaming tables and 365 slot machines.
Imperial said: “Both the VIP table games rolling and gross revenue showing a decline compared to the same period of last year due to the impact of the FIFA World Cup, tightening marker credits and disruption caused by typhoon Yutu. Due to the damage of Yutu, Saipan international airport which was closed for almost one month, the operation at our casino was adversely affected.”
“With the visitation recovering and four new junket licenses approved by Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC), we expect to commence collaboration with gaming promoters in the coming year,” it added. “Having the advantage of CNMI’s relatively low tax regime, we believe we will be able to offer very competitive commission rates to potential gaming promoters. Our VIP customers primarily consist of credit players. Geographically, most of our direct VIP patrons come from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Korea.”
Revenue from mass gaming operations amounted to HK$209m, down from HK$303m in 2017. Revenue from slot machines and ETGs amounted to HK$56m, down from HK$67m in 2017.
The company added: “We will continue to review our mass gaming areas to maximise table utilisation, to expand our gaming areas, to innovate our gaming products and to invest in technologies and analytical capability to enhance table productivity and customer retention.”
The property’s completion has suffered delay after delay although the company is now confident it can move forward.
“The lack of the labour situation has been ameliorated tremendously during the year, we have secured adequate labour supply from the Philippines and Taiwan to ensure the need of the construction,” it explained.
