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SJM Scraps Plan to Buy Hotel Lisboa as Macau Gambling Slows (Bloomberg)

March 20, 2009 | TRAVEL

March 20 (Bloomberg) — SJM Holdings Ltd., controlled by Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho , scrapped an HK$4.7 billion ($606 million) plan to buy the Hotel Lisboa and a development site in the city from its parent because of the financial crisis. (read more…)
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DPA to Pamper Stars in Asia During the Hong Kong International Film Festival 2009 (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

March 19, 2009 | TRAVEL

Nathalie Dubois-Sissoko and DPA are coming to Asia with a spectacular gifting suite, at the W Hong Kong Hotel. (read more…)
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PokerStars Macau At the Grand Lisboa to Launch On March 19, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

March 17, 2009 | TRAVEL

MACAU, March 17, 2009 — PokerStars, the world’s largest poker company, is pleased to announce the grand opening of the new “PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa” live poker room at the Grand Lisboa Casino on 19 March 2009. Located on the 2nd floor of the famous Grand Lisboa in the heart of Macau,...
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Hong Kong Disneyland expansion halted (World Leisure News)

March 17, 2009 | TRAVEL

Plans for the expansion of Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) have been put on hold after the Walt Disney Company announced that it failed to reach a deal with the region’s government. (read more…)
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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-03-16 23:29 Diary – Hong Kong – to March 23 (Interactive Investor)

March 17, 2009 | TRAVEL

(Times are provisional in HK time and GMT time in brackets; * denotes new entry; # denotes results cover; N/A denotes Not Applicable) (read more…)
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Traders Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi to open third quarter 2009 (AME Info)

March 14, 2009 | TRAVEL

Shangri-La Asia Limited, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel company, has signed an agreement with the Al Jaber Group to manage Traders Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi, opening in third quarter of 2009. (read more…)
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Chindex International, Inc. to Present at Credit Suisse 12th Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

March 13, 2009 | TRAVEL

Chindex International, Inc. , a leading independent American provider of Western healthcare products and services in the People’s Republic of China, today announced that the Company will attend the Credit Suisse 12th Asian Investment Conference , to be held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Kong from March 24 – 27, 2009. (read more…)
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Las Vegas Sands Denies Media Report It May Sell Macau License (Bloomberg)

March 12, 2009 | TRAVEL

March 12 (Bloomberg) — Las Vegas Sands Corp. , the casino operator controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson , denied a Hong Kong newspaper report that it may sell its gambling license in Macau. (read more…)
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Hong Kong’s Stock Index Falls; Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Drops (Bloomberg)

March 12, 2009 | TRAVEL

March 12 (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong’s benchmark stock index fell on concern the global recession will erode corporate earnings and damp demand for raw materials. (read more…)
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Daylight bank robbers ransack safe deposit boxes in Hong Kong (EARTHtimes.org)

March 11, 2009 | TRAVEL

Hong Kong – Bank robbers emptied safe deposit boxes Wednesday at a Hong Kong bank during regular opening hours and stole more than 500,000 US dollars worth of cash and valuables, police said. Police identified the gang as Colombian and said its membe… (read more…)
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