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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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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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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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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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Dispute highlights Macau-Hong Kong divide (AFP via Yahoo! News)

March 12, 2009 | NEWS

It’s best known as a glitzy gambling haven, but the Chinese territory of Macau is now drawing the unwanted focus of rights groups after it passed a tough new security law and began blocking visitors from Hong Kong. (read the story…)
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Macau.com Powers the New Travel Channel of Qoos.com (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

March 10, 2009 | TRAVEL

Macau.com has joined forces with Macau’s No.1 social and classified portal Qoos.com to launch a new travel channel on Qoos.com. (read more…)
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Weidner quits after ‘conflicts’ with Adelson (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

March 10, 2009 | TRAVEL

Months of mostly behind-the-scenes feuding at Las Vegas Sands erupted into the open Monday with the gaming company announcing that President and Chief Operating Officer Bill Weidner was no longer with the company he has led for almost 14 years. (read more…)
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Las Vegas Sands’s Weidner Leaves Conflicts With Adelson Behind (Bloomberg)

March 10, 2009 | TRAVEL

March 10 (Bloomberg) — William Weidner said he quit as Las Vegas Sands Corp. ’s president and chief operating officer March 8, leaving behind the “junkyard” fights he had with Sheldon Adelson , the casino company’s majority owner. (read more…)
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Former Sands Corp. president decided ‘it was time for me to move on’ (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

March 10, 2009 | TRAVEL

Taking a moment from his morning exercise routine, Bill Weidner on Monday appeared entirely at ease with his decision to resign as the president and chief operating officer of the shaky Las Vegas Sands Corp. (read more…)
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Sands casino leader replaced (The Morning Call)

March 10, 2009 | TRAVEL

No reason given, but previous filing noted internal conflict. No reason given, but previous filing noted internal conflict. (read more…)
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