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Despite the VIP crackdown by the Chinese federal government, Hung pressed on sparing no expense. While Melco Resorts is today buying 20 electric buses for its guests, The 13 purchased 30 custom Rolls-Royce Phantoms at a cost of more than $20 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
It was the largest single order in the automobile maker’s history, and yet the hotel hadn’t even welcomed its first guest or even booked reservation.<\/p>\n
Hung has since resigned from the development company. The 13 has missed repeated openings, but hotel officials say it will commence operations later this month without a casino.<\/p>\n
Gaming experts at Bloomberg Intelligence <\/i>say The 13 will struggle to attract the high-roller segment it seeks without a casino. “It would be nearly impossible to have gamblers book rooms separately with them,” analyst Margaret Huang said last fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Melco Resorts has purchased 20 electric buses to transport guests around Macau, yet another sign that casinos in the enclave are transitioning their focus from the high-roller VIP to the mass market visitor. In a press release, the company says the purchase is in line with “sustainability” being “one of the top priorities of Melco […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":75895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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