The upcoming US$10 billion tourism city is poised to elevate Manila to become yet another gaming-linked entertainment hub in Asia. Its strategy for family-oriented integrated resorts poses a challenge to Macau… by Max V de Leon

Having broken ground on the City of Dreams hotel-resort-entertainment hub in mid-2005, much of the Melco-PBL project won’t be finished until 2009. Located in Cotai, total costs (excluding real estate) are expected to hit MOP 16.88 billion (US$ 2.11 billion). What will it all come to, and will there be anything to amuse non-gamblers and family-oriented visitors? John Hutchinson reports

As the second biggest gaming operator in the world, expectations on what MGM's first property in Macau would deliver were high in the industry, both in Macau and overseas.

After overtaking the revenues from the Las Vegas Strip, Macau’s casinos are gearing up to be bigger than all of Clark County. And this is something that might be just around the corner, says João Francisco Pinto of Macau Business.

Macau Business reports back on the impressive opening of Macau’s new resort casino, The Venetian.

Amazing Holdings are a company with ambition. They have bought a plot of land on the Taiwanese island of Penghu. At present there is no provision for legal gambling there, but Ian Irvin, Executive Director, and Ashley Hines, Chairman, are optimistic that their ultimate plan of a gaming resort can be realised.