Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Limited, a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities, announced today that its shareholders passed a resolution at its Annual General Meeting to change the name of the company to Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, effective immediately. The company's ticker symbol, MPEL, remains unchanged. The name change reflects a previously

Wynn Macau announced that its dragon boat team will participate in the Macau International Dragon Boat Races for the second year in a row. A team of 26 men will participate in the "Macau Dragon Boat Races (500m)," while a team of 13 female rowers will join the "Macau Small Dragon Boat Races (250m)." In order

Crown Macau has been elected as one of the awardees at the Prime Awards for Eco-Business 2008 recently held in Hong Kong. The Awards recognize the effort and accomplishments of promoting green environment and Crown Macau is the only hotel and casino in Macau that has been selected along with other large-scale corporations such as

Las Vegas Sands Corp offered a peek on Thursday at a $150-million Cirque du Soleil show that will open at the Venetian Macau, the casino operator's latest high-stakes bet that it can get visitors to the Asian city to do more than gamble. The dreamy "Zaia" features dancers and acrobats depicting a story of a girl

From 23 May to 24 June, Crown Macau will be presenting a meticulous pairing of food and wine by 12th generation Alsatian winemaker Etienne Hugel and former World Champion Cantonese Chef Tam Kwok Fung. Thus exclusive offering features the wines of Hugel, renowned for generations as being the leading winemakers in the region, with a

Macao visitor arrivals totalled 2,488,697 in April 2008, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%. Visitors from Mainland China (1,482,367) and Southeast Asia (141,655) surged by 29.8% and 47.2% respectively, while those from Hong Kong (620,538) decreased by 18.5%. Same-day visitors accounted for 52.9% of the total arrivals, at 1,317,388. The majority of the visitors came from Mainland

The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Francis Tam Pak Yuen, met with the management of six casino concessionaires to exchange views on the development of the industry. Speaking to the press after the meeting, Mr Tam disclosed that the discussions were focused on the commission rate on VIP chips and the number of tables. He said

The number of crimes recorded in the first quarter of this year saw a slight increase of 8.6% compared with the same quarter last year, with serious assaults down by 55.6% while robbery and theft up by 34%. Releasing the crime statistics for the first quarter of 2008 at a press conference today, the Secretary for

In the first quarter of the year Macau received 230,788 more visitors than Hong Kong, according to official figures from the Hong Kong tourist office obtained by Portuguese news agency Lusa. According to the same figures, between January and March 2008, Macau received 7,506,309 visitors as compared with 7,275,521 visitors to Hong Kong. The Hong Kong tourist

Air Supply will mark their second performance at the Sands Macau Theatre from Friday, June 6 to Sunday, June 8, having previously performed for local audiences last October. Air Supply members Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell will be including Macau in their latest tour, being the first stop in Asia for what is billed as