Macau received 7.5 million visitors in the first quarter of 2008, which was a rise of 17.9 percent against the same period of 2007. The number of visitors from mainland China was 4.38 million, which was a rise of 22.6 percent, while the number of visitors from Hong Kong and Southeast Asia rose 3.3 and 63.3

Macau is fast overtaking its rival Hong Kong as the fastest-growing area for residential hotel and retail property prices. One of the largest projects is the US$2.1 billion City of Dreams being built by Leighton Asia, China State and John Holland, on behalf of the Melco PBL development company - owned by Lawrence Ho's Melco gambling

In response to a drop in income from its Macau properties in the first quarter, Las Vegas Sands Corporation is sending in its top US managers to cut costs and win back lost VIP business. In the first quarter of the year, Sand's lost US$2 million, down from a profit of almost US$40 million last quarter

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

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