UBS: Macau hotel reservation trends during May 1st Golden Week are expected to be weaker than in the same period last year

Zhitongcaijing · 04/15 04:01

The Zhitong Finance App learned that UBS released a research report saying that according to its channel survey, despite worsening macroeconomic sentiment and previous enforcement of illegal currency exchange activities, Macau's total daily gaming revenue (GGR) averaged about 614 million patacas over the past seven days, up from about MOP 583 million in the previous six days. The bank said that this has brought the total daily gaming revenue up to now to about MOP 600 million this month, down about 5% from March, and slightly lower than the seasonal performance for the same period from 2015 to 2019.

According to the report, in various market segments, mass betting (Mass) daily gambling revenue has decreased by about 5-6% month-on-month; VIP (VIP) daily gambling revenue has decreased by about 4-5% month-on-month. Among them, VIP betting's halftime win rate (VipHold) is about 3% to 3.3%. Looking ahead to the upcoming May 1st Golden Week, the bank predicts that the trend of hotel reservations in Macau is weaker than in the same period last year. According to the 30 hotels tracked by the bank, the number of hotels unable to stay or sold out decreased by 5 compared to the same period last year, and the price of hotels of the same type dropped by about 15% compared to the same period last year.