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The expansion of the Chairman’s Club gaming area at the Cotai casino resort Wynn Palace (pictured) in Macau will open in time for the Chinese New Year period, as all licences have been received.

That is according to Craig Billings, chairman and chief executive of the parent firm Wynn Resorts Ltd. The latter controls Macau-based casino operator Wynn Macau Ltd.

Besides the Cotai casino resort Wynn Palace, Wynn Macau Ltd also runs the Wynn Macau property in downtown Macau.

“This is a significant expansion of the Chairman’s Club,” a space dedicated to the casino firm’s “highest-value customers,” Mr Billings said.

“This expansion triples the size of the Chairman’s Club to nearly 100,000 square feet [9,290 sq. metres]. The space includes gaming areas, along with a range of amenities, including several boutique food and beverage outlets, entertainment areas, a cigar lounge and a bar,” the CEO said.

“We honestly believe it will set a new standard for premium gaming space in Macau, in an area that already feels very, very comfortable to our best customers,” Mr Billings added.

He was speaking on Thursday during the call for the fourth-quarter earnings of Wynn Resorts.

The casino group’s management confirmed during the call that it had received final approval on Thursday to open the Chairman’s Club expansion at Wynn Palace.

Chinese New Year falls on February 17 (Tuesday) and is usually a peak business period for the tourism and gaming industries in Macau. On the Chinese mainland – Macau’s main feeder market – the festival will be marked by a nine-day holiday starting on February 15.

During the call, Mr Billings said the “booking pace” at the Wynn Macau Ltd properties for the Chinese New Year period was “good”.

“With the opening of the Chairman’s Club [expansion] at Wynn Palace, we feel we have something new and shiny that will delight our best customers,” the executive added.

He, however, noted that the firm would usually “run into capacity constraints around these peak periods, based on table count – that doesn’t affect our best customers, obviously”.

Mr Billings also mentioned the “refresh” of the Wynn Tower rooms at the Wynn Macau complex. He said that project, alongside the expansion of the Chairman’s Club at Wynn Palace, would “further strengthen” the firm’s ability to capture premium clientele demand in 2026.

The revamp of these venues was first discussed on the group’s second-quarter call in August, and again on the third-quarter call in November.

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An opening ceremony for the Capella at Galaxy Macau hotel – a 17-storey luxury property at the Galaxy Macau casino resort on Cotai – has been attended by senior management from the gaming complex’s operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd, and from Singapore-based Capella Hotel Group. It took place on Tuesday.

Capella at Galaxy Macau has 95 suites and penthouses. The hotel had a soft launch starting in early May last year, Galaxy Entertainment had confirmed at the time. A gaming floor within the tower where the hotel is located, was open by early May last year, according to several memos from investment analysts issued at the time.

Following Tuesday’s event, a press release quoted Francis Lui Yiu Tung, chairman of Galaxy Entertainment, as saying: “Capella at Galaxy Macau’s architecture, service, gastronomy, and residential privacy create a singular experience for our top percentile of VIP guests.”

He added the hotel “sets a new reference point for hospitality in Macau and globally.”

The release also cited Clive Edwards, senior vice president of operations at Capella Hotel Group, as stating: “This strategic partnership positions Capella at Galaxy Macau as a distinctive expression of our brand vision: an intimate, residential retreat within an integrated resort context.”

The hotel’s whisky and cocktail bar Pony & Plume and a 48-seat restaurant Botanica are already in service, according to publicity materials from Galaxy Entertainment.

A restaurant by Hong Kong Michelin-starred chef Vicky Cheng will be launched at the hotel this year, though the property promoter did not specify its opening timeframe.  

Capella at Galaxy Macau was the work of French design studio Moinard Bétaille. The Capella penthouses (pictured top) – either two-bedroom (up to 358 square metres, or 3,854 square feet) or four-bedroom (698 square metres) – include their own private infinity-edge swimming pool, outdoor lounge, sunroom and indoor “Winter Garden”.

The hotel also has one-bedroom suites (128 square metres) and two-bedroom suites (180 square metres), and both suite types feature indoor ‘relaxation pools’ and sunbeds.

With Capella at Galaxy Macau – also known as Phase 3D of Galaxy Macau – Galaxy Entertainment is promoting a total of 10 hotel brands in the city’s market.

The others on the main Cotai site are: Galaxy Hotel; Banyan Tree Macau; Hotel Okura Macau; JW Marriott Hotel Macau; The Ritz-Carlton, Macau; Raffles at Galaxy Macau; and Andaz Macau. The Broadway Hotel is across the road from Galaxy Macau, and connected by a bridge. On Macau peninsula, the group runs the casino hotel called StarWorld Hotel.

Galaxy Entertainment said previously that it would bring multiple high-end hotel brands that are “new to Macau” with Phase 4 of Galaxy Macau, an expansion phase with completion targeted for 2027.

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