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Market · Philippines · Tue 15 Sept · 1 min read
Boracay's first licensed casino opens Tuesday
What happened
Kaban Hotel and Casino Boracay soft-opening on September 16 is the first licensed casino-hotel on the island, which makes it a genuine market structure event, not a routine property launch. Boracay draws a different tourist profile from Manila's integrated resorts: higher-spend international leisure visitors with shorter dwell times and stronger appetite for ancillary gaming.…
Sources: GGRAsia
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