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Blackstone buys huge chunks of Las Vegas real estate

Private equity giant, Blackstone, already owns Global Sources, Clarion Events, Pennwell, the NEC Birmingham just to name a few. Now the group owns a few major landmark properties in Las Vegas.

SACEOS celebrates 40 years and Singapore’s MICE industry looks ahead

Singapore’s event industry association celebrated its 40 years of history last week. These articles look at some of that history as well as look forward to the future of the MICE industry in the Lion City.

Macau’s visitors hit 40m in 2019, but 2020 looks soft

Visitors to Macau were up 10% in 2019 to an incredible 40 million, but the Macau Tourism Office is forecasting a 3% drop in 2020.