MGM women’s team yesterday delivered impressive performance at the Macao International Dragon Boat Races 2020, winning the first runner-up in the Macao Standard Dragon Boat Race - Women Category (500m). The accomplishment demonstrates once again the exceptional capability and perseverance of the Golden Lion Team.

MGM management team members converged on the competition venue to roar for MGM Dragon Boat Team, including Kenneth Feng, President of MGM China Holdings Limited; Wendy Yu, Executive Vice President of Human Resources; Sean Lanni, Senior Vice President of International Marketing and Tian Han, Senior Vice President of Gaming Operations & Strategic Marketing of MGM. Their support was complemented by the hurrah of the cheerleading squad of the Golden Lion Team, which formed a powerful morale booster. MGM women’s team is comprised of 30 team members from Table Games and Food & Beverage department, 97% of whom are locals. They delivered brilliant performance and finished second in 2 minutes 21 seconds.

Cheng In Han from Table Games, who participated in the dragon boat race for the third year, said: “Dragon boat races put team spirit and full cooperation to the test. With an average age of 42, our biggest challenge was to enhance our physical strength. The pandemic also made quite an impact on our preparation, so we had to dedicate more time to training. I am thrilled to see our efforts paid off. And I’d like to express my gratitude for the Company’s support and our trainer’s patience and guidance.”

Last December, MGM arranged its Dragon Boat Team to visit Jiujiang Training Center of China Dragon Boat Sports Demonstration Base in Foshan of Guangdong, the cradle of national athletes. MGM members grasped this opportunity to chat with local teams in a bid to improve their performance.

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About MGM

MGM is an abbreviation for MGM China Holdings Limited (HKEx: 2282) and is a leading developer, owner and operator of gaming and lodging resorts in the Greater China region. We are the holding company of MGM Grand Paradise, SA which holds one of the six gaming concessions/subconcessions to run casino games in Macau. MGM Grand Paradise, SA owns and operates MGM MACAU, the award-winning premium integrated resort located on the Macau Peninsula and MGM COTAI, a contemporary luxury integrated resort in Cotai, which opened in early 2018 and more than doubles our presence in Macau. 

MGM MACAU is a Forbes Five-Star luxury integrated resort inspired by the arts with every element of the resort infused with creativity and style. MGM MACAU has approximately 600 guest rooms and suites and boasts a number of distinguishing features, including the architecturally stunning European-inspired Grande Praça, housed under a soaring glass ceiling. MGM MACAU’s world class facilities include the MGM Art Space, dedicating over 5,000 square feet to display authentic works of art, conference and event facilities, spa, and seven signature restaurants and bars to fulfill any gastronomic craving. Our property is conveniently located on the Macau Peninsula and is directly connected to the luxury retail shopping complex, One Central.

MGM COTAI is the latest integrated resort of MGM in China. Designed as the “jewelry box” of Cotai, it offers approximately 1,400 hotel rooms and suites, Asia’s first dynamic theater, meeting space, high end spa, retail offerings and food and beverage outlets as well as the first international Mansion at MGM for the ultimate luxury experience. The Spectacle at MGM COTAI becomes the record holder of the largest free-span gridshell glazed roof (self-supporting) on January 19, 2019, making it the first architectural and structural GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for Macau, China. MGM COTAI is being developed to drive greater product diversification and bring more advanced and innovative forms of entertainment to Macau as it grows as a global tourist destination. MGM COTAI is the largest property and the first mega-size complex project in Macau to achieve the China Green Building Design Label Three-Star Certification.

MGM China Holdings Limited is majority owned by MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), one of the world's leading global hospitality companies, operating a portfolio of destination resort brands including Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay and The Mirage. 

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