{"id":129548,"date":"2020-03-17T01:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=129548"},"modified":"2020-03-17T08:30:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:30:13","slug":"covid-19-hits-the-west-and-macau-finds-a-new-coronavirus-case-more-questions-arise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/covid-19-hits-the-west-and-macau-finds-a-new-coronavirus-case-more-questions-arise\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Impact as COVID-19 Hits the West and Macau Finds a New Coronavirus Case: More Questions Arise"},"content":{"rendered":"
As the impact of COVID-19 on the gaming industry (and pretty much everything else) mushrooms, we spoke to Professor Glenn McCartney MBE — associate professor of International Integrated Resort Management at the University of Macau, China — for his take on how Macau specifically will be impacted, and how that might compare to Las Vegas and other gaming hubs. McCartney is a global expert on integrated resorts (IRs), casino tourism and destination marketing and management, with more than two decades in the tourism, hospitality and gaming industry in Macau and other countries in the Asia-Pacific sphere.<\/em><\/p>\n