two former staff members in China<\/a> on charges of marketing the company\u2019s services to Chinese high-rollers.<\/p>\nThe arrests severely embarrassed Crown, forcing it to rein in its ambitions of international expansion, reduce its investment exposure to the region and completely abandon its VIP marketing in China.<\/p>\n
Severed from such a vital revenue stream, it has been forced to cut costs, which is what may have led to the job cuts in the first place.<\/p>\n
The fact is, the flow of Mandarin-speaking high rollers arriving by helicopter has largely dried up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Packer\u2019s Crown Resorts is facing a vicious backlash from Australia\u2019s unions over its decision to sack 16 slots technicians at its flagship Crown Casino Melbourne. The chorus of anger has been amplified by the fact that Amtek, the company to which Crown has outsourced the jobs, is chaired by Jeff Kennet, the former premier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":55393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Unions to Go After Crown Melbourne\u2019s VIPs, Threatening \u201cSocial Media War\u201d After Layoffs<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n