The Melco International Development Company owns and operates gambling and casino resorts in Macau, China. Macau is being touted as the new Las Vegas with a strip that may just put the old faithful Sin City to shame. Melco International Development owns 40% of Melco International Development with is the primary source of casinos, gaming and tourism in Macau.
In additional to dealing in the gambling industry, Melco owns and operates other businesses of the tourism nature. The company owns Elixir, a gaming machine operator, PAL Development, a lottery operator and Melco China Resorts, a ski resort operator. The Melco hand can also be found in financial services group, VC Group and iAsia. Stanley Ho, renowned Macau developer owns Melco alongside his wife and son. The main office for Melco Company International is located in Central Hong Kong and can be contacted by phone at 852-3151-3777.
The newest addition to the Melco portfolio is the Crown Macau. The 36 story tower building is home to 220 gaming tables, 500 slot machines and 216 hotel rooms.
Melco recently added a joint hotel to their list of endeavors when they opened the MGM Grand Macau. In order for the hotel to be approved, the Ho family (the owners of the Melco Company International, needed to seek approval for the MGM Grand from the owner of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, USA. After approval was given, the grand hotel and casino was built and is today one of the greatest sites in all of Macau.
The nearest airport to Macau where the majority of the Melco Company International holdings are housed is the Macau International Airport. The airport can be reached by phone at 853-0-861111.
The Melco Company International was the major building company in the creation of the Macau gaming industry and once held the role of monopoly in the Macau gaming market. Thanks to the contributions of the Melco International Company, the Macau gambling strip has now surpassed the Las Vegas strip as the number one gambling spot in the world.
The Melco Company International owns and operates many family friendly resorts but all casinos are open only to patrons of legal gambling ages.
