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Macaubusiness - 10/2011

Beach games

Vietnam's Ho Tram Strip is starting to take shape with U.S. companies MGM and Pinnacle already on board. Asian Coast Development says Ho Tram will be "a big deal"Click here

 

Inside Asian Gaming - 10/2011

The Asian Gaming 50 - 2011

After 12 years as a senior executive with MGM MIRAGE, Lloyd Nathan was named last year as the new Chief Executive of Asian Coast Development (Canada) Limited (ACDL), the owner and developer of the under-construction Ho Tram Strip in southern Vietnam.  Click here

 

InterGaming - 09/2011 

Keynote Interview: Lloyd Nathan

In April last year, Lloyd Nathan took the exciting step of leaving MGM Resorts International to accept a role as chief executive officer of Asian Coast Development, a Canadian company masterminding the creation of a new integrated gaming and resort zone in the Ho Tram region of Vietnam. Click here

 

Vietnam Investment Review - 27/07/2011

Let the good times roll

By 2013 the Ho Tram Strip will feature Vietnam's first large-scale integrated resort helping to catapult this destination to the forefront of regional tourism.  Located just 127 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Ria-Vung Tau is the closest developed coastal area to the southern hub and as a result it has become a popular weekend destination. Other factors luring tourists include a rich diversity of landscapes and over 100km of breathtaking coastline. Click here

 

Vietnam Investment Review - 11/07/2011

Ho Tram to be the pinnacle of entertainment

The United States' Pinnacle Entertainment  has acquired a 26 per cent equity interest in Asian Coast Development (Canada) Ltd. (ACDL), the owner and developer of the Ho Tram Strip beachfront complex of destination integrated resorts and residential developments in southern Vietnam. ACDL chief executive officer Lloyd Nathan tells VIR'S Song Ngoc about the acquisition and the project's progress. Click here

 

Reuters - 23/6/2011

Analysis: Big Money, high risks in Asia Casino Growth.

For U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson, the future of Asia's gaming boom looks rosy. After building some of the world's most profitable casinos in Macau and Singapore, Adelson, like MGM Resorts (MGM.N) and Pinnacle Entertainment (PNK.N), is keen to diversify, eyeing markets such as Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam. Click here

 

Inside Asian Gaming - 6/2011

Towering Ambition - US Casino Operator Pinnacle takes US$95 million stake in Asian Coast Development.

An operator of US regional casinos has managed to do something that the mighty Caesars Entertainment -formerly Harrah's- has so far failed to do.  That is, establish a deal for a gaming operation in Asia.  Click here

 

Inside Asian Gaming - 6/2011

Sky's The Limit

Vietnam's MGM Grand Ho Tram gaming resort has pedigree and first mover advantage on its side. Several Las Vegas casino operators like to claim credit for the invention of the integrated gaming resort concept. What’s beyond doubt is that MGM - in its different corporate incarnations over the years - is a pioneer in putting gambling, entertainment and corporate events all on one site. Click here

 

Vietnamnet - 21/11/2010

The doors to casino projects will be opened, finally?

The successive information about the new moves of casino projects recently has raised the question if there are any changes in the policies relating to the sensitive business field. More and more experts believe that the casino business should be legalized in Vietnam. Click here

 

Global Gaming Business - 26/06/2010

Lloyd Nathan interview in Global Gaming Business

As president of MGM Mirage Global Gaming Development, Lloyd Nathan directed the company in its expansion plans in many jurisdictions. In April, he resigned from MGM to take over as CEO of Asian Coast Development Limited. Click here 

 

Reuters - 21/04/2010

MGM-branded casino planned for Vietnam resort area

A group backed by hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners plans to open in early 2013 Vietnam's first Las Vegas-style casino resort in a coastal area to be called the Ho Tram Strip. Asian Coast Development Ltd said on Wednesday that it had named Lloyd Nathan, formerly president of MGM Mirage's (MGM.N) global gaming development, as its chief executive officer, a post from which he will oversee the project's financing and construction. Click here

 

Bloomberg Businessweek - 21/04/2010

MGM’s Nathan to Run First ‘Vegas Style’ Viet Casino

Asian Coast Development Ltd. hired Lloyd Nathan, formerly president of MGM Mirage Global Gaming Development, to run the first Las Vegas-style casino in Vietnam, the company said in a statement today. Click here

 

Sai Gon Giai Phong - 10/7/2009

Cooking masters trains Hanoi’s disadvantaged children

The Ho Tram Project Company and MGM MIRAGE brought two of Macau's leading chefs to Hanoi for a culinary training program for underprivileged students at the Know One Teach One (KOTO) training facility near West Lake on July 7 and 8. Click here

 

Las Vegas Sun - 18/11/2008

MGM Mirage to develop casino in Vietnam

MGM Mirage announced today it is teaming up with an Asian development company to build a "Las Vegas-style" casino in Vietnam. Asian Coast Development Ltd. will own and finance the MGM Grand Ho Tram. MGM Mirage will give development assistance and operate the resort property when it's completed. Click here

 

AFP - 22/05/08

Canada casino-resort group plans $4.2 bln project in Vietnam

Vietnam has given the go-ahead for a Canada-based casino and resort group to build a 4.2-billion-dollar tourism complex in a southern beach area near Ho Chi Minh City, the government said Thursday. Asian Coast Development (Canada) Ltd., or ACDL Group, has received the green light for the project in the seaside province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, east of Vietnam's largest city and port, formerly called Saigon. Click here