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IAG JAPAN NOV 2020 56 2020 POWER 50 ENRIQUE RAZON JR CHAIRMAN AND CEO Bloomberry Resorts 会長兼CEO ブルームベリー・リゾーツ CLAIMS TO FAME 評価理由 7 POWER SCORE パワースコア: 1,770 POSITION LAST YEAR 昨年の順位: 11 Heads only Philippine company that solely controls an Entertainment City integrated resort Owns and operates Manila casino market leader Solaire Building a second casino hotel in Quezon City • • • • • • エンターテインメント・シティの統合型リゾートを単独で管理する唯一のフィ リピン企業の会長 マニラのカジノ市場のリーダーであるソレアを所有および運営 ケソン市に第2のカジノホテルを建設 IT IS TESTIMONY TO Enrique Razon Jr’s business acumen that, at a time when many were eyeing a swift end to the COVID-19 pandemic, Razon himself was forecasting much darker days ahead. “This year, you can write it off,” he told Bloomberg TV as far back as April. “I think people are profoundly impacted by the virus and the lockdowns, having to focus just on buying food, spending their money. I think people will come out of this and the savings rate is going to dramatically increase, so I don’t think consumer spending is going to recover that quickly. “Lifting lockdowns in this environment is going to be very tricky. There has to be a plan, it’s not just one day to the next, so I think a lot of people are under-estimating what this is going to take.” Fast forward seven months and Razon’s predictions have come true, with the Philippines still struggling to contain COVID-19 outbreaks and Manila’s integrated resorts, while open again, operating at just 30% capacity. Yet such foresight has served Razon well over the years. The man behind Bloomberry Resorts – owner and operator of Solaire Resort & Casino – has positioned his integrated resort as a clear market leader in Manila’s Entertainment City precinct, recording EBITDA of US$418 million in 2019 on growth from its 800 rooms, 360 tables and more than 1,600 machines. エンリケ・ラソン・ジュニア