CLAIMS TO FAME
- Succeeded father Andrew in taking over family business in 2018
It has been quite the whirlwind for Newport World Resorts and its Chairman – Alliance Global Group (AGI) CEO Kevin Tan – since he took on a more active role with the property a few years back.
Formerly known as Resorts World Manila, Newport had never truly realized its significant potential nor taken full advantage of its prime location right alongside Manila’s international airport.
But Tan, the son of AGI Chairman Andrew Tan, is quickly changing that. As Chairman of Newport’s operating entity Travellers International Hotel Group Inc, he famously oversaw the sudden departure – all on the same day – of the company’s CEO, COO and CFO, replacing them with a new trio headed by former Philippine Airlines executive Nilo Thaddeus Rodriguez.
Since then, Newport has found itself on an upward trajectory – establishing itself behind only Solaire in the Manila integrated resort pecking order and, IAG understands, even toppling Solaire for GGR in at least one month earlier this year. That’s quite an achievement.
Aside from overhauling Newport’s offering, which will soon include the opening of new premium accommodation for top-tier guests, Travellers is also taking control of the LETX casino hotel development on land AGI owns in nearby Entertainment City – not to mention two smaller casino developments recently announced in Boracay and Cebu.
Some 16 years after Resorts World Manila first opened its doors in 2009, it seems Travellers is now making some noise on the Asian gaming scene.
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