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Japan – Orix Corporation joins MGM Resorts’ bid for Osaka licence
By Phil - 25. marca 2019
MGM Resorts has confirmed it is working with Japanese financial services group Orix Corporation as a partner for its IR casino bid in the country.
In doing so, MGM has become the first international operator to formally enter into a consortium with a Japanese company looking for a casino licence.
The consortia deal pitches Orix as equal partners in MGM’s bid to operate in Osaka. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the two entities towards the end of 2018.
Orix is also believed to be in contact with several Kansai businesses to join the consortium.
MGM Chairman and CEO Jim Murren confirmed his company was taking an ‘Osaka First’ approach at the beginning of 2019.
“We want to build an IR in Yumeshima, Osaka,” he said. “We want to work with local business to build an IR unique to Japan so that the world will know what this country has to offer.”
Makoto Inoue, predsednik in glavni izvršni direktor Orixa, je o svojem podjetju povedal: »Odkar smo začeli z lizinškim poslom ob naši ustanovitvi, smo nenehno širili obseg našega delovanja na sosednja področja in zrasli v globalno podjetje, ki vključuje različne podjetja. Zaradi raznolikosti naših poslov je Orix edinstveno podjetje, ki mu ni primerljivih po vsem svetu. Morda je težko razumeti, vendar edinstven poslovni model Orix presega kategorije industrije. Orix je uspel tako, da je hitro prepoznal spremembe v družbi in na trgih ter jih spremenil v priložnosti. V prihodnje se bomo še naprej spreminjali. Kot globalno podjetje bomo pospešili nadaljnji razvoj našega poslovanja s privabljanjem poslov iz tujine na Japonsko.«
