Macao Casinos Shutter Thousands of Hotel Rooms in Labor Crunch

(Bloomberg) — Macao casinos have been forced to close off thousands of hotel rooms and cut back on guest services like housekeeping, as a labor shortage leaves the gambling hub struggling to cater to a surge of tourists from a newly-reopened the Chinese mainland. 

Some five-star hotels in Macao’s casinos only have fewer than half of their rooms available for booking, people familiar with the situation told Bloomberg, asking not to be identified discussing internal business.