MGM China Opens 298-Room Shenzhen Hotel In Bay Area Push
MGM China has opened a 298-room hotel in Shenzhen's Prince Bay district, its third MGM-branded property in the Greater Bay Area, as the Macau casino operator builds out a mainland hospitality network it hopes will feed tourists into its gaming resorts.
The MGM Shenzhen Prince Bay opened on September 10, 2026, developed by MGM Hospitality Group (Asia Pacific), MGM China's wholly owned hotel-management arm, according to a company statement.
The hotel sits in Prince Bay in Shenzhen's Shekou district, next to the Shekou Cruise Home Port, and is owned by Yunnan Xiangfeng Industrial Group and operated under the MGM brand.
It has 298 ocean-view rooms and suites, five dining venues and more than 3,000 square metres of meeting and event space, according to Macau Business.
Pansy Ho, chairperson and executive director of MGM China, said the opening represented "more than the opening of a new hotel" and demonstrated the group's long-term commitment to the mainland market.
Ninth Mainland Property & Third In The Bay Area
MGM Shenzhen Prince Bay is MGM Hospitality's ninth property in mainland China and its third in the Greater Bay Area, joining MGM Shenzhen and MGM Reserve Zhuhai.
The company also runs hotels in Shanghai, Sanya, Qingdao and Nanjing, with further properties planned for Wuhan, Hainan, Hangzhou and Beijing.
Zhou Feng, president and director of MGM Hospitality Group, told Macau Daily the company has built a 1.6 million-member hotel customer base over 19 years in mainland China, mostly consumers born in the 1980s and 1990s.
He said closer cooperation with MGM China could attract younger cultural-tourism visitors to Macau, while MGM Resorts International's global network could support growth in international visitor numbers to the wider Greater Bay Area.
Part Of A $20 Million Ownership Shift
MGM China announced in June 2026 that it had acquired MGM Asia Pacific Ltd., the owner of MGM Hospitality Group (Asia Pacific), from its US-based parent, MGM Resorts International, for $20 million.
The Macau operator said at the time the deal would let it tap MGM Hospitality's operating experience, brand platform and established network, creating what it called "meaningful synergies" to support competitiveness and growth.
Macau's casino operators have leaned on mainland hospitality and cruise links to widen their visitor base since border and visa policies eased across the Greater Bay Area, and MGM China's own Macau government licence covers casino gaming through to 2032.
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A Cut Interim Dividend
The Shenzhen opening comes weeks after MGM China reported lower first-half profit.
The company cut its interim dividend to HK$0.25 per share, down from HK$0.313 a year earlier, paying out about HK$950 million (US$122 million) to shareholders on September 3, 2026, according to its own filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
MGM China has not said whether further Greater Bay Area hotel openings are planned this year.
The mainland network's next test will be whether it can convert new hospitality customers into visitors at MGM's Macau casino resorts, including online casino and app-based loyalty programmes that increasingly link land-based and digital play across MGM's global portfolio.
