GEG Japan-Macau Mentorship Scheme
Scheme Background
Tourism is Macau’s main industry, with gaming, hospitality and the food & beverage sectors being the major drivers within the industry. Over the past decade, Macau has evolved its integrated resorts to become a major destination for tourists from around the world, renowned not only for its gaming facilities, but also for its hotels, luxury retail, fine dining, entertainment and convention facilities.
Japan has a well-established tourism industry, but with gaming only legalised in July 2018, integrated resorts have yet to be developed. To prepare for this burgeoning industry, there will be demands for human resources with expertise in integrated resort management that must begin to be developed when these resorts begin opening in Japan. Through the GEG Japan-Macau Mentorship Scheme in Integrated Resort Management, the Galaxy Entertainment Group Foundation hopes to avail learning opportunities for young people in Japan at the Galaxy Entertainment Group, the world’s leading operator in integrated resorts. The Mentorship Scheme allows the Galaxy Entertainment Group to share its decade-long experience and expertise in integrated resort management with young people in Japan to prepare them to enter this industry that will continue to evolve in Japan in the years to come. In addition to the mentorship experience with senior professionals at the Galaxy Entertainment Group, participants will also attend lectures on integrated resort management conducted by faculty members from the Department of Integrated Resorts and Tourism Management at the University of Macau.
Scheme Partners
Galaxy Entertainment Group
University of Macau
Participating Institutions
Toyo University
Kyoto Sangyo University
Fukuoka University
Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co., Ltd.
Scheme Implementation
GEG Japan-Macau Mentorship Pilot Scheme (August 2018)
In August 2018, the Foundation piloted the GEG Japan-Macau Mentorship Scheme in Integrated Resort Management in collaboration with Toyo University and the Galaxy Entertainment Group, with the support of the University of Macau. Four undergraduate students, majoring in tourism-related studies from Toyo University, attended the Pilot Mentorship Scheme in Macau for four weeks, where they had the opportunity to learn from senior professionals from different departments of the Galaxy Entertainment Group. Participants attended mentorship sessions in the areas of managing corporate social responsibilities, food & beverage, hotels, retail, entertainment, resort services and human resources. Furthermore, faculty members of the University of Macau conducted classroom lectures on various topics in integrated resort management.
The Pilot Mentorship Scheme was widely reported in the Japanese media. NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, also reported on the Pilot Mentorship Scheme in its news reports for its satellite station broadcast after sending its Head of Guangzhou Bureau to Macau to cover the Pilot Mentorship Scheme.
GEG Japan-Macau Mentorship Scheme (September 2019)
In September 2019, the Foundation held its second GEG Japan-Macau Mentorship Scheme in Integrated Resort Management, but this time with eight participants, two each from Toyo University, Kyoto Sangyo University and Fukuoka University, and two junior executives of the Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co. Ltd. from Tokyo, Japan.
The Mentorship Scheme ran for three weeks, and similar to the previous pilot, participants attended mentoring sessions with senior professionals from various departments within the Galaxy Entertainment Group, while faculty members from the University of Macau conducted lectures in different areas of integrated resort management. Participants also were given practical learning opportunities in events and activities held at Galaxy Macau, from corporate volunteering programmes to rehearsal sessions of entertainment performers, giving them an on-site experience of the daily operations of a major integrated resort.
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2018 GEG Japan Macau Mentorship Scheme
In August 2018, the Foundation piloted the “GEG Japan-Macau Mentorship Scheme in Integrated Resort Management” in collaboration with Toyo University and Galaxy Entertainment Group, with the support of the University of Macau. Four undergraduate students, majoring in tourism-related studies from Toyo University, attended the Pilot Mentorship Scheme in Macau for four weeks, where they had the opportunity to learn from senior professionals from different departments of the Galaxy Entertainment Group. Participants attended mentorship sessions in the areas of managing corporate social responsibilities, food & beverage, hotels, retail, entertainment, resort services and human resources. Furthermore, faculty members of the University of Macau conducted classroom lectures in various topics in integrated resort management.
2019 GEG Japan Macau Mentorship Scheme
After a successful pilot in 2018, a 3-year “GEG Japan-Macau Mentorship Scheme in Integrated Resort Management” was launched in August 2019. The purpose of the Mentorship Scheme is to provide university students from Japan with exposure and first-hand experience of integrated resort management at Galaxy Macau, and allows the Galaxy Entertainment Group, and the city of Macau, to showcase its successes by sharing its expertise and experience with Japan. In August 2019, six Japanese students from three universities in Japan, together with two junior executives from the Okura Nikko Management Co. of Japan participated in the Mentorship Scheme in Macau for three weeks. The students attended lectures on select topics in Integrated Resort Management presented by faculty members from the Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management at the University of Macau, as well as mentoring sessions conducted by senior executives from various departments at the Galaxy Entertainment Group. It is hoped that this Scheme will encourage young people from Japan to aspire to join the Integrated Resorts profession as the industry begins to evolve in Japan in the coming years.
News Report by NHK - 2018