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| We've stayed very disciplined on the cost side with OpEx, excluding gaming tax of $1.14 million per day in Q4'23, down 2% year-over-year, driving a 70 basis point increase in EBITDA margin |
| We have a growing business in Macau that is running structurally higher margins than in the past, is much less reliant on the volatile VIP segment and is increasingly well positioned to compete |
| Momentum in the business built throughout the year, and we ended on a high note with $632 million of property EBITDA, an all-time quarterly record, capping off a record year in which we generated nearly $2.2 billion of property EBITDA |
| We see tremendous value in our business as evidenced by our buybacks in the quarter and I'm genuinely looking forward to 2024 |
| And so I think it's -- again, if you look at the long term, I think it's very bright for Macau from that perspective |
| In Las Vegas, we continue to distance ourselves from peers as the leader in luxury and it's more evident than ever that we are the go-to spot for the best customers attending citywide events like F1 |
| The outlook for group business is super strong |
| And importantly, we have a substantial growth opportunity in the UAE that will further diversify our portfolio and expand our brand into new markets |
| Wynn Las Vegas delivered $271 million of adjusted property EBITDA, an all-time quarterly record, up 24% year-on-year on a very difficult comp |
| The team has done a great job mitigating union-related payroll increases with cost efficiencies in areas of the business that do not impact the guest experience |
| It's incredibly unique, and it's yet another kind of only in Vegas experience that you can have and we're delighted that they're next door |
| We continue to fire on all cylinders here in Las Vegas, and I'm incredibly proud of the Vegas team |
| More recently, January 2024 looked a lot like January 2023 from an overall revenue perspective with hotel revenue particularly strong |
| You can see the uptick in GGR and it was incredibly strong |
| Between Super Bowl and Chinese New Year, we have doubled the front money and credit that we had in 2023, and we expect record hotel revenue over Super Bowl |
| But it certainly bodes well for the future, and that's what we're thinking about |
| Revenue decreased by about 0.5%, but the team has done a great job remaining disciplined on OpEx, driving a 2% year-over-year increase in EBITDAR |
| The strength in our business there has continued into Q1 |
| The weekend Super Bowl event is another great match, I think, for our brand |
| On the non-gaming side, our hotel occupancy was 99%, along with continued strength in tenant retail sales |
| Overall, strong top line performance, combined with disciplined OpEx control drove healthy margins during the month of January |
| But honestly, if you really look at the numbers that Wynn Macau produced this quarter, I'm incredibly proud of that team |
| And the property is well positioned to do that |
| I feel great about where we are |
| And I think that bodes well for the future |
| Every single member of the Wynn team should be incredibly proud of what they achieved together in 2023 |
| Joe, as we're seeing this year play out, we're really encouraged by the forward group booking trends that we're seeing |
| And that will be a very important segment of our business over the course of the next week and I expect it will generate very strong results |
| EBITDA margin was 32.6% in the quarter, an increase of 140 basis points relative to Q4 2019, driven by a combination of the favorable mix shift to higher-margin mass gaming and operating leverage on cost efficiencies |
| The team has done a great job remaining disciplined on costs and we're well positioned to continue to drive strong operating leverage as the market continues to recover |
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| But you also, as you rightly pointed out, clearly, have a litany of difficult economic indicators |
| March has a couple of headwinds |
| But again, given the relative strength compared to pre-COVID, I think it's difficult for us to complain |
| And so certainly, if anything from China macro is affecting Macau is probably there |
| We still hear from investors skittish about some of the uncertainty around the macroeconomic picture in China yet |
| Our OpEx, excluding gaming tax was approximately $2.56 million per day in Q4, a decrease of 14% compared to $3 million in Q4 2019 |
| And so we've been talking for the past several quarters about how Wynn Macau would need a little bit longer to recover |
| So I think the event is only going to get better and better |
| Yet Macau continues to tread along |
| OpEx, excluding gaming tax per day was $4.4 million in Q4'23, up 16% year-over-year, well below the 19% increase in revenue |
| So I would say it affects both properties to some extent, but I would expect it to disproportionately affect the property downtown |
| That being said, January isn't where the action is this quarter |
| More recently, underlying demand has remained healthy through January although a couple of unfortunately timed winter storms had negatively impacted visitation during a few recent weekends |
| Does it bode well for the quarter after that? I don't know |
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