34 new in town
The magic of
Malo
A Portuguese company says it is going to open the
world’s largest medical spa in Macau later this year
to head its expansion into South East Asia. With an
investment of US$70 million, it has a big job on its hands
by Sandra Gomes
T
he global financial crisis does not clinics, but without the MALO brand
appear to have affected the Malo in neon lights, the group has tested the
Group. The Portuguese “oral re- market in Hong Kong where they have a
habilitation’’ company has its Macau unit partnership in dentistry with Dr Kenny
under construction at the Venetian. Lau, Dr Dominic Chan Siu and Dr Andy
It says it wants to open clinics or spas WP Chan.
in among other places, Brazil, China, When it opens in March, the Macau
United States, Italy, Israel, Japan, Mo- facility’s first patients will be from the
rocco, Portugal and São Tome e Príncipe. Hong Kong clinic.
Company Chief Executive Officer and Malo wants to recoup the US$70
president Paulo Maló, president and CEO million investment in seven years and
of the Malo Group says they hope to open he believes there is enormous customer
four more clinics in Africa, U.S.A and potential because the region lacks qual-
Europe in the next two years. ity medical services. He expects about
a thousand customers a day either for a
Big is beautiful health check-up or surgery.
However, Maló is concerned about
“Our philosophy is always to open the economic slowdown and the direct
the largest clinics wherever we install effects it has had on the Cotai Strip. He’s
them, combining the health welfare and also worried about the mainland’s visa
creating better conditions for life,” stated policies.
Paulo Maló after he visited the site of the
spa on the fifth floor of the Venetian re- World success
sort with venture partner José Peres de
Sousa, CEO of Pacific Health Care Lim- “We are world leaders in oral reha-
ited and an administrator from the Malo bilitation, and within two years we ex-
Group. pect to be the global market leader in the
The 15,000 square-metre Macau spa areas of medical spas as well as in health
takes up more than a third of the gaming check-ups, anti-aging, dermocosmeth-
area of the Venetian casino. ics and oral surgery,’’ says Maló. “Only
Malo says his concept is unique through hard work, quality and, above
because his operations combine spas all, innovation, is it possible to reach
with surgery rooms and swimming mega-success”, he adds.
pools with hospitals. Normally, he says, Macau patients will find all types of
people who want a health check-up are operations on offer, performed by local
healthy and don’t want to be couped up professionals, but also from Brazil and
with patients. Europe and, in addition to the medical
Through partnerships with smaller spa concept, Macau can also integrate
february 2009
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