Melco Resorts & Entertainment colleagues have won multiple champion titles at the 6th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Vocational Skills Competition, held at Studio City from September 1–4, 2026.
With teams from 11 GBA cities joining the competition, the Melco team successfully demonstrated the exceptional capabilities of Macau’s hospitality talent, underlining Melco’s continued commitment to local talent development, providing lifelong learning opportunities for colleagues and supporting their participation in international and regional competitions to benchmark skills and elevate standards.
Melco’s talent dominated the hospitality segments, sweeping the highest spots in the Western Service category, as well as the specialized Pastry: Chocolate Cake category.
The Melco team showcased their immense team spirit, commitment, talent and professional skills to achieve the following awards:
Champion – Western Service
- Vincent Chan, Assistant Manager, Alain Ducasse at Morpheus, City of Dreams
- Anne To, Assistant Manager, Cinema F&B, Studio City
Champion – Pastry: Chocolate Cake
- Ann Wong, Demi-Chef de Partie/Cook 2, Studio City
- Winnie Im, Chef de Partie/Cook 1, Altira Macau
Both winners in the Pastry: Chocolate Cake category are graduates of Melco’s 12-month Foundation Acceleration Program (FAP), a cross-functional training framework designed to fast-track the development of local colleagues through advanced skills refinement and technical mastery.
Ms. Akiko Takahashi, Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff to Melco Chairman & CEO, said: “We are incredibly proud of our colleagues’ achievements at this year’s GBA Vocational Skills Competition. Their success reflects not only their hard work and passion for hospitality excellence, but also the impact of our lifelong learning programmes. Seeing our FAP graduates win underscores how targeted training can help high-potential local talent become award-winning industry leaders.”
The competition, jointly organized by the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, Macau Federation of Trade Unions, Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and the Labour Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, was held under the theme “Craftsmanship Integration, Talent Convergence in the Bay Area”.
This year’s edition adopted a joint Zhuhai-Macao hosting model and introduced a dedicated venue in Hengqin to deepen Guangdong-Macao cooperation, bringing together skilled professionals from across the region to compete on the same stage.
