Whoops. We missed this yesterday. According to a report in the China Daily, the Macao Dragon ferry operator abruptly ceased operations yesterday, and immediately triggered an investigation into the heavy volume of ticket sales recorded just prior to the shutdown.

The company’s liquidators have promised to do a thorough search for evidence of wrongdoing. Other unverified reports claim as many as 150,000 tickets were pre-sold for the ferry service through Groupon and Beecrazy, two popular group-buying web-based services.

The mind is easily cast back to the abrupt termination of Viva Macau, which also left thousands of passengers fuming. Here’s hoping this incident doesn’t cast yet another black spot on Macau as a tourism destination. Used with permission and copyright IntelMacau.com