{"id":11355,"date":"2020-10-29T23:23:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T23:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=11355"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:32:32","slug":"reef-reports-strong-financial-position-in-q3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/reef-reports-strong-financial-position-in-q3","title":{"rendered":"Reef reports strong financial position in Q3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The operator has shown a strong financial position since reopening its casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-\u00a0Reef Casino Trust has reported a strong financial position in a report on its performance and expenses in the quarter ending September 30.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The period saw the <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cairns-reef-casino-reopens-earlier-than-planned\" target=\"_blank\">reopening of the casino<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, hotel and food and beverages outlets, which remained closed between March 23 and July 3 to comply with Covid-19 measures.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group reported that during the quarter the company received AU$2.4m (US$1.68m) from the Federal Government\u2019s JobKeeper subsidy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of\u00a0September 28,\u00a0the firm is no longer eligible for the subsidy but will receive other flexibilities on its commitments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm said: \u201cThe Trust has had a solid start to the 2nd half year of 2020. Trust trading for the quarter has been strong with strong rental income received from the Reef Hotel Casino. This has resulted in a strong profit for the Trust for the quarter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Capital expenditure during this quarter was AU$221,000 (US$155,369) since only essential capital items were approved.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The operator has shown a strong financial position since reopening its casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Reef Casino Trust reported a strong financial performance for the quarter ending September 30, following the reopening of its casino, hotel, and food and beverage outlets in Australia. The group benefited from AU$2.4m in JobKeeper subsidies and achieved robust trading and rental income, resulting in a solid profit for the period. Capital expenditure remained restricted to essential items.","focusai_entities":"Reef Casino Trust, Reef Hotel Casino, Federal Government","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Post-Subsidy Performance?","query":"What is Reef Casino Trust's projected NGR and EBITDA margin outlook for Q4 2020 and H1 2021, considering the cessation of the JobKeeper subsidy and sustained operational costs?"},{"label":"Capital Allocation Strategy?","query":"How does the restricted capital expenditure in Q3 align with Reef Casino Trust's long-term asset enhancement and competitive positioning strategy, particularly regarding gaming vertical investments?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,163],"tags":[289,21252],"class_list":["post-11355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-finance-news","tag-australia","tag-reef-hotel-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11355"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11363,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11355\/revisions\/11363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}