{"id":13312,"date":"2021-01-13T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T11:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=13312"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:44:36","slug":"gentings-malaysian-casino-resort-to-reduce-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/gentings-malaysian-casino-resort-to-reduce-capacity","title":{"rendered":"Genting&#8217;s Malaysian casino resort to reduce capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The casino resort remains open despite the movement control order in Malaysia but will operate with limited capacity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- The casino complex Resorts World Genting (RWG) at Genting Highlands near the capital Kuala Lumpur has reduced its capacity limit following the announcement of new national restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has tightened the restrictions on movement in Malaysia in several regions until January 26 in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-extends-lockdown-but-rwg-remains-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resorts World Genting has remained open<\/a><\/em><\/strong> through the second wave of the pandemic in the country. It has said it will now suspend some attractions to comply with the countermeasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new measures announced by Malaysia\u2019s prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, on Monday cover five states, Penang, Selangor, Melaka, Johor and Sabah, and the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interstate travel is banned across the country, while journeys between districts are not allowed within those states placed under the movement control order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RWG said: \u201cWith this announcement, we anticipate a decline in the number of visitors to\u00a0Resorts World Genting. Hence, we will be operating at a lower capacity and some of our offerings may not be available from\u00a0January 13&#8243;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It added that its\u00a0hotels, facilities, attractions and other offerings would be subject to revised operating hours, limited availability or temporary closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It advised consumers to visit Resorts World Genting\u2019s official website for further information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country\u00a0is currently facing a new wave of Covid-19 cases: it recorded 3,309 new cases in the 24 hours up to noon on Tuesday, a new daily record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new cases brought the national tally of infections to 141,533. A total of 559 people have died in Malaysia from Covid-19 according to the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The casino resort remains open despite the movement control order in Malaysia but will operate with limited capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Resorts World Genting (RWG) in Malaysia is operating at reduced capacity and suspending certain attractions due to new national movement control orders aimed at curbing the COVID-19 pandemic. This operational adjustment is expected to significantly impact visitor volumes and, consequently, the integrated resort's gross gaming revenue (GGR) and non-gaming revenue streams. The measures, effective January 13, cover several key states and federal territories, banning interstate and inter-district travel.","focusai_entities":"Resorts World Genting (RWG), Muhyiddin Yassin, Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Genting Highlands, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Selangor, Melaka, Johor, Sabah, Putrajaya, Labuan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.8), marketing_crm (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected impact on Resorts World Genting's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Non-Gaming Revenue (NGR) for Q1 2021, considering the extended movement control order and reduced operational capacity?"},{"label":"Operational Resilience","query":"How will Resorts World Genting's governance framework adapt its operational expenditure and workforce management strategies to maintain financial stability during this period of reduced capacity and demand?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,23876,16333],"tags":[23922],"class_list":["post-13312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-resorts-world-genting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13312","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=13312"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13320,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13312\/revisions\/13320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}