{"id":14215,"date":"2021-02-04T16:19:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=14215"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:05:48","slug":"resorts-world-genting-extends-casino-closure-until-feb-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/resorts-world-genting-extends-casino-closure-until-feb-18","title":{"rendered":"Resorts World Genting extends casino closure until Feb 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The casino operator has extended its temporary closure in Malaysia until February 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.-\u00a0Resorts World Genting (RWG) has extended its<strong>\u00a0temporary closure <\/strong>until February 18 due to Malaysia&#8217;s Covid-19 countermeasures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closure was originally <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/rwg-casino-complex-forced-to-close-for-two-weeks\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>to run from January 22 until February 4<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resort said customers with a booking for the affected period can ask for a change of date or refund. Only a few districts in the eastern state of Sarawak have been allowed to return to<strong> <\/strong>less restrictive rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said that essential resort-based services at Resorts World Genting, including security, firefighting, utilities and clinics, would remain operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Ministry of Health,<strong> Malaysia recorded 4,284\u00a0new Covid-19 cases in the 24-hour period up to noon on Wednesday<\/strong>. The country has reported \u00a0809\u00a0deaths from Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The casino operator has extended its temporary closure in Malaysia until February 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14222,"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) has extended its temporary operational closure in Malaysia until February 18, citing ongoing national Covid-19 countermeasures. This prolonged closure, initially set from January 22 to February 4, impacts customer bookings and reflects the broader regulatory environment for land-based gaming operations during public health crises. Essential resort services will maintain functionality.","focusai_entities":"Resorts World Genting (RWG), Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Sarawak","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Financial Impact?","query":"What is the estimated daily revenue loss for Resorts World Genting due to this extended closure, and how might this impact its Q1\/Q2 financial guidance and capital market performance?"},{"label":"Operational Resilience?","query":"Beyond immediate revenue, what are the long-term implications of such prolonged closures on Resorts World Genting's operational resilience, workforce retention, and market re-entry strategy within the land-based gaming vertical?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,23876,16333],"tags":[23922],"class_list":["post-14215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news","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\/14215","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14215"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14257,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14215\/revisions\/14257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}