{"id":16057,"date":"2021-03-19T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16057"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:58:12","slug":"genting-cruise-receives-100000th-passenger-since-relaunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-cruise-receives-100000th-passenger-since-relaunch","title":{"rendered":"Genting cruise receives 100,000th passenger since relaunch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genting Dream Cruises has been accepting passengers since November, becoming just the second cruise line to return to operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore.- <strong>Genting Dream Cruises has received its 100,000th passenger <\/strong>since it relaunched operations back in <strong>November 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its &#8220;cruise to nowhere&#8221; became just the <strong>second cruise ship to return to operations<\/strong> since the start of the pandemic, adopting Covid-19 measures onboard to protect guests and staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each cruise takes around <strong>1,400 passengers<\/strong> in line with a <strong>50 per cent limited capacity<\/strong> limit, yet after just four months of operation, the line has carried 100,000 passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dream Cruises President Michael Goh<\/strong>, said: \u201cHaving pioneered the safe pilot cruises in Singapore, we are excited to be part of this important milestone to celebrate Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore\u2019s 100,000th cruise passenger since the program started.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for many other companies in the gaming and hospitality industry, the past year has been challenging. Genting Singapore reported that its <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-singapores-revenues-fall-90-in-2020\" target=\"_blank\">full-year revenue for 2020<\/a><\/em><\/strong> fell by\u00a0<strong>nearly 90 per cent<\/strong>, resulting in the\u00a0<strong>worst financial performance<\/strong>\u00a0since the opening of its Resorts World Sentosa property in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Analysts at&nbsp;<em><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-singapore-recovery-depends-on-lifting-of-travel-ban\" target=\"_blank\">Kenanga Research&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/em>have reported that the recovery of the regional leisure, hospitality and integrated resorts giant&nbsp;will&nbsp;<strong>largely depend on the lifting of current travel restrictions.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genting Dream Cruises has been accepting passengers since November, becoming just the second cruise line to return to operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Genting Dream Cruises has achieved 100,000 passengers since its November 2020 operational restart in Singapore, operating at 50% capacity with stringent Covid-19 measures. This operational resilience contrasts with Genting Singapore's 90% full-year revenue decline in 2020, underscoring the broader financial challenges facing the integrated resorts and hospitality sector, with recovery contingent on global travel restriction easements.","focusai_entities":"Genting Dream Cruises, Dream Cruises, Genting Singapore, Resorts World Sentosa, Kenanga Research, Michael Goh","focusai_location":"Singapore, Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Genting Singapore NGR Outlook?","query":"What is the projected NGR impact for Genting Singapore's gaming verticals once regional and international travel restrictions are fully lifted, considering the cruise division's operational recovery?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy?","query":"How do the implemented COVID-19 governance frameworks and 'safe pilot cruise' protocols on Genting Dream Cruises inform broader regulatory compliance and operational licensing for integrated resorts and other leisure verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[23687],"class_list":["post-16057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-genting-singapore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16057","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=16057"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16084,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16057\/revisions\/16084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}