{"id":18041,"date":"2021-05-19T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T15:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=18041"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:25:26","slug":"manila-irs-get-permission-to-receive-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/manila-irs-get-permission-to-receive-guests","title":{"rendered":"Manila IRs get permission to receive guests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manila;s IRs have been allowed to accept guests for staycations after The Philippines\u2019 president placed Metro Manila under general community quarantine,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The Philippines Department of Tourism (DOT) has allowed <strong>13 Manila Integrated Resorts<\/strong> to reopen and receive guests for a staycation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a <strong>total of 5,986 rooms<\/strong> between them, Metro Manila IRs may <strong>receive only staycation guests from within the National Capital Region<\/strong>. Guests must be aged between 18 and 65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 13 properties approved are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Okada Manila Hotel<\/li><li>Shangri-la at the Fort<\/li><li>Nobu Hotel<\/li><li>Joy Nostalg Hotel &amp; Suites Manila<\/li><li>EDSA Shangri-la Manila<\/li><li>Solaire Resort<\/li><li>Hyatt Regency<\/li><li>Nuwa Hotel of City of Dreams<\/li><li>The Peninsula Manila<\/li><li>Aruga by Rockwell<\/li><li>Sheraton Manila Hotel<\/li><li>Hilton Manila<\/li><li>Grand Hyatt Hotel<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement comes a few days after the government announced that\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/metro-manila-eases-covid-19-restrictions\">Metro Manila<\/a>\u00a0would <strong>ease Covid-19 countermeasures<\/strong> after a drop in the number of active cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metro Manila is now under a&nbsp;<strong>less restrictive general community quarantine (GCQ) until May 31.&nbsp;<\/strong>That allows some activities at a reduced capacity depending on the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Metro Manila IRs have been allowed to receive guests, <strong>there have been no further announcements regarding the reopening of casinos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Casinos at Entertainment City shut in March<\/strong>. Okada Manila, City of Dreams Manila and Solaire Resort and Casino have not updated their websites to announce a reopening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Metro Manila IRs allowed to take online bets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PAGCOR has announced that\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-allows-two-more-irs-to-take-online-bets\">Metro Manila IRs<\/a>\u00a0Solaire Resort, Casino and Resorts World Manila and Okada Manila Resort can offer online table games and slots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> three Metro Manila IRs may run online table games<\/strong> and slot machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The licences will be regulated under\u00a0<strong>a new system called PIGO (Philippine Inland Gaming Operator)<\/strong>, which allows operators to offer gaming services to players within the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAGCOR\u00a0<strong>chairman Andrea Domingo\u00a0<\/strong>said licences would have limits. She said: \u201cNot just anyone can play because of <strong>non-proliferation and responsible gaming<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PAGCOR GGR up 19.0 per cent in Q1<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-ggr-reaches-us536-2m-in-first-quarter-of-2021\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philippine Casinos<\/a>&nbsp;brought in GGR<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>of PHP25.74bn (US$536.2m)<strong>&nbsp;in Q1<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>2021<\/strong>, which represents an increase of 19.0 per cent from&nbsp;<strong>PHP25.80bn (US$538.5m) in Q4<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, during the first quarter of 2021, Philippine GGR was<strong>\u00a0down 43.9 per cent year-on-year,\u00a0<\/strong>mainly due to the impact of Covid-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manila;s IRs have been allowed to accept guests for staycations after The Philippines\u2019 president placed Metro Manila under general community quarantine,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippines has eased COVID-19 restrictions, allowing 13 Metro Manila Integrated Resorts to accept staycation guests, though casino floors remain closed. Concurrently, PAGCOR has introduced the Philippine Inland Gaming Operator (PIGO) system, granting Solaire Resort, Resorts World Manila, and Okada Manila Resort licenses to offer online table games and slots to domestic players. This development comes as PAGCOR reported Q1 2021 GGR of PHP25.74bn, a 19.0% increase quarter-on-quarter but a 43.9% year-on-year decline due to pandemic impacts.","focusai_entities":"Okada Manila Hotel, Shangri-la at the Fort, Nobu Hotel, Joy Nostalg Hotel & Suites Manila, EDSA Shangri-la Manila, Solaire Resort, Hyatt Regency, Nuwa Hotel of City of Dreams, The Peninsula Manila, Aruga by Rockwell, Sheraton Manila Hotel, Hilton Manila, Grand Hyatt Hotel, The Philippines Department of Tourism (DOT), PAGCOR, Resorts World Manila, Andrea Domingo","focusai_location":"Manila, Metro Manila, The Philippines, National Capital Region","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PIGO Licensing Scope?","query":"What are the specific technical and operational requirements for Integrated Resorts to secure and maintain a PIGO license, particularly concerning responsible gaming and non-proliferation measures?"},{"label":"GGR Recovery Outlook?","query":"Given the Q1 2021 GGR figures and the phased reopening, what is the projected timeline and magnitude of GGR recovery for the Philippine iGaming market, factoring in the new PIGO revenue stream?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,158,16333],"tags":[23632,17913],"class_list":["post-18041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-metro-manila"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18041","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=18041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18078,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18041\/revisions\/18078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}