{"id":18261,"date":"2021-05-25T15:10:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T15:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=18261"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:14:38","slug":"new-zealand-interrupts-travel-bubble-with-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-interrupts-travel-bubble-with-victoria","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand interrupts travel bubble with Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The travel bubble has been halted for at least 72 hours after a new rise in Covid-19 cases in the Australian state of Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.- The New Zealand government has decided to&nbsp;<strong>halt its travel bubble with the Australian state of Victoria<\/strong>&nbsp;due to new cases of Covid-19 in Melbourne, the second-most populous city in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong>&nbsp;state of Victoria had reported zero cases<\/strong>&nbsp;for almost three months until the recent cases emerged. Authorities in <strong>Melbourne have reimposed restrictions<\/strong>&nbsp;such as the use of masks in indoor spaces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crown Melbourne continues with its CovidSafePlan<\/strong>, which includes physical distancing, face masks, hygiene and enhanced cleaning. Authorities<strong>&nbsp;have not called for a temporary closure <\/strong>for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-and-new-zealand-to-launch-travel-bubble-from-april-19\">travel bubble<\/a>&nbsp;between New Zealand and Australia came after months of negotiations that ended the&nbsp;<strong>one-way deal that allowed New Zealanders to enter some Australian states&nbsp;<\/strong>while a mandatory 14-day quarantine remained for anyone travelling from Australia to New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The travel bubble has been halted for at least 72 hours after a new rise in Covid-19 cases in the Australian state of Victoria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18281,"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 New Zealand government has temporarily halted its travel bubble with the Australian state of Victoria for 72 hours following a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Melbourne. This decision, while not mandating a closure for Crown Melbourne, impacts the operational environment for the land-based casino, which continues to implement its CovidSafePlan. The measure underscores ongoing public health challenges affecting physical gaming establishments and their operational continuity.","focusai_entities":"Crown Melbourne, New Zealand government, Authorities in Melbourne","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), compliance_legal (0.75), regulator (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Crown GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact of this travel bubble halt and potential extended restrictions on Crown Melbourne's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for the current fiscal quarter?"},{"label":"Contingency for further restrictions?","query":"What are Crown Melbourne's contingency plans and operational adjustments should authorities mandate further restrictions or a temporary closure due to escalating public health concerns?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,23876],"tags":[23825,1137],"class_list":["post-18261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-social-news","tag-crown-melbourne","tag-skycity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18261","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=18261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18282,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18261\/revisions\/18282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}