{"id":20329,"date":"2021-07-15T16:15:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20329"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:34:41","slug":"genting-hong-kong-will-resume-operations-on-july-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-hong-kong-will-resume-operations-on-july-30","title":{"rendered":"Genting Hong Kong will resume operations on July 30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Genting Hong Kong will ensure officers and crew are vaccinated before resuming sailings in Hong Kong from July 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.- Casino cruise ship operator<strong>\u00a0Genting Hong Kong Limited\u00a0<\/strong>has confirmed that it will resume operations from July 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to resuming operations, <strong>all of its cruise staff will get vaccinated<\/strong> against Covid-19\u00a0as required by the Hong Kong government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passengers will also need to be fully vaccinated before sailing. As\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-hong-kong-to-resume-operations-from-july\">it was previously reported<\/a>, Genting Hong Kong will<strong>\u00a0only operate at 50 per cent of its capacity<\/strong>. The company said <strong>trips will not involve ports outside Hong Kong<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One Genting cruise,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-casino-cruise-returns-to-singapore-due-to-covid-19-case\">the World Dream liner<\/a>, had to return to Singapore after a passenger tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Reuters, nearly<strong>&nbsp;3,000 passengers and crew were confined to their cabins<\/strong>&nbsp;while the infected passenger was taken to hospital once the ship docked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said full cleaning was carried out at the cruise. The next sailing was cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The capacity of World Dream was reduced from 50 per cent to 25 per cent in May 2021 but returned to 50 per cent on June 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May, the company reported that it had reached a<strong>&nbsp;recapitalisation proposal<\/strong>&nbsp;with stakeholders to access a&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-hong-kong-creditors-to-accept-recapitalisation-package\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new US$261.5m loan<\/a>, which includes a small stake in the company, to finish construction of its Crystal Endeavor and Global Dream vessels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genting Hong Kong will ensure officers and crew are vaccinated before resuming sailings in Hong Kong from July 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20335,"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 Hong Kong is set to resume cruise operations from Hong Kong on July 30, mandating full vaccination for all staff and passengers and operating at 50% capacity with no international port calls. This follows a previous Covid-19 incident on the World Dream liner and a recent US$261.5m recapitalization deal to complete new vessels.","focusai_entities":"Genting Hong Kong Limited, World Dream, Crystal Endeavor, Global Dream, Reuters","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), gambler_consumer (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) impact of operating at 50% capacity under the new regulatory compliance framework, and how does this compare to pre-pandemic performance metrics?"},{"label":"Recapitalization Debt Covenants","query":"How does the US$261.5m recapitalization proposal, including the small equity stake, specifically impact Genting Hong Kong's long-term debt covenants and capital structure?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23716],"class_list":["post-20329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-genting-hong-kong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20329","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=20329"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20343,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20329\/revisions\/20343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}