{"id":21696,"date":"2021-08-18T13:53:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T16:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21696"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:31:12","slug":"genting-malaysia-likely-to-reopen-in-november-analysts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-malaysia-likely-to-reopen-in-november-analysts-say","title":{"rendered":"Genting Malaysia likely to reopen in November, analysts say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Maybank Investment Bank has predicted that Genting Malaysia&#8217;s Resort World Genting won&#8217;t reopen its doors until November due to a rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.-\u00a0<strong>Genting Malaysia<\/strong> is<strong> <\/strong>likely to remain closed for at least another four months, according to analysts at Maybank Investment Bank. Analysts previously expected the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/resorts-world-genting-likely-to-be-closed-for-3-months\">casino venue to reopen by the end of August<\/a>. However, the country has seen a rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/resorts-world-genting-announces-complete-closure\">Resorts World Genting<\/a>\u2018s casino has been closed since Macy. It\u00a0<strong>closed all of its services\u00a0<\/strong>in June, after Malaysian Prime Minister announced a nationwide<strong>\u00a0Covid-19 lockdown.<\/strong>\u00a0Until then, the resort\u2019s hotels, food and beverage outlets, shopping malls, retail outlets and other facilities remained open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, authorities announced that\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-eases-some-restrictions-for-the-fully-vaccinated\">Covid-19 countermeasures will be eased<\/a>\u00a0for those who have been fully vaccinated, including the opening of hair salons, shops selling electrical goods, furniture, sporting equipment and car accessories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government expects to achieve herd immunity in October with a daily rate of 400,000 vaccinates a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybank Investment Bank has predicted that Genting Malaysia&#8217;s Resort World Genting won&#8217;t reopen its doors until November due to a rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Maybank Investment Bank has revised its projection for Genting Malaysia's Resorts World Genting, now anticipating the integrated resort will remain closed until November due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. This extended operational hiatus, pushing back from an earlier August reopening expectation, underscores the persistent public health challenges impacting land-based gaming and hospitality sectors. The government's timeline for achieving herd immunity in October suggests a potential alignment for reopening, contingent on vaccination rates and eased countermeasures.","focusai_entities":"Genting Malaysia, Maybank Investment Bank, Resorts World Genting","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Financial Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected quarterly revenue and EBITDA impact for Genting Malaysia given the extended closure of Resorts World Genting until November, and how does this affect its capital expenditure plans?"},{"label":"Regional Recovery Outlook","query":"How does the revised reopening timeline for Resorts World Genting influence the broader recovery outlook for integrated resorts in Southeast Asia, particularly concerning regulatory frameworks and public health protocols?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,158,16333],"tags":[19394,23907],"class_list":["post-21696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-genting-malaysia","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21696","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=21696"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21732,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21696\/revisions\/21732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}