{"id":22,"date":"2019-10-04T05:28:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T05:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=22"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:32:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:32:54","slug":"bloomberry-to-pay-e270-million-to-global-gaming-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bloomberry-to-pay-e270-million-to-global-gaming-philippines","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberry to pay \u20ac270 million to Global Gaming Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An arbitration tribunal in Singapore has ordered Asian casino investor Bloomberry Resorts to pay the Global Gaming Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- Bloomberry explained that the payment ordered by the arbitration tribunal was related to the termination of a management services agreement between subsidiaries <strong>Sureste Properties Inc<\/strong> and <em><strong>Bloomberry Resorts &amp; Hotels Inc<\/strong><\/em>, and <strong>Global Gaming Philippines<\/strong>. The deal was related with Solaire Resort and Casino, a property that opened in Manila in March 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parties had struck a casino management services contract in 2011. However, in September 2013, Bloomberry Resorts and Hotel terminated the agreement with Global Gaming Philippines, alleging <em>\u201cmaterial breach\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cfailure of discussions\u201d<\/em>. According to the Global Gaming Philippines, the agreement was wrongfully terminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>The \u20ac270 million award <\/strong><\/em>included <strong>\u20ac77,7 million <\/strong>as damages for lost management fees to Global Gaming Philippines and a <strong>\u20ac178,4 million<\/strong> for the 921.2 million shares Global Gaming Philippines currently holds in Bloomberry Resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>If <\/em>[Bloomberry Resorts] <em>do not pay for the shares, Global Gaming Philippines may sell the shares in the market and<\/em> [Bloomberry Resorts is] <em>directed to take all steps necessary to facilitate this sale<\/em>. [Bloomberry Resorts] <em>will be liable for the difference in the selling price if it is less than the awarded price,\u201d<\/em> the casino operator stated during monday&#8217;s filing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award also included <strong>\u20ac14 million<\/strong> in costs, and pre-termination fees and expenses to Global Gaming Philippines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An arbitration tribunal in Singapore has ordered Asian casino investor Bloomberry Resorts to pay the Global Gaming Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"An arbitration tribunal in Singapore has ordered Bloomberry Resorts to pay Global Gaming Philippines \u20ac270 million. This award stems from the 2013 termination of a management services agreement for the Solaire Resort and Casino, with the payment covering lost management fees, costs, and the value of Global Gaming Philippines' shares in Bloomberry. Bloomberry faces potential liability for any market price differential if it fails to acquire the shares.","focusai_entities":"Bloomberry Resorts, Global Gaming Philippines, Sureste Properties Inc, Bloomberry Resorts & Hotels Inc, Solaire Resort and Casino","focusai_location":"Singapore, Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.98), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Bloomberry's Financial Strategy","query":"How will Bloomberry Resorts finance the \u20ac270 million arbitration award, particularly the share repurchase component, and what is the projected impact on its balance sheet and future capital expenditure plans?"},{"label":"Governance & Contractual Risk","query":"What specific governance framework adjustments or contractual clause revisions might Bloomberry Resorts implement to mitigate similar arbitration risks following this significant award?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,157,28],"tags":[96,29,128],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-business-news","category-casino-news","tag-asia","tag-casino","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","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\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018386,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/777018386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}