Michael Ahearne, SkyCity’s CEO, has announced that a Covid-19 vaccination certificate will be required for entry to all SkyCity venues in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
New Zealand.-\u00a0SkyCity Entertainment Group has taken the decision to only allow vaccinated customers to enter its casinos. It will require Covid-19 vaccination certificates for entry to all SkyCity venues in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to\u00a0Michael Ahearne, SkyCity’s CEO<\/strong>, the casino operator has in place the highest available levels of protection against Covid-19 and is meeting its legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 but that research had confirmed “Covid-19 vaccines will provide the best protection for our staff and customers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n He added: “SkyCity expects the CVC requirement will cover all employees (around 2,900), customers<\/strong>, contractors and visitors at our New Zealand sites to protect them from the harmful effects of Covid-19.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the last six months,\u00a0the company has encouraged its employees to get vaccinated <\/strong>by providing paid time off, petrol vouchers for travel and vaccination events for staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company has been deeply impacted by the Covid-19 Delta outbreak that led to the temporary\u00a0closure of its venue in Hamilton<\/a>\u00a0and its\u00a0casino in Queenstown<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michael Ahearne, SkyCity’s CEO, has announced that a Covid-19 vaccination certificate will be required for entry to all SkyCity venues in New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"SkyCity Entertainment Group has announced a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination certificate requirement for entry to all its New Zealand venues, encompassing employees, customers, contractors, and visitors. CEO Michael Ahearne cited the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and vaccine efficacy as drivers for this strategic decision. This policy follows operational disruptions and temporary venue closures caused by the recent Delta outbreak.","focusai_entities":"SkyCity Entertainment Group, Michael Ahearne","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Hamilton, Queenstown","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.85), gambler_consumer (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact?","query":"What are SkyCity's projected impacts on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) following the implementation of this restricted customer access policy, considering potential shifts in player demographics or volume?"},{"label":"Employee Impact?","query":"Beyond immediate compliance, what are the anticipated long-term effects of this mandatory vaccination policy on employee retention, recruitment, and overall workforce stability within SkyCity's New Zealand operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28,158],"tags":[1137],"class_list":["post-24032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","tag-skycity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24032","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=24032"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24059,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24032\/revisions\/24059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}