{"id":24906,"date":"2021-11-26T07:55:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T10:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24906"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:29:09","slug":"melco-cyprus-to-more-than-double-staff-for-launch-of-mediterranean-ir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-cyprus-to-more-than-double-staff-for-launch-of-mediterranean-ir","title":{"rendered":"Melco Cyprus to more than double staff for launch of Mediterranean IR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Melco Cyprus has announced it will increase its workforce by 260 per cent prior to the opening of the City of Dreams Mediterranean integrated resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cyprus.-<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-resorts-posts-us446-4m-in-operating-revenue-for-q3\">&nbsp;Melco Resorts &amp; Entertainment<\/a>&nbsp;is getting closer to the opening of its&nbsp;<strong>City of Dreams Mediterranean integrated resort&nbsp;<\/strong>and it has announced it will increase its staff by almost 260 per cent in the coming months. Melco Cyprus currently<strong>&nbsp;employs around 700 people<\/strong>, the vast majority of whom are Cypriot citizens. The casino operator expects that number to reach 2,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melco hopes to create an estimated 4,000 local job opportunities and approximately 2,500 permanent jobs.&nbsp;The City of Dreams Mediterranean integrated resort is<strong>&nbsp;expected to open in the second half of 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-cyprus-to-open-casino-dealer-school\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the casino operator<\/a>&nbsp;revealed it was seeking to train potential employees by opening a dealer school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said: \u201c[The casino-dealer school] will provide successful Dealer position candidates with the opportunity to<strong>&nbsp;receive first-class paid training&nbsp;<\/strong>to develop the required skills for success.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melco Cyprus has announced it will increase its workforce by 260 per cent prior to the opening of the City of Dreams Mediterranean integrated resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Melco Cyprus is significantly expanding its workforce by 260% to prepare for the opening of the City of Dreams Mediterranean integrated resort in the second half of 2022. The operator plans to increase its staff from 700 to 2,500, aiming to create 4,000 local job opportunities and 2,500 permanent positions, supported by a new dealer school.","focusai_entities":"Melco Cyprus, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, City of Dreams Mediterranean","focusai_location":"Cyprus","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operational Ramp-Up Challenges?","query":"What specific operational and human resources challenges does Melco anticipate in scaling its workforce by 260% for the City of Dreams Mediterranean, particularly concerning talent retention and training efficacy?"},{"label":"Impact on EBITDA Projections?","query":"How will the substantial increase in personnel and associated operational expenditures impact Melco's projected EBITDA margins and cash flow generation during the initial operational phase of the integrated resort?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16331,158],"tags":[23906,23970],"class_list":["post-24906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-elsewhere-news","category-slider-home","tag-macau-casinos","tag-melco-resorts-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24906","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=24906"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24914,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24906\/revisions\/24914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}