{"id":25204,"date":"2021-12-06T07:23:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T10:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25204"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:14:03","slug":"genting-cruise-lines-to-resume-operations-from-december-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-cruise-lines-to-resume-operations-from-december-22","title":{"rendered":"Genting Cruise Lines to resume operations from December 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Genting Cruise Lines has revealed it will resume operations from December 22, 2021 offering trip itineraries from Penang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.-\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-genting-cruise-lines-to-recruit-100-staff\">Genting Cruises<\/a>\u00a0has confirmed it will resume operations of its Star Cruises on December 22, 2021. According to a statement issued by the company,\u00a0<strong>Star Pisces will depart five times a week<\/strong>, providing a one to two nights round-trip itinerary from Penang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will initially reduce the number of passengers carried by 50 per cent. All guests and crew members must be fully vaccinated and must provide negative test results before boarding. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/how-is-covid-19-impacting-on-cruise-lines-stock\">Genting Cruises<\/a>\u00a0said it was the world&#8217;s first international cruise company to successfully restart operations when it resumed Dream Cruises in Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong in July last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said: &#8220;As part of Genting Cruise Lines, S<strong>tar Cruises is excited to pioneer safe cruises in Malaysia\u00a0<\/strong>and to work hand-in-hand with the ministries under the Malaysian government. We hope to call on more Malaysian destinations and to expand our itineraries with the inclusion of regional destinations like Phuket in the near future to spur the cruise tourism industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genting Cruise Lines has revealed it will resume operations from December 22, 2021 offering trip itineraries from Penang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25237,"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 Cruise Lines' Star Cruises brand is set to resume operations from Penang, Malaysia, on December 22, 2021, with its Star Pisces vessel offering short itineraries. This restart includes stringent health protocols, such as 50% capacity reduction and mandatory vaccination, building on prior successful resumptions in other Asian markets.","focusai_entities":"Genting Cruise Lines, Star Cruises, Star Pisces, Dream Cruises, Malaysian government","focusai_location":"Penang, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Phuket","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operational Cost Impact","query":"What is the projected impact of reduced passenger capacity and enhanced health protocols on Genting Cruise Lines' NGR and operational EBITDA for the initial quarters of resumed service?"},{"label":"Regulatory Harmonization","query":"How will Genting Cruise Lines navigate potential discrepancies in health and safety regulations as it expands itineraries to include multiple regional jurisdictions like Phuket?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25204","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=25204"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25212,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25204\/revisions\/25212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}