{"id":26058,"date":"2022-01-06T08:09:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T11:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=26058"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:29:59","slug":"genting-hk-cancels-two-sailings-due-to-covid-19-countermeasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-hk-cancels-two-sailings-due-to-covid-19-countermeasures","title":{"rendered":"Genting HK cancels two sailings due to Covid-19 countermeasures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Genting Hong Kong Ltd had to cancel two casino cruises due to Hong Kong&#8217;s new countermeasures to avoid a rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.- Dream Cruises, a brand of casino cruise ship operator\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-hong-kong-to-resume-operations-in-taiwan\">Genting Hong Kong Co. Ltd.<\/a>, said that due to the city government\u2019s 14-day ban from January 7, the company was forced to cancel the two-night cruise originally scheduled to leave Hong Kong on the same day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to&nbsp;<strong>a new outbreak of Covid-19 cases&nbsp;<\/strong>under the Omicron variant, authorities have decided to strengthen social distancing measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dream Cruises<\/strong>\u00a0emphasized that the cancellation of the trip by its Genting Dream ship was &#8220;due to government instructions and not due to any Covid-19-related incidents on board&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company also announced that the earlier two-night cruise on the Genting Dream, which was scheduled to leave on Wednesday, had also been cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong,&nbsp;<strong>Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor<\/strong>, said that an outbreak of Omicron variant Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong could hinder the city\u2019s chances of reaching a&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-china-travel-bubble-delayed-due-to-omicron-cases\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quarantine-free travel arrangement<\/a>&nbsp;with mainland China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>reopening of the border between Hong Kong and Macau was highly expected&nbsp;<\/strong>as Hong Kong has historically accounted for 15 per cent to 20 per cent of Macau\u2019s total gaming revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genting Hong Kong Ltd had to cancel two casino cruises due to Hong Kong&#8217;s new countermeasures to avoid a rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/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 Hong Kong Ltd, through its Dream Cruises brand, was compelled to cancel two casino cruises departing from Hong Kong due to the government's imposition of a 14-day ban and enhanced social distancing measures in response to an Omicron variant outbreak. This operational disruption underscores the ongoing regulatory challenges impacting the gaming and leisure sectors, with broader implications for potential border reopenings and Macau's gaming revenue.","focusai_entities":"Genting Hong Kong Ltd, Dream Cruises, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.75), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Financial Impact Genting HK?","query":"What is the projected financial impact of these cruise cancellations on Genting Hong Kong's Q1 earnings and liquidity position, considering its broader debt restructuring efforts?"},{"label":"Macau GGR Outlook?","query":"How do these renewed restrictions in Hong Kong alter the timeline and probability of a quarantine-free travel corridor with mainland China and Macau, and what is the estimated GGR impact for Macau given Hong Kong's historical contribution?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23716],"class_list":["post-26058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-genting-hong-kong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26058","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=26058"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26069,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26058\/revisions\/26069"}],"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=26058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}