{"id":26725,"date":"2022-01-28T10:14:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T13:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=26725"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:48:53","slug":"donaco-celebrates-airport-plans-near-aristo-casino-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/donaco-celebrates-airport-plans-near-aristo-casino-in-vietnam","title":{"rendered":"Donaco celebrates airport plans near Aristo casino in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Vietnamese Government has approved the construction of Sapa airport in Lao Cai, the region where Aristo is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- Donaco chairman Porntat Amatavivadhana<\/strong> has welcomed plans for the development of a new airport\u00a0near its Aristo International Hotel in Lao Cai. Speaking during an overview of Donaco International’s performance in 2021, he noted that the airport offers a huge opportunity for the Aristo casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sapa airport will be built over the next three to four years\u00a0and will have a capacity for 1.5 million passengers a year.\u00a0The project aims to help the local economy recover after the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amatavivadhana said: “This presents a major opportunity for our Aristo casino to attract a significant number of new customers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities in Vietnam have said they hope to fully open the country to international tourists\u00a0by the end of April<\/a>\u00a0to boost the tourism industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Donaco’s financial results, Amatavivadhana said\u00a02021 was a challenging year for the company as its Star Vegas casino in Cambodia was closed from 27 April 2021\u00a0and the Aristo casino in Vietnam open only on a limited basis since 8 May 2020. The casino operator reported net revenue of AU$10.32m\u00a0for fiscal year 2021<\/a>\u00a0and negative EBITDA of AUD70,000 (US$52,274).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Amatavivadhana remained confident about Donaco’s prospects for the future. He said: “Strong vaccination rates in the region where we operate have led the governments of both Thailand and Cambodia to target the easing of border and travel restrictions in February 2022, with the Thai Government announcing that from 1 February 2022 quarantine-free travel vaccinated arrivals will commence.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Vietnamese Government has approved the construction of Sapa airport in Lao Cai, the region where Aristo is located.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Donaco International anticipates significant growth opportunities for its Aristo casino in Vietnam following the approval of Sapa airport construction, projected to handle 1.5 million passengers annually. This development, coupled with Vietnam's planned full reopening to international tourists and easing regional travel restrictions, is expected to drive customer acquisition despite a challenging FY2021 marked by casino closures and limited operations. The company reported AU$10.32m net revenue and negative EBITDA of AUD70,000 for fiscal year 2021.","focusai_entities":"Donaco International, Porntat Amatavivadhana, Aristo International Hotel, Star Vegas","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Lao Cai, Sapa, Australia, Cambodia, Thailand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Aristo GGR Projections","query":"What are Donaco International's revised Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) projections for the Aristo casino, specifically quantifying the incremental impact of the Sapa airport's 1.5 million annual passenger capacity on VIP and mass-market segments?"},{"label":"Regional Regulatory Alignment","query":"How might the disparate regulatory frameworks and reopening protocols across Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand influence Donaco's operational agility and B2C licensing compliance in the short to medium term?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[966,23907],"class_list":["post-26725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-donaco","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26725","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=26725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26746,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26725\/revisions\/26746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}