{"id":27967,"date":"2022-03-10T08:59:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T11:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=27967"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:37:56","slug":"genting-malaysia-to-increase-capacity-before-borders-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-malaysia-to-increase-capacity-before-borders-reopen","title":{"rendered":"Genting Malaysia to increase capacity before borders reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Genting Malaysia Bhd has revealed that Resorts World Genting will increase its productivity and efficiency before Malaysia reopens its borders on April 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- Genting Malaysia has announced it will\u00a0<strong>enhance Resorts World Genting&#8217;s operational capacity<\/strong>\u00a0to increase productivity and efficiency before Malaysia&#8217;s borders reopen. <strong>Malaysia\u2019s prime minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob<\/strong>, announced yesterday that\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-to-reopen-borders-from-april-1\" target=\"_blank\">the country will fully reopen its borders<\/a>\u00a0for international travellers from April 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Genting said it would leverage existing assets and optimise its cost base. It added that it would focus on a \u201cprogressive roll-out of the remaining attractions&#8221; at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-skyworlds-to-launch-next-week\" target=\"_blank\">Genting SkyWorlds<\/a>, the theme park\u00a0that opened its doors on February 8. The MYR3.3bn (US$789m) park is seen as a possible crowd-puller for other Resorts World Genting facilities. It has nine  themed worlds across 26 acres with 26 rides and attractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the casino operator, the reopening of borders will help it recover after the Covid-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Genting Malaysia added: &#8220;Health and safety of guests, employees and the community remain a key priority&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s estimated that&nbsp;<strong>visitor arrivals to Genting\u2019s resort in Malaysia could increase to 23 million&nbsp;<\/strong>and 27 million people in the fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2023 respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genting Malaysia Bhd has revealed that Resorts World Genting will increase its productivity and efficiency before Malaysia reopens its borders on April 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18062,"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 Malaysia Bhd is enhancing operational capacity and optimizing costs at Resorts World Genting, including the progressive rollout of Genting SkyWorlds attractions, in anticipation of Malaysia's borders reopening on April 1. This strategic move aims to leverage existing assets and drive recovery, with projected visitor arrivals expected to reach 23-27 million in FY2022\/2023.","focusai_entities":"Genting Malaysia Bhd, Resorts World Genting, Genting SkyWorlds, Ismail Sabri Yaakob","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"SkyWorlds ROI?","query":"What is the projected Return on Investment (ROI) for Genting SkyWorlds, given the MYR3.3bn capital expenditure and anticipated visitor uplift for the integrated resort?"},{"label":"NGR margin impact?","query":"How will Genting Malaysia's stated cost optimization strategy impact its Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) margins and overall profitability in fiscal years 2022 and 2023?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,158,16333],"tags":[19394],"class_list":["post-27967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-genting-malaysia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27967","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=27967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27983,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27967\/revisions\/27983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}