{"id":30848,"date":"2022-06-16T06:13:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T09:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30848"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:43:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:43:02","slug":"resorts-world-cruises-debuts-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/resorts-world-cruises-debuts-in-singapore","title":{"rendered":"Resorts World Cruises debuts in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Genting Group chairman Lim Kok Thay has launched his new cruise line&#8217;s first services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- Resorts World Cruises, the company that&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/is-genting-planning-to-launch-resorts-world-cruise-operations\" target=\"_blank\">Lim Kok Thay<\/a>&nbsp;created after Genting Hong Kong&#8217;s Dream Cruises entered&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-hong-kong-considers-filing-for-liquidation\" target=\"_blank\">provisional liquidation<\/a>, has made its debut with a series of short cruises departing from the Marina Bay Cruise Center in Singapore. It&#8217;s initially running short ocean excursions but will offer two- and three-night cruises to Indonesia and Malaysia from July 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new company has<strong>&nbsp;rehired about 1,600 people for the cruise business&nbsp;<\/strong>including about 70 of its 100 former sales and marketing staff. Resorts World Cruises says <strong>the 18-deck 150,695 gross tonne Genting Dream<\/strong>&nbsp;will offer guests a high seas vacation cruise experience and complement the Resorts World&#8217;s portfolio, which includes 46 hotels in eight countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for Genting Hong Kong, the company has reported a delay in the publication of its 2021 financial results due to liquidity constraints. The company said further announcements will be made as soon as practicable. Its shares will remain suspended until further notice following the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-hk-to-be-delisted-if-it-fails-to-remedy-trading-suspension-issues\" target=\"_blank\">trading suspension<\/a>&nbsp;on January 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Genting Group chairman Lim Kok Thay has launched his new cruise line&#8217;s first services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":4531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Former Genting Group chairman Lim Kok Thay has launched Resorts World Cruises, a new venture following Genting Hong Kong's Dream Cruises' provisional liquidation. Operating from Singapore, the new cruise line has rehired 1,600 former staff and will complement the broader Resorts World hospitality portfolio. Concurrently, Genting Hong Kong faces continued financial distress, delaying its 2021 results and maintaining share suspension.","focusai_entities":"Lim Kok Thay, Genting Group, Resorts World Cruises, Genting Hong Kong, Dream Cruises, Resorts World","focusai_location":"Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Genting HK Liquidity Impact","query":"What are the specific implications of Genting Hong Kong's liquidity constraints and share suspension on its remaining assets, particularly any gaming licenses or integrated resort developments, and how might this affect the broader Genting Group's capital structure?"},{"label":"Resorts World Strategy","query":"How does the launch of Resorts World Cruises by Lim Kok Thay integrate with the existing Resorts World portfolio's gaming and hospitality verticals, and what is the projected GGR\/NGR contribution from cross-promotional synergies?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16334],"tags":[23716],"class_list":["post-30848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-genting-hong-kong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30848","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=30848"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30872,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30848\/revisions\/30872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}