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Genting Highland casino closure is going to be extended until 14 April, according to the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Malaysia.- The Resorts World Genting<\/em><\/strong> tourism complex, including the only licensed casino venue in Malaysia, informed in a statement posted on its customer website that a\u00a0shutdown of operations would be extended until April 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the company, the measure is related to Malaysia\u2019s prime minister’s decision to extend until the same date the movement control order, among other efforts to control the further spread of the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resorts World Genting said the closure also applied to several non-gaming resorts it runs in that country: Resorts World Awana, Resorts World Kijal and Resorts World Langkawi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOperations in our resorts will resume upon the lifting of the movement control order,\u201d explained the statement. \u201cWe will continue to assess the situation on a daily basis and make the necessary announcements as more information becomes available,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genting Malaysia Bhd had previously confirmed the closure from March 18 to March 31<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, a measure that included the shutdown of the casino resort and its other Malaysian non-gaming resorts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Genting Highland casino closure is going to be extended until 14 April, according to the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Resorts World Genting has extended the temporary closure of its sole licensed casino and integrated resorts in Malaysia until April 14. This operational suspension aligns with the Malaysian government's extended Movement Control Order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The prolonged shutdown impacts Genting Malaysia Bhd's gaming and hospitality segments.","focusai_entities":"Genting Highland, Resorts World Genting, Genting Malaysia Bhd, Resorts World Awana, Resorts World Kijal, Resorts World Langkawi","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), gambler_consumer (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Loss Impact","query":"What is the estimated daily Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) loss for Resorts World Genting resulting from this extended operational suspension, and how does it impact Genting Malaysia Bhd's Q2 financial projections?"},{"label":"Liquidity & Cost Mitigation","query":"What specific liquidity preservation strategies and fixed cost mitigation measures is Genting Malaysia Bhd implementing to navigate the prolonged Movement Control Order?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,161,167,16333],"tags":[29,1076,226],"class_list":["post-4912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","category-news-region","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-genting","tag-malaysia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4912"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009340,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912\/revisions\/777009340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}