{"id":777003260,"date":"2023-03-13T14:12:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T17:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777003260"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:49:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:49:40","slug":"resorts-world-cruises-expects-cruise-business-recovery-in-hk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/resorts-world-cruises-expects-cruise-business-recovery-in-hk","title":{"rendered":"Resorts World Cruises expects cruise business recovery in HK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The company hopes the return of mainland Chinese tourists to Hong Kong will help boost the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.-\u00a0<strong>Resorts World Cruises Pte Ltd<\/strong>, the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>company launched by Genting Hong Kong founder\u00a0<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>\u00a0last April, expects a rapid recovery of the cruise market in Hong Kong. Launching the company&#8217;s 13-deck Resorts World One, company president <strong>Michael Goh<\/strong> told South China Morning Post that Hong Kong has a better chance of a quick recovery than Singapore.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: &#8220;Hong Kong has a good international flight connection, and is a very popular destination for international travellers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/resorts-world-cruises-to-begin-cruising-in-china\" target=\"_blank\">Resorts World One<\/a>\u00a0will offer destination cruises starting in April. Approximately 1,800 passengers can be accommodated in 326 balcony cabins and 40 suite cabins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being idle for three years, Hong Kong&#8217;s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal has reopened, receiving its first international cruise ship in January.\u00a0The terminal is expected <strong>to host at least 150 port calls from 16 different cruise lines this year<\/strong>, and will also provide weekly itineraries to Kaohsiung, Taiwan departing from Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a decade, Hong Kong was the most visited destination globally. However even before the pandemic visitor numbers had fallen from the peak of 65.15 million in 2018 due to anti-government protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company hopes the return of mainland Chinese tourists to Hong Kong will help boost the sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":2076,"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 Cruises, founded by Genting Hong Kong's Lim Kok Thay, anticipates a rapid recovery for Hong Kong's cruise market, driven by the return of mainland Chinese tourists and the reopening of Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. The company's new vessel, Resorts World One, will commence destination cruises in April, contributing to an expected 150 port calls at the terminal this year.","focusai_entities":"Resorts World Cruises Pte Ltd, Genting Hong Kong, Lim Kok Thay, Michael Goh, South China Morning Post","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Singapore, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"HK Cruise Market Outlook","query":"What is the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) contribution from the mainland Chinese tourist segment to Hong Kong's overall leisure and hospitality sector in FY2023-2024, considering the operational ramp-up of cruise lines?"},{"label":"Kai Tak Terminal Capacity","query":"How does the current operational capacity and projected port call volume of Kai Tak Cruise Terminal compare to pre-pandemic levels, and what are the implications for regional cruise line competition and market share dynamics?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777003260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003260","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=777003260"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777003276,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003260\/revisions\/777003276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777003260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777003260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777003260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}