{"id":777009301,"date":"2023-09-15T06:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777009301"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:02:20","slug":"suntrust-starts-hiring-employees-for-westside-city-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/suntrust-starts-hiring-employees-for-westside-city-casino","title":{"rendered":"Suntrust starts hiring employees for Westside City casino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Summit Ascent\u2019s Philippine-based fellow subsidiary has begun hiring for its casino operations team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.-\u00a0<strong>Suntrust Resort Holdings<\/strong>, a subsidiary of Summit Ascent, has commenced the recruitment process for operations at its upcoming Westside hotel and casino resort in Manila. The US$1bn project is set to include\u00a0<strong>400 gaming tables and 1,200 slot machines<\/strong>, 450 five-star hotel rooms and 960 parking spaces. The company is also developing the Westside shopping mall and an opera house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/summit-ascent-posts-us2-1m-net-loss-in-h1\" target=\"_blank\">Summit Ascent&#8217;s interim results<\/a>\u00a0on the Hong Kong exchange, construction on the main hotel casino is on track for a 2024 launch.\u00a0Fa\u00e7ade works were in progress, with interior work expected to begin in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report stated: &#8220;Up to 30 June 2023, approximately US$461.1m has been paid for the main hotel-casino project by Suntrust, representing approximately 42 per cent of the estimated total construction and development costs.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summit Ascent\u2019s Philippine-based fellow subsidiary has begun hiring for its casino operations team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Suntrust Resort Holdings, a subsidiary of Summit Ascent, has commenced recruitment for its Westside hotel and casino resort in Manila, Philippines, signaling progress towards its 2024 launch. This US$1bn integrated resort, featuring extensive gaming facilities and luxury accommodations, has seen approximately 42% of its estimated construction and development costs expended to date. The development underscores continued expansion within the regional iGaming and hospitality sector.","focusai_entities":"Summit Ascent, Suntrust Resort Holdings","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Westside Project Funding","query":"What is the projected capital expenditure remaining for Suntrust Resort Holdings to complete the Westside project, and how will this impact Summit Ascent's balance sheet and future dividend policy?"},{"label":"Manila Market Impact","query":"How is the impending launch of the Westside resort, with its substantial gaming capacity, expected to alter the competitive landscape and GGR projections for the Manila integrated resort market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[24042],"class_list":["post-777009301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-suntrust-resort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009301","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=777009301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009330,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009301\/revisions\/777009330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}