{"id":777016230,"date":"2024-06-07T09:27:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016230"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:23:43","slug":"gkl-eyes-overseas-expansion-amid-growing-regional-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/gkl-eyes-overseas-expansion-amid-growing-regional-competition","title":{"rendered":"GKL eyes overseas expansion amid growing regional competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grand Korea Leisure is looking to expand in casino management and IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.- <strong>Grand Korea Leisure (GKL)<\/strong> has launched a new business task force, which will concentrate on three main areas: expanding its casino business internationally, digitalising casino operations and educating the tourism industry. Co-chaired by GKL\u2019s CEO, Kim Young-San, the task force is made up of 11 company officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CEO said the foreigner-only casino operator needed to prepare for future competition from the introduction of casinos in Japan and possibly Thailand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has shared its financial results for May. It posted casino sales of KRW26.61bn (US$19.40m), a decrease of 17.95 per cent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-casino-sales-down-19-7-in-april\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">when compared to April<\/a>\u00a0but up 16.3 per cent in year-on-year terms. Casino sales for the\u00a0<strong>first five months\u00a0<\/strong>totalled KRW155.55bn (US$113.40m), a decrease of 12.8 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-posts-net-profit-of-us7-4m-for-q1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grand Korea Leisure posts net profit of US$7.4m for Q1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Korea Leisure is looking to expand in casino management and IT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) has established a new business task force focused on international casino management and IT expansion, digitalizing operations, and tourism education. 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