{"id":777016328,"date":"2024-06-11T10:39:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016328"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:17:49","slug":"agi-clarifies-management-changes-at-newport-world-resorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agi-clarifies-management-changes-at-newport-world-resorts","title":{"rendered":"AGI clarifies management changes at Newport World Resorts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alliance Global Group says the changes were related to a planned transition following its acquisition of the resort operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- <strong>Alliance Global Group (AGI)<\/strong>, the parent company of <strong>Newport World Resorts<\/strong>, has explained that recent management changes at the integrated resort (IR) were part of a planned transition following its acquisition of full ownership of the resort\u2019s operating company, <strong>Travellers International Hotel Group<\/strong> (TIHGI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a filing with the Philippine Stock Exchange, AGI said the departures of<strong> Kingson U. Sian<\/strong>, <strong>Hakan Dagtas<\/strong>, and <strong>Bernard Than<\/strong>, who were the president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer of TIHGI respectively, marked the conclusion of a year-long transition period initiated after AGI assumed complete ownership on May 30, 2023. The executives left the company on June 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AGI said <strong>Kingson Sian had postponed his planned retirement in 2022<\/strong> to guide the company through the transition. <strong>Nilo Rodriguez<\/strong>, formerly the CFO of Philippine Airlines, is now CEO, and <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/newport-world-resorts-appoints-lance-gautreaux-as-chief-casino-officer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lance Gatreaux<\/a>, previously the chief casino officer, has been promoted to COO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alliance Global Group says the changes were related to a planned transition following its acquisition of the resort operator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":13627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Alliance Global Group (AGI) has clarified that recent executive departures at Newport World Resorts, including its President, COO, and CFO, are part of a planned post-acquisition transition. These changes follow AGI's full ownership acquisition of Travellers International Hotel Group (TIHGI) in May 2023. New leadership, including Nilo Rodriguez as CEO and Lance Gatreaux as COO, has been appointed to guide the integrated resort's future operations.","focusai_entities":"Alliance Global Group (AGI), Newport World Resorts, Travellers International Hotel Group (TIHGI), Philippine Stock Exchange, Kingson U. 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