Potential buyers emerge for Melco’s stake in City of Dreams Manila<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gaming income fell by 18 per cent in the first half of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777029630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Belle Corporation reported an 18% decline in its share of gaming revenue for H1 2025, with its subsidiary Premium Leisure Corporation recording PHP772.3m. This downturn, including a 37.3% Q2 year-on-year drop for City of Dreams Manila, contributed to Belle's consolidated net income falling 9%. Concurrently, Melco Resorts & Entertainment is exploring strategic alternatives for its Philippine assets, though Belle has stated it is not immediately pursuing an acquisition of Melco's stake.","focusai_entities":"Belle Corporation, Premium Leisure Corporation, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Lawrence Ho, City of Dreams Manila","focusai_location":"The Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Philippine GGR?","query":"What specific factors contributed to the significant 37.3% year-on-year decline in City of Dreams Manila's Q2 gaming revenue, and how does this reflect on the broader Philippine GGR outlook for H2 2025?"},{"label":"Melco's Strategic Rationale?","query":"Given the reported revenue declines, what is the strategic rationale behind Melco Resorts & Entertainment exploring alternatives for its Philippine interests, and what types of buyers are likely to emerge for such a stake?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[23326,19841,24804],"class_list":["post-777029621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-belle-corp","tag-city-of-dreams-manila","tag-the-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029621","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777029621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777029644,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029621\/revisions\/777029644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777029630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777029621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777029621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777029621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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