{"id":777037496,"date":"2026-01-30T09:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777037496"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:50:00","slug":"city-of-dreams-sri-lanka-shows-positive-momentum-in-first-full-operational-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/city-of-dreams-sri-lanka-shows-positive-momentum-in-first-full-operational-quarter","title":{"rendered":"City of Dreams Sri Lanka shows positive EBITDA in first full operational quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EBITDA reached LKR1.43bn (US$4.62m). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sri Lanka.- <strong>City of Dreams Sri Lanka<\/strong> saw <strong>LKR1.43bn<\/strong> (US$4.62m) in EBITDA in the <strong>fourth quarter of 2025<\/strong>, the first quarter of full operations at the casino, <strong>113-room Nuwa hotel<\/strong> and the first phase of the shopping mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parent company <strong>John Keells Holdings (JKH)<\/strong> reported strong performance at the casino, <strong>Cinnamon Life<\/strong>, and Nuwa hotels. JKH manages the 687-room Cinnamon Life hotel, while the casino and Nuwa hotel are operated by gaming and hospitality group <strong>Melco<\/strong> under a <strong>20-year casino licence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JKH chairperson <strong>Krishan Balendra<\/strong> said the group expects the <strong>US$1.2bn<\/strong> integrated resort valued to maintain growth over the next few quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/05\/Wynn-Al-Marjan-Island-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wynn-al-marjan-set-to-be-wynn-resorts-biggest-fee-contributor-says-cbre'>Wynn Al Marjan could be Wynn Resorts\u2019 biggest fee generator, CBRE says<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EBITDA reached LKR1.43bn (US$4.62m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777025632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"City of Dreams Sri Lanka reported LKR1.43bn (US$4.62m) in EBITDA for Q4 2025, marking its first quarter of full operations for the casino, Nuwa hotel, and initial shopping mall phase. 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