{"id":777045682,"date":"2026-08-03T07:28:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777045682"},"modified":"2026-08-03T08:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:02:26","slug":"city-of-dreams-sri-lanka-records-positive-ebitda-of-us1-15m-in-q2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/city-of-dreams-sri-lanka-records-positive-ebitda-of-us1-15m-in-q2","title":{"rendered":"City of Dreams Sri Lanka records positive EBITDA of US$1.15m in Q2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Improved hotel performance and continued growth in casino operations supported earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sri Lanka.- City of Dreams Sri Lanka<\/strong> generated EBITDA of LKR388.72m (US$1.15m) during the second quarter of 2026. The results, reported by John Keells Holdings (JKH), Melco Resorts & Entertainment<\/strong>‘s local partner in the integrated resort, represent a dip from the final quarter of 2025<\/a>, the first full quarter of operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the company, performance was supported by higher occupancy levels and improved average daily room rates across the property’s hospitality operations, while casino performed was described as \u201csteadily improving\u201d following the resort’s opening in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located in Colombo, the property combines the 687-room Cinnamon Life hotel, the 113-room Nuwa luxury hotel, a casino, retail, dining and entertainment facilities under a 20-year casino operating licence. <\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Indian gaming stocks fall after Supreme Court backs retrospective 28% GST levy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Improved hotel performance and continued growth in casino operations supported earnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"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, a joint venture between John Keells Holdings and Melco Resorts & Entertainment, reported LKR388.72m (US$1.15m) EBITDA for Q2 2026. This figure represents a slight dip from Q4 2025, its first full operational quarter, with performance bolstered by improved hotel occupancy and steadily growing casino operations within its integrated resort framework.","focusai_entities":"John Keells Holdings, JKH, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, City of Dreams Sri Lanka, Cinnamon Life hotel, Nuwa luxury hotel","focusai_location":"Sri Lanka, Colombo","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"EBITDA vs. Projections?","query":"How does City of Dreams Sri Lanka's Q2 2026 EBITDA performance compare against initial financial projections and market expectations for its ramp-up phase?"},{"label":"Casino GGR Strategy?","query":"What specific operational and marketing strategies are Melco and JKH implementing to accelerate casino GGR growth and optimize the integrated resort's overall profitability trajectory?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,16334],"tags":[24611,23632,18488],"class_list":["post-777045682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-city-of-dreams-sri-lanka","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-melco-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045682","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777045682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777045695,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045682\/revisions\/777045695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777025632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777045682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777045682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777045682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}