{"id":8597,"date":"2020-08-01T17:24:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T17:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8597"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:08:49","slug":"donaco-reports-95-5-drop-in-revenue-for-q2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/donaco-reports-95-5-drop-in-revenue-for-q2","title":{"rendered":"Donaco reports 95.5% drop in revenue for Q2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Donaco&#8217;s Cambodia IR remains closed and visits to the Vietnam casino are low since the border with China remains closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- Donaco International has posted financial results for the second quarter showing a 95.5 per cent fall year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quarterly revenue for the group was AU$900,000 (US$642,852), down from AU$20.3million (US$14.5 million) in the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said: \u201cThe June quarter was significantly impacted by the onset of Covid-19 and the resultant restrictions on casino operations and border closures. The closure of both DNA Star Vegas and Aristo International Hotel for an extended period of time has had a material impact on Donaco\u2019s operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donaco&#8217;s Cambodian resort and casino, DNA Star Vegas, has been since April 1. The firm expects to obtain the necessary permits to reopen <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/donaco-to-reopen-in-cambodia-in-a-few-weeks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in the next few weeks<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm stated that during the closure, management implemented \u201ctight control measures with average monthly cash burn rate of approximately to US$300,000, mainly for payroll and utilities expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donaco\u2019s Vietnam casino and hotel, Aristo, closed on April 1 and was permitted to resume operations on May 8 but is operating on a limited basis as the border with China remains closed. Visits were down 98 percent in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Aristo, VIP rolling turnover declined by 92 per cent in the second quarter compared to the same three months on 2019, hitting US$34 million. Net revenue fell 93 per cent to US$400,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm said: \u201cThe overall VIP win rate recorded for the June 2020 quarter was 2.79 per cent, above the 2.16 per cent achieved during the June 2019 quarter. However, this higher win rate was offset by the effect of lower rolling turnover.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donaco has set a goal of keeping costs between US$800,000 and US$900,000. It obtained a <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/donaco-bank-deferral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deferment from its main lender<\/a><\/em><\/strong> on a financing facility and cut staff at its Cambodian casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has announced CEO Paul Arbuckle,will step down as scheduled on August 4. It said that the board had interviewed possible replacements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donaco&#8217;s Cambodia IR remains closed and visits to the Vietnam casino are low since the border with China remains closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Donaco International reported a 95.5% year-on-year revenue decline for Q2, primarily due to COVID-19 induced closures of its Cambodian IR, DNA Star Vegas, and severely restricted operations at its Vietnamese casino, Aristo, impacted by the China border closure. The company is managing cash burn, securing lender deferments, and undergoing a CEO transition amidst efforts to navigate the challenging operational landscape.","focusai_entities":"Donaco International, DNA Star Vegas, Aristo International Hotel, Paul Arbuckle","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Vietnam, Australia, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operational Recovery Outlook","query":"What is Donaco's projected timeline and key performance indicators for achieving pre-pandemic GGR levels across its Cambodian and Vietnamese properties, contingent on regional travel corridor re-establishment and regulatory approvals?"},{"label":"Capital Structure Resilience","query":"Beyond the immediate lender deferment, what specific measures is Donaco implementing to fortify its balance sheet and ensure sufficient liquidity to withstand prolonged operational headwinds and potential future market disruptions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,16333],"tags":[30,966,94],"class_list":["post-8597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-cambodia","tag-donaco","tag-vietnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8597","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8624,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8597\/revisions\/8624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}