{"id":9468,"date":"2020-08-29T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9468"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:19:23","slug":"new-casino-to-open-in-myanmar-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-casino-to-open-in-myanmar-in-2024","title":{"rendered":"New casino to open in Myanmar in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thailand&#8217;s Centara\u00a0Hotels &amp; Resorts will include a casino in a new 200-room hotel with a\u00a0built-in\u00a0shopping mall.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Myanmar.- Thai hotel operator Centara Hotels &amp; Resorts has announced it will expand its international portfolio with three new properties in Myanmar, one of which will include a casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operator has signed a management agreement for three hotels developed by SL International Construction:  Centra by Centara Hotel Thiri Hpa-An, Hpa-An Hilltop Resort &amp; Spa, and Centara Hotel Mandalay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three new hotels will bring the number of properties managed by the company in Myanmar to nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Centra by Centara Hotel Thiri Hpa-An is scheduled to open in 2021, and Hpa-An Hilltop Resort &amp; Spa, which will be managed under the Centara Boutique Collection brand, in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally Centara Hotel Mandalay is scheduled to open in 2024 as part of a mixed-use project which will also include a shopping mall, office and casino. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 200-room hotel will feature three restaurants, meeting facilities, fitness centre with swimming pool, and guest recreational facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation of foreigner-only casinos in Myanmar was legalised in September 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand&#8217;s Centara\u00a0Hotels &amp; Resorts will include a casino in a new 200-room hotel with a\u00a0built-in\u00a0shopping mall.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Centara Hotels & Resorts is expanding its international portfolio with three new properties in Myanmar, one of which, Centara Hotel Mandalay, will feature a casino as part of a mixed-use development. 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