GGRAsia – Rest of Asia

2020 pandemic forced casinos to evolve: experts

Dec 31, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Macau, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

The land-based casino business in Asia-Pacific and beyond was simply one among many commercial sectors devastated during 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic. The economic effects on the casino industry are...

Kangwon Land granted new 3-yr casino licence to Dec 2023

Dec 30, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Kangwon Land Inc, operator of Kangwon Land (pictured), the only casino in South Korea permitted to offer bets to locals, has had a new three-year gaming licence approved on Monday by the country’s...

RWG says outside Malaysia’s nearby virus control zone

Dec 29, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Malaysian casino complex Resorts World Genting (RWG) at Genting Highlands near the nation’s capital Kuala Lumpur, said in a notice on its website, that the venue was not covered by a so-called...

GKL, Paradise Co extend casino closures amid pandemic

Dec 29, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd (GKL), an operator in South Korea of foreigner-only casinos, says closure of its two Seoul venues and one Busan venue will be extended until 9am on January 4, from a prior...

Mohegan says Inspire Korea open ‘early 2023’, not 2022

Dec 28, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck, World

United States-based tribal casino operator Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment is now referring to the opening of its South Korea casino resort, Inspire (pictured in an artist’s rendering), as due...

Mega Bank okays Donaco deal with Star Vegas vendors

Dec 23, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Donaco International Ltd, an operator of several border casinos in Southeast Asia, says it has gained approval from key lender Mega International Commercial Bank Co Ltd, known as Mega Bank, on the...

Four Jeju casinos still running as island at Covid Level 2

Dec 18, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

South Korean casino destination Jeju island entered on Friday at 12am, “Level 2” of the country’s social-distancing rules in a countermeasure to Covid-19, as outlined by the local government on...

Donaco back to positive EBITDA in Oct-Nov, upbeat on Dec

Dec 18, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Donaco International Ltd, an operator of border casinos in Southeast Asia, says it has returned to positive earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in October and...

Govt gives Jeju Dream Tower hotel a permit for Dec 18 launch

Dec 17, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

The authorities in Jeju city, the capital of the South Korean holiday island Jeju, said on Thursday they had issued a tourism accommodation business registration certificate to the Grand Hyatt Jeju...

84pct slump in inbound regional visits to S. Korea Jan-Oct

Dec 17, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

The volume of tourists from East Asia and the Pacific region visiting South Korea in the first 10 months of this year fell circa 84 percent year-on-year, to just under 1.9 million, versus 12.1...