GGRAsia – Rest of Asia

100 Landing Casino staff exit under pandemic restructure

Oct 20, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Hong Kong-listed Landing International Development Ltd, the promoter of a foreigner-only gaming venue, Landing Casino (pictured in a file photo), inside the Jeju Shinhwa World resort on the South...

Hoiana resort in pilot scheme for jabbed foreign tourists

Oct 20, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

The Hoiana casino resort (pictured) in Quang Nam province, Vietnam, has confirmed to GGRAsia that it will be one of the tourism destinations able to welcome guests from overseas as part of a...

Remote gambling proposed for foreigner casinos in S. Korea

Oct 20, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Loss of sales at South Korea’s foreigner-only casinos due to travel restrictions linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, means that sector should be allowed to introduce remote gambling for overseas...

Playtech deal valuation higher if Aristocrat cuts risk: analyst

Oct 19, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd’s proposed AUD3.9-billion (US$2.9-billion) acquisition of online gambling platform provider Playtech Plc could rise to a valuation multiple 15.5 times Playtech’s adjusted...

Cambodia cuts quarantine for select jabbed visitors

Oct 18, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Some business travellers and certain professional experts wishing to visit Cambodia, will now have to complete only a three-day quarantine on arrival, instead of 14 days, provided they are...

Genting outlook up on jab rates, lower capex: Fitch

Oct 15, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

A 50-percent cap on customer capacity at the Resorts World Genting casino complex in Malaysia is likely to “remain in place at least until the first quarter 2022,” says a Thursday note from Fitch...

Malaysia might admit select foreign tourists soon: Nomura

Oct 13, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Malaysia was likely to admit “select international tourists soon”, due to the “high vaccination rate amongst locals,” and that should be a positive for Genting Malaysia Bhd’s Resorts World...

Rejig on main shareholder of casino op Kangwon Land

Oct 13, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

The Mine Reclamation Corp, which had been the largest-single investor in Korea Exchange-listed Kangwon Land Inc, has tranfered its entire 36.27-percent stake in the casino operator to a successor...

Seoul exhibition venue KINTEX mulls adding casino, hotels

Oct 12, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

The promoter of the Korea International Exhibition and Convention Center (KINTEX), South Korea’s largest exhibition centre (pictured), is considering asking the national government for the right...

Hoi An in Vietnam may open Feb to jabbed foreign visitors

Oct 12, 2021 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck

Vietnam’s Hoi An (pictured), a city in the vicinity of the Hoiana casino resort backed by Suncity Group Holdings Ltd, hopes by February next year to welcome fully Covid-19-vaccinated foreign...