Genting HK’s Dream Cruises to Set Sail Next Month Under New Business

Dream Cruises is back, but under a completely different name. Formerly part of Genting Hong Kong (Genting HK), voice of the Genting casino home of companies, the new Resorts World Cruises (RWC) testament splash its first-class honours degree navigate next month.

Genting HK-owned Dream Cruises used to run the vessel that testament piss RWC’s maiden voyage. However, the young troupe asserts that it is operating separately from Genting HK and Dream Cruises.

Lim Kok Thay, a Bahasa Kebangsaan tycoon and chairman of the Genting Group board, set upwardly RWC. It was registered on Mar 9, just now II months after Genting HK filed to wind down the company, having failed to unafraid funding to pay its debts.

Not the Old Genting HK

The Genting Dream vessel may at present belong to the new company, but RWC remains separate from Genting HK, according to an annunciation from yesterday. “This young brand has got null to do with Genting Hong Kong; it’s a new cruise brand,” stated RWC CEO and Executive Director Colin Au.

Au is the former deputy CEO of Genting HK. After Genting HK filed to layover operating, Lim and Au resigned as CEO and deputy CEO, respectively. Lim reportedly has only if a special role inward the new operations.

Au explained to reporters that Genting HK is “under provisional liquidation, and (Lim) is not joining any of the companies under provisional liquidation.” However, Lim holds shares in RWC and serves as its executive director chairman.

The Dream that Never Dies

The timing of the launch of the new ship is just sixer months after Genting HK sank. However, the warm turnaround isn’t an issue, according to Au. He told reporters that “everybody’s objective is to tour endorse to normal as fasting as possible.”

RWC was able to easily feel employees to piece the unexampled company. Some 1,700 of Dream Cruises’ former employees in Singapore made the transition, according to Channel News Asia. The fig includes 1,600 ex-crew members of Genting Dream, and another 70 employees who were previously employed at its Singapore Island office.

Au stated that the launch of the new sail would also increment the revenue for the Singapore Island Cruise Centre. It will also facilitate to reinvigorate the thriftiness and protect work opportunities.

He noted the strong demand for cruises inwards the region, including inward countries such as India, Malaysia, and Thailand. He also uttered his trust that RWC would live able-bodied to see that demand as it ramps up its operations.

Rebuilding the Dream

Dream Cruises, at the clip of its demise, had trio ships – Explorer Dream, Genting Dream, and World Dream. RWC took over Genting Dream, and is currently inwards negotiations to acquire the two other ships.

After its parent society fell into financial difficulties, World Dream, which operated cruises from Singapore, stopped up(p) accepting new bookings. On Mar 2, it removed the ship from service.

RWC proclaimed that it will offer costless credits of “equivalent worth” to all passengers who were wedged past World Dream’s cancellations of cruises in Singapore Island between March 2 and August 31. These credits will live available from June 15 through the terminal of March 2023.

The fellowship stated that this policy would only when apply to World Dream customers unnatural by the cancellations. It is only uncommitted to those who experience not received any refunds from their original booking source.

RWC stated that there are around 13,000 customers who would characterize for the credit. However, some have already received refunds from their deferred payment card companies. The company doesn’t have any records of who has claimed their refunds to date, and will get to sort out all claims on a case-by-case basis.