All aboard: New cruise brand Resorts World Cruises to launch on June 15, bookings now open
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SINGAPORE - Resorts World Cruises, a new cruise brand owned by Malaysian tycoon Lim Kok Thay, will debut in Singapore on June 15 with the cruise ship Genting Dream. This comes just three months after the collapse of Genting Hong Kong - the cruise industry'sAll aboard: New cruise brand Resorts World Cruises to launch on June 15, bookings now open
SINGAPORE - Resorts World Cruises, a new cruise brand owned by Malaysian tycoon Lim Kok Thay, will debut in Singapore on June 15 with the cruise ship Genting Dream. This comes just three months after the collapse of Genting Hong Kong - the cruise industry's highest-profile financial casualty since the pandemic started. Resorts World Cruises is rehiring about 1,600 employees for its new cruise business, and has rehired about 70 of some 100 former employees from the sales and marketing and hotel operations of the defunct Genting Hong Kong, Mr Michael Goh, president & head of international sales told a media briefing on Wednesday morning. An exclusive by The Straits Times had earlier reported that Resorts World Cruises, a company related to Mr Lim, was registered in Singapore on March 9 and held by shareholder Two Trees Family Holdings. Two Trees Family, an investment holding company incorporated in Singapore on March 19, 2021, listed Mr Lim and his son Lim Keong Hui, along with Mr Gerard Lim Ewe Keng as directors. The shareholder of Two Trees Family is an Isle of Man entity, Summerhill Trust. Read more