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lasted just nine months before Genting went on to manage the resort casino on its own. Moving forward Today, the Genting casino resort and theme park includes six hotels and two service apartments with 8,000 rooms and suites. The resort also has 80 retail outlets, a 6,000 seat "Arena of Stars", showroom, pavilion, 50-room karaoke center and two cineplexes. The theme park has five roller coasters, a skydiving simulator and an indoor "Snow World". To cater to meetings and conventions, Genting has a 106,000 sq. ft. convention center for 6,000 people and 18 meeting rooms. It will be interesting to watch as Goh Tong's son steps out of the Malaysian gaming market and competes head on with other major international competitors like the more up-market casino operators - Venetian and Wynn Resorts. Kok Thay is tight-lipped now, but maybe when he is more sure-footed, he will be up to revealing how he and his About the company company will move forward from here on in. Jennifer Welke,; a _fluent Mandarin speaker and writerfrom the US, is cur­ rent editor of Business Traveller China, a Chinese-language publication. In April 2004, she formed China-Link to produce publications in Macau. Hong Kong and Mainland China. She is a member o f Bamboo Allliance, a group of writers in Asia "passionate about travel." Genting Group is Malaysia's leading multi­ national corporation, with more than 36,000 employees globally , 11,000 acres of resort land and more than 175,000 acres of planta­ tion land throughout Malaysia. Genting Group is a collective name tor Genting Berhad and all of its subsidiaries and assoc i ates . The group comprises five listed companies with a combined total market capitalization of about US$9 billion . as reported January 31 , 2005 . The Group's crown jewel, Genting High­ lands Resort has grown from a single hill top hotel with 200 rooms to a resort with over 8,000 rooms. soon to reach 10,000, offering over 50 fun rides and over 150 dining and shopping outlets. The Group also owns and manages the Awana chain of hotel resorts, comprising Awana Genting Highlands Golt & Country Resort, Awana Kijal Golf , Beach & Spa Resort. Terengganu and Awana Porto Malai, Langkawi in Malaysia . 20 Inside Asian Gaming September 2005