Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2021年11月亞博匯 60 1-10 CHAIRMAN AND CEO Genting Hong Kong DIRECTOR Travellers International Hotel Group CHAIRMAN AND CEO Genting Malaysia EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Genting Singapore CHAIRMAN AND CEO Genting Berhad 董事 達富來國際集團 執行主席 雲頂新加坡有限公司 主席兼行政總裁 雲頂馬來西亞有限公司 主席兼行政總裁 雲頂香港有限公司 主席兼行政總裁 雲頂有限公司 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 3,295 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: 5 Heads most global gaming company, present in top Asian markets (except Macau), the UK and North America Launched first new ground-up Las Vegas Strip integrated resort in a decade in 2021 Grooming son Lim Keong Hui to succeed him as third generation Genting leader • • • • • • 領導博彩業務最國際化的企業，在亞洲（澳門除外）主要市場、英國 及北美皆有業務分布 2021年在拉斯維加斯大道上推出了十年來第一間全新的綜合度假村 培育兒子林拱輝以承其志，成為雲頂第三代掌舵人 LIM KOK THAY 林國泰 TO DESCRIBE GENTING PATRIARCH Lim Kok Thay’s past year as a roller-coaster would be akin to calling Mt Everest a small bump in the road. The challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic were far-reaching, forcing the lengthy closure of Genting Group’s casinos and integrated resorts in Malaysia, Singapore, the US and the UK, and casting huge doubt over the future of cruise ship arm Genting Hong Kong. In August 2020, Genting HK halted payments on US$3.37 billion in debt, citing the need to maintain liquidity in order to ride out the pandemic and sparking crisis talks with creditors while its global cruise fleet remained docked. After months of negotiations, the company announced in June 2021 that it had confirmed agreements with some of those creditors for the company to be granted new loans and extensions to maturities on around US$2.6 billion of that debt, although talks with other lenders are still to be resolved. A further US$238 million loss in the six months to 30 June 2021 won’t have helped the cause, 3