SINGAPORE — Malaysian billionaire Lim Kok Thay, who previously ran embattled Dream Cruises, has launched a new Singapore-based cruise firm, Resorts World Cruises, which will set sail next month.
However, Resorts World Cruises is hiring staff previously laid off by the former operator, and is offering vouchers to customers who had bookings when Dream Cruises announced it would cease operations in March. Resorts World Cruises will launch its first voyage on June 15 on cruise ship Genting Dream, which was previously owned by Genting Hong Kong.Cruise ship World Dream, which was owned by Dream Cruises, had ceased operations after its final sailing had returned to Singapore on March 2.
Lim resigned as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer in January, after the company filed for provisional liquidation.had reported in March that since Genting Hong Kong ran into financial troubles, at least 60 of its staff were terminated. “The dispute that they have is actually with another cruise brand, and this is actually being managed by the liquidator and the Ministry of Manpower ,” he said.Goh also confirmed that the Resorts World Cruises will be under shareholder Two Trees Family Holdings, which lists Lim and his son Lim Keong Hui as among its directors, and is a separate entity to Genting Hong Kong.
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