Owner of embattled Dream Cruises starts new firm hiring laid-off staff, offers 'goodwill' vouchers to affected customers

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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.

The firm's ship Genting Dream will initially offer the popular"cruises to nowhere" from June 15, with the aim of adding regional destinations such as Phuket and Bali from September this year.

At a media conference, Mr Michael Goh, president and head of international sales of the new firm said Resorts World Cruises has hired about 70 per cent of the employees laid off by Genting Hong Kong. He said this is about 1,700 staff. The cruise liner had first said on Jan 23 that it would be suspending bookings for its cruises here, after its beleaguered parent company, Genting Hong Kong, applied to be wound up.

The Straits Times 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.Mr Goh also confirmed that the Resorts World Cruises will be under shareholder Two Trees Family Holdings, which lists Mr Lim and his son Lim Keong Hui as among its directors, and is a separate entity to Genting Hong Kong.

 

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