{"id":58976,"date":"2017-09-19T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=58976"},"modified":"2017-09-19T17:44:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T00:44:47","slug":"world-dream-casino-ship-plots-maiden-voyage-in-asian-gambling-seas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/world-dream-casino-ship-plots-maiden-voyage-in-asian-gambling-seas\/","title":{"rendered":"Genting\u00a0World Dream Casino Ship Plots Maiden Voyage in Asian Gambling Seas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World Dream, a mammoth 151,000-ton ocean liner built for Genting Hong Kong, is complete and ready to set sail, adding a major new player to Asia\u2019s casino landscape, or maybe seascape.<\/p>\n

\"Genting\u2019s
Genting\u2019s World Dream is almost ready for delivery, and will soon head to Hong Kong, where it intends to bring a floating luxury casino resort to high rollers in Macau. (Image: NOZ.de)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 18-story boat left its construction shipyard in Germany in late August, and since then has floated down the River Ems to the North Sea for open-water trials before heading across the globe to what will be its dual home ports in Hong Kong and Nansha, Guangzhou, in the Pearl River Delta, which sits between Hong Kong and Macau.<\/p>\n

World Dream will set sail on its maiden voyage from Hong Kong on Nov. 17 and Nansha Nov. 19.<\/p>\n

Rising Tide for Asian VIPs<\/h2>\n

Like its sister vessel, Genting Dream, which sailed into operation in November<\/a> last year, World Dream has been conceived as a floating high-end integrated casino resort.\u00a0Its itinerary will take in many of Southeast Asia\u2019s gaming hot spots. including Boracay and Manila in the Philippines and Ho Chi Minh and Nha Trang in Vietnam, as well as trips around the Pearl River Delta.<\/p>\n

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The vessel can accommodate 3,400 passengers and 2,030 crew members, with dozens of restaurants, bars, waterslides and an onboard gaming area called \u201cResorts World At Sea.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Genting has been operating casino cruises in the region for 24 years through its Star Cruises fleet, making it the third-largest cruise line in the world. Dream Cruises was launched in 2016, specifically as a luxury cruise line \u201cconceived and built for Asia,\u201d according to GHK President Kent Zhu.<\/p>\n

While Star Cruises tend to be cheap, cheerful, and family-friendly, Dream Cruises aim for palatial and pricey, serving a growing demand in the region for luxury, high-end experiences.<\/p>\n

World Dream will include the \u201cDream Palace\u201d experience, described as a \u201cship within a ship,\u201d offering exclusive, luxury VIP area within a ship, with spacious accommodations, including garden penthouses, with private decks and a fleet of epicurean butlers.<\/p>\n

Sister Ship Headed to Singapore<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, the\u00a0Genting Dream<\/a> will be redeployed to Singapore, with new itineraries that take in North Bali and Surabaya, Indonesia, as well as Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia, and Phuket in Thailand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to welcome World Dream at her homeports in Hong Kong and Nansha this November to further grow the Pearl River Delta as a cruise centre and increase the FlyCruise market in this part of Asia,\u201d\u00a0said Zhu in a press release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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