It’s a stark example of how the coronavirus brought once-thriving businesses to their knees, which has the potential to impact cruise customers across the region.
By Yantoultra Ngui Lim Kok Thay started a cruiseferry and gambling boat business in 1990s Hong Kong and turned it into one of Asia’s biggest cruise operators. It was a labour of love, as well as a way to diversify the casino business set up by his father, Lim Goh Tong, in Malaysia. Under the now 70-year-old Kok Thay, Genting Hong Kong Ltd. expanded its fleet of ships, bought