Genting Tycoon Seeks Singapore Comeback With New Cruise Line

The Genting Dream cruise ship.

Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg
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Malaysian billionaire Lim Kok Thay is launching another cruise line in Singapore, months after his Hong Kong-based cruise empire imploded.

Resorts World Cruises Pte. will initially operate with one ship, Genting Dream, which will provide cruises to nowhere setting off from the city-state in June, Michael Goh, the firm’s President and Head of International Sales, said in a press briefing. Goh was also former president of Dream Cruises, which went into liquidation in February amid the collapse of its parent firm Genting Hong Kong Ltd.