Hann Casino Resort in Clark, the Philippines, held a soft opening on December 15.
The project was an expansion and rebranding of the former Widus Hotel and Casino resort and involved an investment of PHP12 billion ($238.3 million) by Hann Philippines Inc. (formerly the Widus Group.)
Phase one of the resort had been scheduled for the end of 2020 but the
Covid pandemic caused it to be delayed.
Last month Hann Philippines President and CEO Daesik Han said he hoped the resort would “attract tourists and investors to the area to help kick-start the Philippines’ economy and revive the tourism industry.”
The government has begun to allow fully-vaccinated foreign visitors into the country and the employees at the resort are undergoing regular Covid testing while almost all of them are fully vaccinated.
At the same time the casino employs technology that constantly cleans the air of “pollutants including tobacco smoke, volatile organic compounds, and critically, airborne pathogens, including the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes Covid-19,” according to a Hann Philippines press release.
