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Who owns First World Hotel?

First World Hotel is owned by Genting (Malaysia, Bursa Malaysia: GENTING).[1]

Genting owns 73.8% of First World Hotel rather than all of it.

This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.

Evidence: Genting Berhad Integrated Annual Report 2025. Last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Genting Berhad (73.8% stake) reported
Owner HQ
🇲🇾 Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Origin
🇲🇾 Malaysia, Genting Highlands, Pahang
Founded
2002
Category
Travel & transport › Hotels › Budget & midscale hotels
Parent ticker
Bursa Malaysia: GENTING
Last verified
· 1 sources

About First World Hotel

First World Hotel opened in 2002 as part of the First World Complex at Resorts World Genting and is, by Genting's own account, the largest hotel in the world by room count, now totalling 7,351 rooms. It is the cheap end of a hilltop resort otherwise built around casino and luxury trade, and the volume that fills the mountain at weekends. It reaches Genting Berhad through its 73.8 per cent holding in Genting Malaysia.

Ownership timeline of First World Hotel

Owners of First World Hotel over 2002 to 2026 Genting start not recorded–present Genting (start not recorded) 20052010201520202025
  1. Current owner Genting (73.8%) [1] reported

Where First World Hotel sits in Genting

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where First World Hotel sits in Genting Tree of 16 brands under Genting. Genting First World Hotel 73.8% Adventure Cove Waterpark 52.6% Crockfords 73.8% Genting Grand 73.8% Genting SkyWorlds 73.8% Resorts World Awana 73.8% and 10 more

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Other brands owned by Genting

Genting controls 16 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in travel & transport.

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Fiesta Inn Grupo Posadas 🇲🇽 Mexico
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ibis Accor 🇫🇷 France
Hampton by Hilton Hilton 🇺🇸 United States

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About the owner: Genting

Genting is a publicly listed company headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, founded in 1968. Brandtree records 16 brands under its control, and it is listed as Bursa Malaysia: GENTING.

Genting Berhad is principally an investment holding and management company in Kuala Lumpur. It was incorporated in 1968 and listed in 1971, but dates the group itself to 1965, when its founder Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong set out to build a resort on a mountaintop in Malaysia. The group now spans leisure and hospitality, oil palm plantations, power generation, oil and gas, property development and life sciences, operates in nine countries with about 55,000 employees, and turned over RM27.7 billion in 2025. It holds its leisure business through three separately listed subsidiaries — Genting Malaysia, Genting Singapore and Genting Plantations — plus the wholly owned Genting Energy and Resorts World Las Vegas.

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🇲🇾 First World Hotel and other Malaysian brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 71 brands that began in Malaysia. 11 of them (15%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; First World Hotel is not one of them.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of First World Hotel?

The parent company of First World Hotel is Genting, a publicly listed company headquartered in Malaysia.

Is First World Hotel Malaysian?

Yes. First World Hotel originated in Malaysia in 2002 and its owner, Genting, is also headquartered in Malaysia.

Is First World Hotel still owned by Genting?

Yes. As of 24 September 2026, First World Hotel is still owned by Genting (73.8% stake). The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.

Sources (1) & corrections

Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

  1. [1] Genting Berhad Integrated Annual Report 2025 — Genting Berhad, Annual report; retrieved 24 September 2026.

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