Sands China, a majority-held subsidiary of
global integrated resort developer Las Vegas Sands Corp., has
confirmed 20 September 2012 as the opening day for the second
phase of its Sands Cotai Central integrated resort.
Foremost among
the new facilities is the opening of the first of two hotel towers
from Sheraton Macau Hotel, Cotai Central, with a second tower
opening in early 2013. The hotel is the world’s largest Sheraton
at 3,896 guestrooms, as well as the largest hotel in Macau.
The
hotel’s Kashgar grand ballroom will offer nearly 53,000 square
feet (4,900 square metres) of pillarless meeting and event space.
Shoppes Cotai Central adds a second level of duty-free shops,
plus additional restaurants and an international food court.
The opening is the most recent benchmark in
Sands China’s push to firmly establish Macau as one of Asia’s
leading business and leisure destinations. The opening will
further expand the diversity of choices on the Cotai Strip with additional accommodation, dining, entertainment, retail, gaming
and meeting and convention offerings.
The company’s Macau
investment toward that goal is in excess of US$8 billion to date,
and will soon bring Sands China’s combined Cotai Strip offering to
over 9,000 rooms across five international hotels, 1.3 million
square feet (120,000 square metres) of meeting and exhibition
space, over 600 luxury duty-free shops and more than 57
international restaurants, bars and lounges.
“The
opening of the Sheraton Macau Hotel at Sands Cotai Central
represents another milestone in my vision for the Cotai Strip,”
said Las Vegas Sands and Sands China Ltd. Chairman Sheldon Adelson.
“I’m very happy to see Sheraton join our growing family of
integrated resorts on the Cotai Strip. Sands China remains
committed to establishing Macau as a world centre of tourism and
leisure, and Asia’s number one business and leisure destination.
The addition of Sheraton Macau Hotel, Cotai Central and its
impressive array of luxury accommodation is an important
development towards reaching that goal.”
Sands
China Ltd. President and Chief Executive Officer Edward Tracy
added, “Our team members worked incredibly hard to launch Sands
Cotai Central back in April; they’ve worked equally hard to
introduce the expanded facilities of Sands Cotai Central to Macau
this September. All of us are excited to unveil this latest
development and we are already looking forward to serving our
visitors with the opening of our next phase in early 2013.”
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