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for guests to explore everything in the heart of Macau’s bustling entertainment and leisure area. In all the things in this Hotel, perhaps most impressive is the construction and staffing of Sheraton Macao Hotel. The international staff speaks 19 languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, English, German, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Thai, Taiwanese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Mexican, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Indonesian and various Chinese dialects. The Sheraton Macao Hotel team travelled nearly 10,000 miles to personally interview over 5,000 associates and managers. It has been a
remarkable undertaking to create the world’s largest Sheraton – a real labour of love.
Effects on the Asian market Macau is touted as the ideal getaway for business enthusiasts travelling to Hong Kong. Apart from leisure, Macau is also witnessing growth in terms of the MICE sector. The opening of this flagship Sheraton, one of the world’s most recognised hotel brands, combined with the rapid tourism growth Macau has experienced in both the leisure and MICE sectors in recent years will firmly cement Macau’s position as sig-
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nificant player in the global travel market. Sheraton Macao Hotel is set to transform Macau into Asia’s leading MICE destination. With the large and versatile meeting spaces and extensive room inventory, the possibilities for how the venues can be used are endless. Despite the size, the hotel is keen to reach out not only to big meetings but also to small intimate groups and that is why there is a team of event experts, who will ensure that every group feels exclusive and well looked-after. Its easy accessibility, rich cultural identity and vast entertainment options are defining Macau as the world’s gathering place.
o light its 3,863 guest rooms, Sheraton Macao Hotel has to purchase and install 90,796 light bulbs, which is more than four and a half times the total number of light bulbs to light the Eiffel Tower. The hotel has more than 12,000 square meters of outdoor pools equivalent to 7,000 people lying down side-by-side. Sheraton’s Shine Spa—the largest Shine Spa in Asia Pacific will use 1,371 litre bottles of massage oil per month and pour 7,800 cups of Shine Elemental tea each month. Sheraton Fitness expects guests to cover 12,000 km on its treadmills each month, the equivalent of a person running from Los Angeles to Macau or covering the Great Wall of China 1.35 times. To cool off those runners, Sheraton Fitness staff expects to distribute 16,800 cold face towels. So all in all it’s huge.
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hotelscapes October 2012