Last week Las Vegas Sands Corporation opened its second Cotai Strip property -- the Four Season’s Hotel Macau -- with much fanfare.
The 360-room hotel is surrounded by the Shoppes at Four Seasons, Macau's first luxury shopping mall. The 211,000 square-foot mall features names like Gucci, Hermes, Fendi and Louis Vuitton among 180 luxury brands, and it includes more than 60 brands not previously offered in Macau.
"The key to building a successful tourist destination is being able to assemble the critical mass of attractions needed to make the location more unique and compelling than its rival destinations,” said Sheldon G. Adelson, chairman and chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp, in a prepared statement.
“The Cotai Strip's array of leisure, entertainment and business offerings has already helped Macau attract a greater number of visitors from across the region and beyond, and in the longer-term its popularity will further facilitate Macau's evolution into an extremely successful and desirable international tourist destination," he added.