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New luxury properties
Hotels with the
WOW FACTOR
The Far East is renowned
for spectacular hotels.
Howard Carr previews
some of the landmark
properties due to open in
southern Asia this year
SINGAPORE.
Las Vegas bling comes to Singapore in late
2009 with one of the year’s biggest and most
spectacular hotel openings in southern Asia.
The 2,600-room Marina Bay Sands is
being developed by a subsidiary of Las Vegas
Sands Corp, whose portfolio includes the
Venetian and Palazzo resorts in Nevada and The Marina Bay Sands property in Singapore, due to
the Venetian in Macau. open this year, will feature a spectacular rooftop garden
The £2.3 billion property will feature three
towers capped by a 2.5-acre Sky Park with
gardens, restaurants and swimming pools. creativity and quality service – very different
An impressive array of facilities will from the typical sun, sand and sea holiday.”
include a large convention centre capable of Room rates have yet to be announced.
handling more than 45,000 delegates at a ■hardrockhotels.net/penang
time, Singapore’s first casino, two Broadway-
style theatres, and a shopping mall complete
with a canal and an indoor ice rink.
THAILAND.
Room rates have yet to be set. The first in a new collection of exclusive
■marinabaysands.com resort properties from Ritz-Carlton is set to
The Hard Rock Hotel will open in Penang, Malaysia, in August open in Krabi this spring.
Singapore’s exclusive Fullerton Hotel is due Phulay Bay, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, will
to open a sister property on Marina Bay at Fronting the beaches of Batu Ferringhi, feature 54 one-bedroom villas in a secluded
the end of this year. the property will offer 252 musically themed setting by the Andaman Sea. Special features
The six-storey, 100-room Fullerton Bay rooms. Other highlights include a luxury will include private plunge pools and
Hotel will adjoin the landmark Clifford Pier spa, children’s club, and 2,400sq m pool outdoor baths and showers.
and have a spa and rooftop bar. with sand islands, water slides and cabanas. Ritz-Carlton president Simon Cooper says
An opening date and room rates have yet The hotel is the third Hard Rock property in the Reserve concept is “simple and yet exudes
to be confirmed. Asia to be managed by HPL Hotels & Resorts. style and luxurious levels of comfort”.
■fullertonhotel.com “The Hard Rock culture is about being The Phulay Bay property will combine
irreverent and living for the moment,” says modern styling and architecture with
HPL marketing communications manager elements of Thai culture and design.
MALAYSIA.
Karen Chan. “So you can expect Hard Rock Room rates start at about £400 per night.
The first Hard Rock Hotel in Malaysia is Hotel Penang to offer an experience that ■ritzcarltonreserve.com
set to open on the island of Penang in August. abounds with limitless energy, unparalleled Turn to 50
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