Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) Vice Chairman Francis Lui said Wednesday that the company will open a small boutique hotel with no more than 100 rooms as part of ongoing work on Galaxy Macau Phase 3.
Lui was speaking with media at the official opening of Phase 3, whose facilities include the Galaxy International Convention Center (GICC), Galaxy Arena, Andaz Macau and Raffles at Galaxy Macau.
While all of these facilities were brought online earlier this year, Lui revealed there were another four projects still under construction in Phase 3 as well as “other projects in the pipeline, such as Phase 4, which we will be announcing in due course.”
On the progress of one of those four projects – which will become Galaxy’s 10th hotel once complete – he said, “This new hotel will be a boutique hotel, and it is expected there will not be too many rooms. We hope that this hotel will bring an unprecedented hotel brand to Macau, and we hope that this hotel will bring a new hotel product to the visitors to Macau.”
For now, however, name of the hotel and its unique offerings have not been announced. Lui added, “This is a specialty hotel, with no more than 100 rooms. The positioning is hopefully for high-end customers, and the hotel brand is world-renowned.
“We will introduce the new project to the public when the time is right.”
“Among our investment projects, we hope to complete a large portion of this hotel next year, which will become our 10th hotel brand.”
Galaxy currently boasts nine hotel brands across its two Macau properties: StarWorld, Banyan Tree Macau, Galaxy Hotel, Hotel Okura Macau, JW Marriott Hotel Macau, The Ritz-Carlton Macau, Broadway Macau, Raffles at Galaxy Macau and Andaz Macau.
Lui was also asked about previously announced plans to develop a high-tech theme park as part of its investment commitment under the 10-year concession it signed last December, responding that this is one of the many projects GEG has in the planning stage, but explaining it has signed a confidentiality agreement with partners.
“Once we have finalized our initial plans, we will seek consultation with the SAR Government and begin the initial phase of work,” he said.
“GEG has a lot of investment projects in the coming year, there are a lot of entertainment projects and sports projects, such as the WTT World Cup and women’s volleyball, and we have been working hard in this area.”
