We originally thought the Four Seasons Macau wouldn't be opening until October but this newest addition to the Cotai Strip is now open for business after soft-opening yesterday.

Room rates for stays Sunday-Thursday start at around $335. Room rates over the weekends are a little higher at around $385. See? It is just like Vegas.

Now, what's next for Macau? A heck of a lot:

Hotels are due to be built belonging to the Sheraton, St. Regis, Hilton, Traders, Conrad, Raffles, Swiss Hotel, Intercontinental, Holiday Inn, Cosmopolitan Fairmont and Shangri-La hotel chains, which will be in operation in 2010 with a total of 20,000 rooms.

]]> juliana 2008-08-29T09:30:18-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/4/202139/2334 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fourseasonsmacao.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><p><i>[<b>UPDATE</b>: The hotel will actually soft-open on August 28, 2008 while the official opening is set at October 1st. Also, the hotel reportedly had over 4,500 applicants show up for a 2-day recruitment session. So there should be enough staffers on hand.]</i><p>Here's a twist on the usual China hotel stories: Instead of having no rooms available, this hotel has no <i>workers</i> available. <p>According to <a href="http://chinarealnews.typepad.com/chinarealnews/2008/08/four-seasons-hotel-macao-accepts-reservations-for-october.html">The China Real News</a>, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Macao/ian/272116"><b>Four Seasons Macau</b></a> has bumped its opening from August to October -- and the insider tip is that they have a shortage of employees.<p> <p>It's possible potential workers have temporarily fled the island to get guaranteed work for the Beijing Summer Olympics, which officially opens this coming annie0007 2008-08-05T14:59:40-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/