http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T10:38:00Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Macao%20Hotels 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 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/17/10382/6686 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/palazzo_las_vegas_built.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Palazzo+Hotel+and+Casino/local/927"><b>Palazzo Las Vegas</b></a> may be <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/14/13918/1472/hotels/Palazzo+Las+Vegas+is+Kind+of+a+Bust">kind of a bust</a>, but that doesn't mean <b>Sheldon Adelson</b> isn't the third-richest guy in America. The 74-year-old hotel mogul--and majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands, which operates the Palazzo, the Venetian and others--is about to give up on Vegas from the sounds of a recent interview in <i>USA Today</i>.<br> <p>See, Vegas may be a mint, but as Adelson says himself, way more people live near Macao than live near Southern Nevada. So he's focusing on the Chinese enclave and gambling mecca, where he hopes to turn the Cotai Strip into "Asia's Las Vegas."<br> <p>While rival hotelier Steve Wynn has been comparatively slow to crack the Macao market, pbb 2008-01-17T11:45:02-05:00 36.123091 -115.17012 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/