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The Four Seasons Macau is Set to Open in October Provided They Have Enough Staffers

Where: Taipa, Macau, China

[UPDATE: 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.]

Here's a twist on the usual China hotel stories: Instead of having no rooms available, this hotel has no workers available.

According to The China Real News, the Four Seasons Macau has bumped its opening from August to October -- and the insider tip is that they have a shortage of employees.

It's possible potential workers have temporarily fled the island to get guaranteed work for the Beijing Summer Olympics, which officially opens this coming Sunday.

A quick overview of the island's economy notes they're flush with gambling cash and tourists headed to Macau, with more federal economics boosts in store; but the New York Times Biz Section today reports, above the fold, that China is also having a massive economic slowdown. There's so much growth they simply don't have the manpower to support it all.

Whatever the case may be, The Four Seasons is taking reservations now for October -- according to the hotel's currency converter, "introductory" rates begin at US$436., "standard" rates are $461.

Or spring for the Presidential Package - for $2306, this one-night package covers you and your roomie's two one-way helicopter tickets from Hong Kong to Macau, and two one-way Super class TurboJET tickets from Macau to Hong Kong.

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Palazzo Owner So Over Vegas

Where: 3339 Las Vegas Blvd. [map], Las Vegas, nv, United States, 89109

The Palazzo Las Vegas may be kind of a bust, but that doesn't mean Sheldon Adelson 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 USA Today.

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."

While rival hotelier Steve Wynn has been comparatively slow to crack the Macao market, Adelson is working with a supply-side mentality. (If you build it, they will come.) His 3,000-room Venetian Macao brought the total number of rooms in the region to 8,500, which he says is far from enough for the hundreds of millions of people living nearby.

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· Hotel King Adds a Jewel to His Crown [USA Today]
· Palazzo Las Vegas is Kind of a Bust [HotelChatter]
· Palazzo Las Vegas Opens Some Public Spaces, Not Rooms [HotelChatter]