The Huaiyang Garden joins Sands China’s Forbes 5-Star portfolio

Integrated resort (IR) operator Sands China said in a statement on Wednesday that the two-Michelin-starred The Huaiyang Garden has been added to its Forbes Five-Star portfolio, being included in the 2025 Forbes Travel Guide (FTG), while the company also retained five-star ratings across its luxury properties.The statement said that the company’s total number of five-star awards across all categories is now eight, adding that The Londoner Macao’s Londoner Court and The Londoner Hotel, The

February 14, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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SJM garners 13 FTG 5-Star Awards

SJM Resorts’ Grand Lisboa on the peninsula and Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) in Cotai have together received a total of 13 FTG Five-Star awards this year, with The SPA at Palazzo Versace Macau, Mesa by José Avillez, Zuicho and Don Alfonso 1890 each receiving the honours for the first time, according to a statement from the integrated resort operator on Wednesday.The statement noted that GLP had received the most Five-Star awards for its restaurants and Spas worldwide. Mesa by José Avillez has

February 14, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Wynn Macau, Wynn Palace receive ‘highest 5-star honours’ from FTG 2025

Wynn Macau, Limited said in a Wednesday statement that Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace are the only integrated resorts worldwide with six individual Forbes Travel Guide (FTG) Five-Star awards in this year’s FTG, while Chef Tam’s Seasons marks the first time that it garnered the FTG Five-Star Restaurant award.The statement added that Wynn Palace also continues to be the world’s largest FTG Five-Star resort for a second consecutive year and houses four FTG Five-Star Restaurants, more than any

February 14, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGM garners 7 5-Star Awards in FTG 2025

MGM has garnered seven Five-Star Awards in the FTG 2025 across both its Macau and Cotai properties, with MGM MACAU marking its 10th consecutive year of achieving the Five-Star rating, according to a Wednesday statement by the integrated resort operator.The statement noted that the Tria spas at both MGM MACAU and MGM COTAI have both earned the Five-Star rating for the sixth consecutive year. Moreover, MGM COTAI’s Emerald Tower, the Skylofts and Sichuanese restaurant Five Foot Road, as well as

February 14, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Melco leads with most 5-Star Awards in Macau & Asia in 2025 FTG

Melco Resorts & Entertainment said in a statement on Wednesday that it has garnered the most Five-Star awards in Macau and Asia in the 2025 FTG, having also this year attained three new FTG Five-star awards in the Hotel, Restaurant and Spa categories.The statement noted that the three new FTG Five-Star awards were granted to Studio City’s Epic Tower, The Spa at Epic Tower and Altira Macau’s Aurora restaurant. The integrated resort operator was presented with 19 Five-Star awards across

February 14, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Ne Zha 2’ becomes first Chinese film to gross 10 billion yuan

Analysis by Xinhua writer Zhang Yunlong        BEIJING – Animated blockbuster “Ne Zha 2” became the first Chinese film to gross 10 billion yuan when its total global earnings, including presales, reached the mark yesterday evening, according to data from ticketing platform Maoyan.Achieved on the 16th day after the film’s release on January 29, Chinese New Year, this milestone adds to a growing list of records for “Ne Zha 2,” which had already become the first

February 14, 2025 | BY admin

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Police bust 4 mainlanders in drug case

Two male and two female mainlanders were arrested on Monday for trafficking and taking drugs, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 54-year-old male suspect surnamed Ma claimed to be a businessman. The 41-year-old female suspect surnamed Qu, the 44-year-old female suspect surnamed Cheng and the 29-year-old male suspect surnamed Gao all claimed to be jobless.According to Leng, a housekeeper at a hotel in Cotai discovered a bottle that

February 13, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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IAM to restructure part of Hac Sa wooded area in Q1

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) held a community forum for Taipa and Coloane yesterday, announcing its forestry restructuring project for the first quarter of this year on about one hectare of wooded area in Hac Sa Reservoir Nature Park, including clearing withered trees, vines and Mikania micrantha*, excavating trees and improving soil, as well as replanting the area with native tree species.According to the bureau, the project will be launched in response to numerous collapsed or withered

February 13, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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24/7 govt self-service centre opens in ‘Three Lamps’ Complex Building

A new 24/7 government self-service centre officially opened yesterday on the ground floor of the Three Lamps Complex Building on Rotunda de Carlos da Maia (colloquially known as “Three Lamps” roundabout – 三盞燈), which aims to provide convenient access to a wide range of government services for residents in the area at any time of the day or night, seven days a week, according to a Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) statement yesterday.The self-service centre is

February 13, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Galaxy gets ‘record-breaking’ 9 five-star awards in FTG 2025 list

Integrated resort (IR) operator Galaxy Macau said in a statement yesterday that it has received a “record-breaking” nine Forbes Travel Guide (FTG) Five-Star accolades in the 2025 Star Awards.The statement noted that Galaxy Macau is “the integrated resort with the most Five-Star hotels under one roof of any luxury resort company worldwide for the third consecutive year” and is the only luxury resort with five FTG Five-Star hotel ratings in the world.The 2025 Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star

February 13, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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CAM vows to leverage Hengqin resources, launch One ID

Local airport operator CAM vowed yesterday to leverage its Hengqin resources, further advance its core projects such as further expanding and upgrading its facilities and introducing smart security equipment and One ID – unified identification system that aims to simplify and streamline the process of user authentication across various services at the airport. CAM Chairman Simon Chan Weng Hong revealed details of the company’s development, expansion and reclamation projects in a

February 13, 2025 | BY Maria Cheang Ut Meng

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Phone-in programme mulls minimum stay to benefit from ‘wealth-sharing’ handout

The government’s “wealth-sharing” handout scheme was launched in 2008 and since then all Macau ID card holders have been entitled to an annual cash premium – and a community leader yesterday urged the government to set up a minimum number of days per year that beneficiaries would have to remain in Macau in order to be able to receive the cash handout, while an economist said that the effect of issuing cash handouts to people not residing in the city on stimulating local consumption was

February 13, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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4,000 kids expected to enrol in K1 for new academic year

Central District Community Service Consultative Committee Deputy Convener Wu Hang San said yesterday that while the central registration for first-time kindergarten enrolment (K1) for the 2025/2026 academic year is underway, the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) estimated that about 4,000 children will be eligible for first-year kindergarten enrollment in the upcoming academic year.Wu made the remarks during a press conference after a regular closed-door meeting at the Patane

February 13, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Diocese plans to redevelop funeral parlour

Macau’s Catholic diocese has applied to the government for permission to launch a project to redevelop its funeral parlour, the urban condition draft plan for which was discussed in a regular meeting of the Urban Planning Council (CPU) yesterday.The city has two funeral parlours, Kiang Wu Funeral Parlour and Diocesan Funeral Parlour. They are located next to each other, on the northernmost section of Avenida do Almirante Lacerda (罅些喇提督大馬路), i.e., opposite the east side of the

February 13, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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