Bangkok--18 Oct--TQPR The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel recently welcomed the one millionth visitor through its doors, just 17 days since its spectacular Grand Opening on August 28. A surprised Mr. Chan Ka Fu was greeted at the doors of the hotel by senior Venetian executives Mr Mark Brown, President Sands Macao and The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel. The ‘one in a million’ visitor received a welcome reception of singing Gondoliers, a bouquet of flowers with honorary ‘Keys to the City’ of The Venetian Macao. He was also presented with two nights complimentary hotel accommodation, dinner at the Canton Restaurant and a cheque for HKD 88,888.00. “We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Mr. Chan Ka Fu to the Venetian as our one millionth visitor,” said Mr. Brown. “To have received over one million visitors since our opening just 17 days ago is quite simply a momentous achievement. “It is a resounding endorsement of the overwhelming interest shown by so many people in Macao, Hong Kong, China and the rest of the world who have wanted to see and experience for themselves the atmosphere and excitement of The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel and enjoy for the very first time facilities that really are wholly unique in Macao and Asia.” On its opening night more than 76,000 excited customers made their way into The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel, making its debut one of most well-attended openings in hospitality and gaming history and setting a dizzying pace that has continued through the resort-hotel’s first few weeks of operations. Official opening attendance figures, issued by The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel, revealed that during its initial first full 24 hours of operations following its opening, at 7:18 p.m. on Tuesday August 28, more than 114,000 people passed through its doors. Since opening to the public, The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel has continued to attract an unprecedented amount of visitors. It recorded an astonishing 170,000 people through its doors in the first opening weekend alone. Daily figures have varied from 42,000 to 86,000 and public interest in The Venetian Macao Resort-Hotel remains extremely high. The Venetian Macao is the largest single-structure hotel in Asia and the second largest building in the world. The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel features 1.2 million-square feet of meeting, convention and exhibition space, 3,000 all-suite guest rooms and one million square feet of retail space, and it also has the 15,000-seat Venetian Arena, which made its debut by holding the hotel’s star-studded Grand Opening event which featured a cast of legendary entertainers from both North America and Asia, including A Mei, David Tao, Cirque du Soleil, Grasshopper, Alan Tam and Diana Ross. In the next few weeks The Venetian Arena will host a series of NBA exhibition games and a match-up of tennis greats Roger Federer and Pete Sampras. The Venetian Arena is set to change the nature of public entertainment in Asia, with facilities to attract international sports figures, rock stars and shows previously not seen in this part of the world. This combination of entertainment, resort and retail attractions should ensure ever growing numbers of visitors from all over the world. 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The Las Vegas, Nevada-based company owns and operates The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas and The Venetian Macao Resort-Hotel and the Sands Macao in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Special Administrative Region of Macao. The company is currently constructing three additional integrated resorts: The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas; Sands Bethworks? in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and The Marina Bay Sands? in Singapore. LVS is also creating The Cotai Strip?, a master-planned development of resort-casino properties in Macao. Additionally, the company is working with the Zhuhai Municipal People’s Government of the PRC to master-plan the development of a leisure resort and convention complex on Hengqin Island in the PRC. For media enquiries: Tom Van Blarcom / Bew Chartvivatpornchai TQPR (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Tel: 0 2260 5820 Ext. 119 Fax: 0 2260 5847-8 E-mail: [email protected] Please feel free to visit The Venetian? 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