Asia’s largest integrated resort city to be represented at prominent meetings industry exhibition
(Macao, October 3, 2012) – Sands® Cotai Macao will showcase its five international hotel brands, including the newly-opened Sheraton Macao, Cotai Central, at IMEX America in Las Vegas, America’s worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings and events, whichwill run the largest hosted buyer programme ever held in North America with over 2,000 American and international qualified buyers expected.
To be held at Hall C, Sands Expo and Convention Centre at The Venetian® and The Palazzo® in Las Vegas from October 9 to 11, 2012, meeting planners attending IMEX America 2012 can come to the Sands Cotai Macao booth 1044, to learn about the world-class meeting and exhibition facilities that this dynamic destination can offer. IMEX America will provide a wealth of outstanding business opportunities for exhibitors and buyers alike, with the hosted buyer programme at the core of the show. The global meetings industry will also be able to maximise connections and networking opportunities, featuring a full day of cutting-edge professional education on October 8.
Natasha Tomé, Executive Director of MICE Marketing for Sands Cotai Macao, says, “IMEX America provides us a valuable opportunity to showcase the latest developments of Sands Cotai Macao to the American and international market. With our newest hotel brand, Sheraton Macao, Cotai Central having just opened on September 20, our room inventory and meeting and convention capabilities have further expanded, but with the same guaranteed expertise and unparalleled service that have made the CotaiExpo™, CotaiArena™ and The Venetian® Macao the region’s meetings destination leaders, providing organisers with everything just under one roof. The expert and international team at Sands Cotai Macao make anything possible for conferences to ensure their absolute success.”
Sheraton Macao, Cotai Central – the largest Sheraton in the world, and Macao’s single-largest hotel, is the newest addition to Sands Cotai Macao. As part of the second phase of the Sands Cotai Central integrated resort that was unveiled to the public on September 20, Sheraton Macao features two hotel towers – Sky and Earth – which will bring the total guestrooms count to nearly 4,000 in early 2013. The hotel’s Kashgar grand ballroom offers nearly 53,000 square feet (4,900 square metres) of pillarless meeting and event space. And Shoppes Cotai Central has added a second level of duty-free shops, plus additional restaurants and an international food court.
In the upcoming fall and winter seasons, three spectacular attractions – Titanic The Exhibition and The Human Bodies Exhibition and the Winter in Venice extravaganza – will arrive at The Venetian Macao for the first time, offering unprecedented experiences for the hundreds of thousands of visitors who will head to Sands Cotai Macao during this period. Titanic The Exhibition features over 400 replica artefacts recovered from the famed ship’s wreckage, taking visitors through key milestones in the Titanic’s story, and provides a home for the stories of its passengers and crew, and also original objects used in James Cameron’s blockbuster motion picture Titanic. Using an innovative preservation process, The Human Bodies Exhibition will showcase over 200 individual organs and full body specimens to help illustrate how our fascinating body works. This incredible educational exhibition is set to captivate the public because of the beautiful, simple way it reveals the complexity that lies just under our skin. The two exhibitions will be held between October 25, 2012 and February 24, 2013 at The Venetian Macao’s CotaiExpo.
In addition, The Venetian Macao’s expansive outdoor Lagoon will magically transform into the most majestic winter wonderland Macao has ever seen from November 21, 2012 through January 13, 2013. Coinciding with the festive Christmas season, Winter in Venice will feature a state of the art light and sound spectacular on a scale never seen before in Macao, and an outdoor synthetic skating rink surrounded by a 60-foot high white Christmas tree, charming string lights and warm music.
Sands Cotai Macao provides* an unbeatable range of over 9,000 guestrooms from five international hotel brands: The Venetian Macao; Conrad Macao, Cotai Central; Sheraton Macao Hotel, Cotai Central; Holiday Inn Macao Cotai Central and Four Seasons Hotel Macao. With 120,000 square meters of flexible and versatile meeting and exhibition space, including 274 breakout rooms, every type of event, large or small, is catered for.
In addition to its world-class accommodation and convention facilities, Sands Cotai Macao offers world-class concert events at the 15,000-seat CotaiArena, exclusive and intimate shows at the 1,800-seat luxury Venetian Theatre and exciting Streetmosphere™ performers to wow delegates. With close to 60 international restaurants and lounges, two food courts and a fleet of over 150 vehicles with connections to air, land and ferry hubs, Sands Cotai Macao is truly an all-inclusive destination for meeting planners.
Macao’s rich Sino-Portuguese history and beautifully preserved UNESCO World Heritage Sites provide the perfect backdrop for any event. It is in the unique position of being the meeting point of eastern and western cultures in Asia. Located at the tip of southern China and only 45 minutes from Hong Kong by high-speed ferry, Macao is an ideal location for international delegates with free visa entry for nationals from more than 70 countries and a local population that speaks Putonghua, Cantonese, English and/or Portuguese.
For more information about Sands Cotai Macao’s presence at IMEX America 2012 or to submit an RFP, visit us at Booth 1044. Please contact Natasha Tomé at +853 8118 2208 or via email at natasha.tome@venetian.com.mo.
