Tophotelprojects.com Ranks the 10 Largest Hotel Projects of the World
New global research and ranking by tophotelprojects.com, the leading hotel construction database
HAMBURG, Germany, October 17, 2006. The world's largest hotel under construction with more than 4,100 rooms will be opened in 2009 by MGM Mirage in the city center of Las Vegas, Nevada. This is result of a current ranking of the largest hotel projects worldwide by tophotelprojects.com, the database provided by the internationally respected CHD Expert Group. The second and third greatest hotel projects with more than 3,000 and 2,400 rooms are under construction in Las Vegas, too.
The Top Ten of the largest hotel projects worldwide:
1) The CityCenter Hotel and Casino; Project City Center, Las Vegas/USA
4,100 rooms
Operator: MGM Mirage
Opening: Jan 01, 2009
Comments: The total cost of the project is expected to be over $7 billion. It consists of two, 600 foot high towers with a total of 4,100 hotel rooms and a 155,000 square foot casino. The north tower consists of 43 levels and the south tower is 48 levels.
2) Palazzo Casino Resort, Las Vegas/USA
3,025 rooms
Operator: Las Vegas Sands
Opening: April 01, 2007
Comments: The new resort will include an all-suites 50-floor luxury hotel tower with 3,025 rooms, including 375 concierge-level suites and six villas with up to 11,000 square feet each.
3) The Cosmopolitan Hotel Resort & Casino, Las Vegas/USA
2,400 rooms
Operator: not named yet
Opening: Aug 01, 2008
Comments: A $2 billion mixed-use, luxury condo-hotel-resort-retail destination.
4) The Venetian Macao
1,500 rooms
Operator: Las Vegas Sands
Opening: July 01, 2007
5) Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Prince George's County/Maryland, USA
1,500 rooms
Operator: Gaylord Hotels
Opening: March 01, 2008
6) Trump International Hotel & Tower, Las Vegas/USA
1,280 rooms
Operator: not named yet
Opening: Aug 01, 2008
7) Zam Zam Sofitel Grand Suites, Mecca/Saudi Arabia
1,240 rooms
Operator: Accor
opened since September 2006
8) Maritim Dubailand, Dubai/United Arab Emirates
1,050 rooms
Operator: Maritim
Opening: July 01, 2007
9) Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai/United Arab Emirates
1,000 rooms
Operator: Kerzner International Ltd.
Opening: March 15, 2007
10) Traders Hotel, Macao
1,000 rooms
Operator: Shangri-La
Opening: Jan 01, 2008
Source: www.tophotelprojects.com / CHD Expert Group
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