{"id":777008274,"date":"2023-08-16T07:27:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T10:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008274"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:01:40","slug":"raffles-at-galaxy-macau-opens-for-invited-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/raffles-at-galaxy-macau-opens-for-invited-guests","title":{"rendered":"Raffles at Galaxy Macau opens for invited guests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The soft opening offers limited access to facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The\u00a0<strong>Raffles at Galaxy Macau Hotel\u00a0<\/strong>had its soft opening today (August 16) after a delay due to the labour shortage in the city. The hotel has opened exclusively for &#8220;invited guests&#8221; with only the Raffles Lounge &amp; Terrace open to the public. Galaxy Entertainment Group said accommodations are restricted to invitees due to high demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Raffles Lounge &amp; Terrace offers all-day dining, breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, happy hour and dinner. As previously reported, the 450-suite hotel tower, part of Galaxy Entertainment Group\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-macau-phase-iii-could-open-by-the-end-of-this-year\" target=\"_blank\">phase 3 project<\/a>, won\u2019t have a full<strong> opening until the end of the year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Galaxy Entertainment Group<\/strong>\u00a0expects to open the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/andaz-macau-hotel-to-open-at-galaxy-macau-on-september-15\" target=\"_blank\">hotel Andaz Macau<\/a>, the second of two new hotels in Phase 3 of the Galaxy Macau casino resort, on September 15. The company has previously said Andaz Macau, in collaboration with Hyatt Hotels Corp, will be the world\u2019s largest Andaz-branded property, with\u00a0<strong>700 rooms and suites<\/strong>. It will be the eighth hotel brand at Galaxy Macau and is connected to\u00a0<strong>Galaxy International Convention Center (GICC)<\/strong>\u00a0and the 16,000-seat Galaxy Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The soft opening offers limited access to facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Galaxy Entertainment Group has commenced the soft opening of The Raffles at Galaxy Macau Hotel, part of its Phase 3 expansion, with limited access due to labor shortages. The full opening is anticipated by year-end, alongside the upcoming launch of Andaz Macau in collaboration with Hyatt Hotels Corp, which will significantly expand the integrated resort's hospitality capacity.","focusai_entities":"Raffles at Galaxy Macau Hotel, Galaxy Entertainment Group, Andaz Macau, Hyatt Hotels Corp, Galaxy International Convention Center, Galaxy Arena","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Phase 3 EBITDA Impact?","query":"What is the projected ramp-up timeline for full operational capacity across Galaxy Macau's Phase 3, and how will this impact Q4 2023 and FY2024 EBITDA contributions for Galaxy Entertainment Group?"},{"label":"Macau Labor Shortage Impact?","query":"How does the noted 'labour shortage' in Macau specifically affect the operational efficiency and cost structure of new integrated resort developments, and what mitigation strategies are being deployed by operators like Galaxy Entertainment Group?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777008274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777008274"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008279,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008274\/revisions\/777008279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}