{"id":777013010,"date":"2024-02-08T10:13:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T13:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013010"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:12:37","slug":"macau-irs-maintain-lead-in-forbes-2024-star-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-irs-maintain-lead-in-forbes-2024-star-awards","title":{"rendered":"Macau IRs maintain lead in Forbes’ 2024 Star Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All six Macau casino operators were recognised by Forbes Travel Guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Forbes Travel Guide has awarded 61 five-star awards to Macau venues in the 2024 Forbes Travel Guide Star Awards<\/strong>. That compares to 63 in 2022<\/a>, but Macau remains the city with the most five-star awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five-star awards went to 22 hotels, 16 spas and 23 restaurants. The top-rated hotels include\u00a0the Galaxy Hotel<\/strong>, Grand Lisboa Palace Macau, The Karl Lagerfeld, Londoner Hotel and Londoner Court. Within Galaxy Macau, Banyan Tree Macau, Hotel Okura Macau, and Ritz-Carlton Macau are also five-star rated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melco\u2019s integrated resorts<\/strong>, City of Dreams, Altira, and Studio City, earned a total of 12 five-star awards for hotels, spas and restaurants. Wynn\u00a0<\/strong>obtained\u00a0<\/strong>15 five-star awards, SJM Holdings<\/strong>\u00a0nine (Grand Lisboa Palace Macau, The Karl Lagerfeld Hotel, the Grand Lisboa Hotel, three spas and three restaurants) and MGM China Holdings<\/strong> seven (MGM Macau and MGM Cotai properties, three hotels, two restaurants and two spas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Four Seasons Hotel Macao and Grand Suites at the Four Seasons Hotel Macao, both part of the\u00a0Sands China<\/strong>\u00a0portfolio, were also awarded five stars, along with the spa and Zi Yat Heen restaurant.\u00a0The Mandarin Oriental, Macau received two five-star awards for its hotel and spa. Its Vida Rica restaurant got a four-star rating.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All six Macau casino operators were recognised by Forbes Travel Guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's integrated resort operators have garnered significant recognition in the 2024 Forbes Travel Guide Star Awards, with the city maintaining its lead in five-star accolades globally. All six licensed casino operators received awards across their hotel, spa, and restaurant verticals, underscoring the success of their non-gaming asset diversification strategies.","focusai_entities":"Forbes Travel Guide, Galaxy Entertainment Group, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Wynn Macau, SJM Holdings, MGM China Holdings, Sands China, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"How do these Forbes Travel Guide accolades for non-gaming amenities correlate with GGR performance or high-roller visitation trends for Macau's integrated resorts?"},{"label":"Competitive Advantage?","query":"What specific competitive advantages do operators gain from extensive Forbes Travel Guide recognition in a highly competitive market like Macau, particularly concerning premium customer acquisition and retention?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23632,23906],"class_list":["post-777013010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013010","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=777013010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013021,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013010\/revisions\/777013021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}