{"id":777041355,"date":"2026-04-24T07:58:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777041355"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:03:11","slug":"macaus-the-13-hotel-unveils-new-exterior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-the-13-hotel-unveils-new-exterior","title":{"rendered":"Macau\u2019s The 13 Hotel unveils new exterior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Sources suggest a potential soft opening could take place as early as May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- The long-troubled <strong>The 13 Hotel<\/strong> in Seac Pai Van, Coloane, has a new exterior with a gold-coloured fa\u00e7ade following an ownership change and <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-13-hotel-buyer-to-invest-us25m-for-makeover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multimillion-dollar revamp<\/a>. It&#8217;s been suggested that a potential soft opening could take place as early as May, although there&#8217;s been no official announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The refurbishment marks a key milestone in efforts to reposition the ultra-luxury hotel, which was originally to target Macau\u2019s VIP gaming segment but struggled after opening in 2018 without a gaming licence and with incomplete facilities.\u00a0The venue was sold for HK$600m (US$76.4m), with the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/handover-process-of-the-13-hotel-is-underway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new owner<\/a> committing to investing between HK$200m and HK$300m (US$25m to US$38m) to upgrade of both interior and exterior elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The website claims the hotel &#8220;blends modern architecture with European Baroque palatial aesthetics, showcasing its noble elegance.&#8221; It has <strong>199 independent villa-style suites<\/strong>, ranging in size <strong>from 2,000 to 10,000 square feet,<\/strong> equipped with private elevators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Macau-to-decide-if-Hong-Kong-visitors-could-enter-casinos-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-rises-15-year-over-year-in-march'>Macau GGR rises 15% year-over-year in March<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources suggest a potential soft opening could take place as early as May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777041362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"","focusai_target_profile":"","focusai_suggestions":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,24930,257],"class_list":["post-777041355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-hospitality","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041355","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777041355"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041410,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041355\/revisions\/777041410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777041362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777041355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777041355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777041355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}