{"id":8713,"date":"2020-08-05T06:39:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T06:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8713"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:03:33","slug":"sheraton-grand-macao-no-longer-used-for-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sheraton-grand-macao-no-longer-used-for-quarantine","title":{"rendered":"Sheraton Grand Macao no longer used for quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The hotel had been designated as a quarantine hotel by Macau authorities but will now return to normal activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The Sheraton Grand Macao had been designated as a quarantine hotel for the second time since the pandemic began but now, with no new cases registered in the city, it will be back to normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a quarantine hotel, <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-two-hotels-quarantine-venues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the venue was only allowed to receive people returning to Macau from overseas<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to undergo the mandatory quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><em>Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO)<\/em><\/strong> has opted not to assign it any more residents returning home. People undergoing quarantine period at the moment will leave the building before August 14, after which the venue will be cleaned and disinfected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hotel was first named as a quarantine hotel in late March, then removed from the list before being added again in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As there are no active cases in Macau at the moment and the number of residents returning from overseas has fallen, authorities have decided to move quarantine to a smaller venue, the 250-room Golden Crown China Hotel, to settle people who need to be quarantined as of August 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pousada Marina Infante remains a quarantine hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The removal of Sheraton Grand Macao from the list of quarantine hotels comes as authorities gradually ease border restrictions between Macau and Guangdong Province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hotel had been designated as a quarantine hotel by Macau authorities but will now return to normal activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Sheraton Grand Macao is reverting to standard hotel operations from August 14, having concluded its role as a quarantine facility due to declining COVID-19 cases and reduced international arrivals in Macau. This operational shift, coupled with the gradual easing of border restrictions with Guangdong Province, signals a critical step towards the normalization of Macau's hospitality sector and potentially increased visitation for integrated resorts. The Golden Crown China Hotel and Pousada Marina Infante will continue to serve as designated quarantine venues.","focusai_entities":"Sheraton Grand Macao, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Golden Crown China Hotel, Pousada Marina Infante","focusai_location":"Macau, Guangdong Province","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":"Macau recovery timeline?","query":"What is the projected timeline for Macau's integrated resort sector to achieve pre-pandemic GGR levels, considering the gradual easing of border restrictions and the normalization of hospitality operations?"},{"label":"Impact on non-gaming revenue?","query":"How will the return of the Sheraton Grand Macao to normal operations and the broader easing of travel restrictions specifically impact the non-gaming revenue streams and diversification strategies of Macau's concessionaires?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338],"tags":[257],"class_list":["post-8713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8713"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009198,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713\/revisions\/777009198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}