After 12 years of service, the Sheraton brand is exiting Macao later this year. Its 4,000-room hotel in Cotai is being converted into “the Londoner Grand”, the property’s concessionaire owner announced in yesterday’s regulatory filing.
The Sheraton Grand Macao occupies two towers above the Londoner, a UK-themed integrated resort owned by Sands China. Since its 2012 opening, the five-star hotel held a double status of being both the largest hotel in the SAR and the largest Sheraton in the world. Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is a US international hotel chain owned by Marriott International.
Much of the Sheraton Grand Macao is currently closed due to a revamp underway at the Londoner. The renovations have also temporarily closed the Londoner Grand Casino, negatively impacting Sands China’s second quarter results.
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As of late July, rooms at the Sheraton Grand Macao were still available on accommodation booking websites. They were unable to be reserved from late-September onwards, however.
In its filing, Sands China implied that part of the Londoner Grand hotel would open in December this year, the same month the Londoner Grand Casino was scheduled to reopen. “We are now deep into our Londoner Grand renovation program,” the filing read. “We plan the completion of the first tower by year end 2024, and of the second tower by May 2025.” However, sources familiar with the matter say that Londoner Grand will soft-open by the end of September.
The revamped hotel will reportedly house just 2,405 rooms, but that number includes 1,500 suites (a big increase on the Sheraton Grand Macao’s 360 suites).
