Currently in Macau there a total of 23 hotel projects under construction and another 23 waiting for approval around the city. Statistical data indicates that the 23 hotels under construction are expected to provide about 24,000 guestrooms. Of these there are seven medium-sized hotel projects with the number of rooms ranging from 100 to 600,

As construction activity took place behind them, representatives from Las Vegas Sands Corp., Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and Shangri La Hotels and Resorts today celebrated the progress being made on the Cotai Strip(TM) in the People's Republic of China Special Administrative Region of Macau. The Cotai Strip, which is currently being developed by Las