The world’s largest hotel under construction with more than 4,100 rooms will be opened in 2009 by MGM Mirage in the city center of Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the finding of a current ranking of the largest hotel projects worldwide by tophotelprojects.com, the database provided by the internationally respected CHD Expert Group. The second and third greatest hotel projects with more than 3,000 and 2,400 rooms are under construction in Las Vegas, too.

The Top Ten of the largest hotel projects worldwide:

The CityCenter Hotel and Casino; Project City Center, Las Vegas/USA

4,100 rooms

Operator: MGM Mirage

Opening: Jan 01, 2009

Comments: The total cost of the project is expected to be over $7 billion. It consists of two, 600 foot high towers with a total of 4,100 hotel rooms and a 155,000 square foot casino. The north tower consists of 43 levels and the south tower is 48 levels.

Palazzo Casino Resort, Las Vegas/USA

3,025 rooms

Operator: Las Vegas Sands

Opening: April 01, 2007

Comments: The new resort will include an all-suites 50-floor luxury hotel tower with 3,025 rooms, including 375 concierge-level suites and six villas with up to 11,000 square feet each.

The Cosmopolitan Hotel Resort & Casino, Las Vegas/USA

2,400 rooms

Operator: not named yet

Opening: Aug 01, 2008

Comments: A $2 billion mixed-use, luxury condo-hotel-resort-retail destination.

The Venetian Macao

1,500 rooms

Operator: Las Vegas Sands

Opening: July 01, 2007

Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Prince George’s County/Maryland, USA

1,500 rooms

Operator: Gaylord Hotels

Opening: March 01, 2008

Trump International Hotel & Tower, Las Vegas/USA

1,280 rooms

Operator: not named yet

Opening: Aug 01, 2008

Zam Zam Sofitel Grand Suites, Mecca/Saudi Arabia

1,240 rooms

Operator: Accor

opened since September 2006

Maritim Dubailand, Dubai/United Arab Emirates

1,050 rooms

Operator: Maritim

Opening: July 01, 2007

Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai/United Arab Emirates

1,000 rooms

Operator: Kerzner International Ltd.

Opening: March 15, 2007

Traders Hotel, Macao

1,000 rooms

Operator: Shangri-La

Opening: Jan 01, 2008

September 2006
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