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www.travelweeklyweb.com www.travelweeklyweb.com 6 | ■ TRAVELWeekly AsiA | MAY 2014 Hong Kong / Macau Holiday Inn Macao Cotai Central recognised as 'Best Hotel Brand' by Beijing Youth Daily Group The awards are voted on by BYDG readers through three main channels including BYDG's newspapers and online social media platforms such as Weibo and WeChat. MACAO – Beijing Youth Daily Group (BYDG) has bestowed the honour of 'Best Hotel Brand' in Hong Kong and Macao to Holiday Inn Macao Cotai Central at its 2014 Readers' Choice Tourism Awards in Beijing. The awards are voted on by BYDG readers through three main channels including BYDG's newspapers and online social media platforms such as Weibo and WeChat. Beijing Youth Daily Group is China's leading modern media group with 10 newspapers, five magazines and two websites in its portfolio. The annual Readers' Choice Tourism Awards allows its readers a platform to vote for their favourite hotel, restaurant and luxury brands, rewarding them for providing outstanding service and facilities. Since Holiday Inn Macao Cotai Central opened in 2012, the hotel has received numerous awards including the unique distinction of being the only Holiday Inn in the world to receive an official Star Rating by Forbes Travel Guide earlier this year. There are many attributes that make Holiday Inn Macao Cotai Central stand out. The hotel features bright, contemporary design aspects in its 1,224 guestrooms and suites; and it is also part of the fully integrated resort complex of Cotai Strip Resorts Macao, which provides a broad array of business, leisure, and entertainment options to suit every type of guest, including offering a diversity of choices in world-class accommodation, international and local dining, retail, entertainment and meeting facilities. Holiday Inn Macao's luxurious Premier Suite. Hong Kong Hospitality Group Swire Hotels to open first hotel in United States EAST, Miami at Brickell City Centre is expected to open in Fall 2015. HONG KONG – Swire Hotels has announced the 2015 opening of EAST, Miami at Brickell City Centre, Swire Properties Inc's $1.05 billion mixed-use development in Miami's Brickell downtown district. It will be the hotel group's first property in the United States and the third hotel under the EAST brand, after the successful openings of EAST, Hong Kong in Island East in 2010 and EAST, Beijing at INDIGO, Beijing in 2013. Designed by award-winning architecture firm Arquitectonica with interiors by New York-based Clodagh Design, EAST, Miami will offer 263 rooms and 89 serviced apartments known as EAST Residences, essentially long-stay hotel rooms with kitchen and laundry facilities, amidst Brickell City Centre's over 5.4 million square feet. Created for travellers looking for a contemporary, fun and relaxing place to stay, EAST, Miami will feature a paperless arrival and departure experience and a one-stop front-desk Guest Experience team. Swire Hotels will bring its award-winning skills to the restaurant and bar mix with dynamic pulsating restaurants and bars to be unveiled later. Alongside two restaurants, a poolside bar & lounge and a rooftop destination bar, there will be meeting rooms and banquet halls with bay views, an outdoor pool deck which can be used for private events that includes an outdoor and plunge pool, a 24-hour fitness center and wellness treatment rooms. In addition to these amenities, travelers will enjoy the property's floor-to-ceiling windows, multi-control panel for blinds and mood lighting inside the rooms, complimentary WiFi throughout the property and the largest average room size among hotels in Miami.