Grand Lisboa (,

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: Grande Lisboa) is a 47-floor,

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in Sé,

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. It is owned by

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and designed by

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architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man with the interiors created by Khuan Chew, Design Principal of KCA International. Its casino and restaurants were opened on February 11, 2007, while the hotel was opened in December 2008. The casino offers 800 gaming tables and 1,000 slot machines. The hotel contains 430 hotel rooms and suites. The Grand Lisboa is the tallest building in Macau and the most distinctive part of its skyline. The casino is the first in Macau to offer

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poker ring games. It was also the first to offer

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, though several other casinos in

now offer the game. In 2017 it was reported that the Grand Lisboa suffered a decline in revenue and profits during 2016.

Features

Venues

Joël Robuchon Joël Robuchon (, 7 April 1945 – 6 August 2018) was a French chef and restaurateur. He was named "Chef of the Century" by the guide Gault Millau in 1989, and awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (France's best worker) in cuisine in 1976. ...

joined the group in 2007 as the owner of the hotel restaurant, ''Robuchon au Dome'', which in 2008 was awarded three stars by the

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when it was known as "Robuchon a Galera." The restaurant was renamed when it moved locations inside the hotel. The wine list features over 14,600 wines and has won the Wine Spectator “Grand Award”. In January 2013, the

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named Robuchon Au Dome as the top restaurant in Asia. It is ranked number 6 in the world by Elite Traveler in 2016 and 2017.

Art and attractions

''The Star of

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'' is on permanent display at the Casino Grand Lisboa. According to the

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, the diamond is the largest cushion shaped internally flawless D-color diamond in the world.

Gallery

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Fortaleza do Monte The Fortaleza do Monte (Portuguese for ''Mount Fortress'', also ''Monte Forte''; officially ''Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora do Monte de São Paulo'', in en, Fortress of Our Lady of the Mount of St. Paul; ; Cantonese Yale: ''daaih paau yìh'') is a ...

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Paul Tsui picture

''The Invasion'' is a photograph by Paul Tsui, who was nominated for the National Geographic

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award. The picture depicts a sideway view of the Grand Lisboa hotel, through a street with high buildings in Macau. It has been commented that it resembles an alien invasion.

References

External links

Official Website - Grand Lisboa

Hotel Website - Grand Lisboa Hotel

Emporis.com - Grand Lisboa

Famous Casino - Grand Lisboa

SkycraperPage.com – Hotel & Casino Grand Lisboa

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