First World Hotel & Plaza in the Genting Highlands
Wednesday, 1 August 2018 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien General , House of the Month , Hotels
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First World Hotel and Plaza is a three-star hotel in
Resorts World Genting ,
Pahang ,
Malaysia . Featuring a total of 7,351 rooms, it has set the
Guinness World Records for the
largest hotel in the world (by number of rooms). In 2006, it featured 6,118 rooms, making it the largest hotel until
The Palazzo took the title, an expansion of
The Venetian located on
Las Vegas Strip which was officially opened on 1 January 2008. In 2015, First World Hotel regained the title after an opening of a new block. The hotel has received 35.5 million guests since 2006.
First World Hotel consists of Tower 1 and Tower 2 with 3,164 standard rooms, 292 deluxe rooms, 649 deluxe triple rooms, 480 superior deluxe rooms, and 136 world club rooms. It is managed by First World Hotel and Resorts Sdn Bhd, one of two major companies operating at Resorts World Genting. In 2015, First World Hotel extended Tower 2 Annex which has altogether 1,286 rooms including new rooms named XYZ Deluxe and XYZ Triple. The average size of the rooms is 170.70 square feet.
Night view © Mithun89/cc-by-sa-4.0
First World Hotel is the first hotel in
Southeast Asia to launch E-Kiosk or Express Check-in and Check-out kiosks. One floor above the lobby level of the hotel is a 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m²) plaza called the
First World Plaza , housing retail and dining outlets and
Skytropolis Indoor Theme Park attractions. The hotel also connects to the brand new shopping mall, SkyAvenue which also house the
Awana Skyway station that links to the
Genting Highlands Premium Outlets .
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