If you wake up in the Venetian Hotel, you may not know immediately whether you are in Las Vegas or Macau, the two cities where it is located. For all the similarities between the two hotels, one is located almost as west as land goes, and the other almost round the globe in the Far East. Put another way, the two cities are located eight time zones away from GMT, on opposite ends of the earth.
Step out of either of the two Venetians, and very different worlds await. For Macau, also spelt Macao, is a blend of Mediterranean Portugal and traditional China even as it embraces the modern West. Its casinos are a playground for the rich, its heritage is sight for tourists and its conference facilities and geographic location an ideal place to hold business events and meetings. The Venetian Macao alone, with its over 100,000 square metres of convention space and 3,000 suites, can hold 90 Boeing 747 jumbo jets.