He is at the top of a mountain, does not presume luxury and does not even reach four stars. But the First World Hotel It has something that no other hotel can say: 7,351 operational rooms. It is officially the major of the planet in this regard. This was certified by the Guinness book of the records in 2015, and it is claimed by the First World Hotel website.
The complex is in the heart of Resorts World Genting, in Malaysia, and today is organized in three towers: Tower 1, Tower 2 and Tower 3/Y5. From there you access direct nodes such as First World Plaza, Skyovenue, the Skytopolis Indoor Theme Park or the Genting International Convention Center covered.
A city inside a building: how a hotel with more than 7,000 rooms is managed
Sometimes, stars deceive. One would expect the world’s largest hotel to be also one of the most luxurious. But the First World Hotel is not sold like this. In Malaysia, the stars are assigned by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac). There are no butlers, but strict cleaning and automated check-in, in addition to an accreditation “Clean & Safe Malaysia” with 100%score.
Once inside, the logical question is: And now what? In the aforementioned First World Plaza and Skyovenue there are stores, restaurants, an attraction park covered And even a convention center, all under ceiling.
We also find the Skytopolis Indoor Theme Park, which is one of the jewels: more than 20 attractions in 400,000 square feet, open all year without depending on the weather. To eat fast and cheap are the Lobby Café and The Junction, where the Nasi Lemak wrapped in banana leaves is announced as “probably the best of Genting.”
Managing something like that does not have more staff, it will have a system. The First World Hotel works as a machinery: check-in in kiosks, digital keys from the app, strict rules on furniture and non -transferable reserves. Everything is specified by the hotel itself: you cannot move furniture or enter with appliances. When you manage more than 7,000 rooms, any exception can discourage the gear.
Spa and gym? They exist, but are not in the First World Hotel. They are at the Genting Grand, another of the resort hotels, and the access is paid for the guests of the First World.
Why in Malaysia and not in a large tourist capital? Because this is not an isolated hotel: it is a piece of a project born in the sixties. The founder of the group, Lim Goh Tong, imagined in 1965 a resort on the mountainfresher than Kuala Lumpur and with entertainment for families. The company itself tells it in its corporate profile and in the official history of the group. From there came resorts World Genting, with casinos, shopping centers, parks and hotels for all pockets. The First World fulfills the strategic function of hosting in mass. He does not need to be in a capital, because the resort is already a city.
Since the Guinness recognized it, the data of the 7,351 rooms has attracted even more curious. It continues ahead of colossi like the MGM Grand of Las Vegas, with “almost 5,000 rooms” according to the chain itself. The striking thing is that he succeeds without luxury suites or premium services: he does it with compact rooms and an operation designed to function as a gigantic gear.
No one has yet taken the title. And that says a lot, not only the size, but of the viability of a model that, despite it seems impossible, continues to work every day.
Images | Genting Group
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