First World Hotel & Plaza
Wins FIABCI Award of Distinction 2002

Resorts World Bhd's latest hotel, First World Hotel & Plaza was announced the Winner of FIABCI Award of Distinction 2002 for the Hotel Development category at the "Academy Award Night of the Real Estate Industry 2002" event held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on 28th October, 2002.

As a winner, First World Hotel and Plaza will represent Malaysia at the FIABCI International Prix d' Excellence. FIABCI International Prix d' Excellence is an annual competition of the world's best projects and the awards will be presented at the FIABCI World Congress at major cities around the world.

The FIABCI Award

The awards bring with them not only the immediate prestige and publicity that comes with winning but the right to display the FIABCI Award of Distinction logo in the actual project site and all other promotional material relating to it. In addition, as the projects are a representation of the FIABCI ideal, winners will have access to unique international platforms for their projects and their companies throughout the FIABCI network of more than 53 member countries and over 80 different professional organisations worldwide.

The First World Hotel & Plaza

The initial stage of the construction of the First World Hotel & Plaza commenced in 1998 incorporating 3,228 rooms and upon completion of Phase Two, will total 6,300 rooms. While already the nation's largest hotel, completion of Phase Two will make it the world's largest single hotel with the most number of rooms. Phase One cost over RM1 billion and took three years to complete.

There are many first and great achievements in the hotel construction. One of the greatest was that the project was completed 12 months ahead of schedule, surely a credible feat for a project of such mammoth scale. The physical difficulties of construction at the hilltop are well documented.

The complex has one of the largest and most modern fire alarm systems in Malaysia, not to mention the largest commercial boiler as well as the largest air-cooled chiller system. It also incorporates Malaysia's largest instantaneous steam heated hot water system. Phase Two will include the world's largest PABX system connecting 10,000 rooms via 16,000 terminals.

The long-term monitoring and maintenance of the complex incorporates the use of inclinometers, piezometers, settlement markers and anchored load cells to ensure its overall structural safety and integrity.

First World Hotel & Plaza is a major initiative for the Genting Group and a big step forward for the Malaysian tourism industry. Its completion has made a valuable contribution to raising the standards of Malaysian design, construction and management.

The First World Hotel & Plaza within the "City of Entertainment" well on its way to becoming one of the world's great family entertainment venues and to placing Malaysia on the world's tourism stage.