India: A captive market
Dilip Puri, Managing Director, India & Regional Vice President, South Asia, Starwood Asia Pacific Hotels & Resorts, said that even before opening of this property, Sheraton has already got bookings for 5,000 nights for the remaining months of 2012 from Indian tour operators. “Sheraton Macao Hotel, Cotai Central is the largest Sheraton hotel in the world and Macau market is surely going to expect a change in terms of shift of occupancy,” Puri said. Though there is a restriction in relation to direct flights to Macau as only Cathay Pacific, Jet Airways, Air India and Dragon Air fly to Hong Kong from India, the hotel expects a rise in chartered flights from India to Macau directly.