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If you think a color-coordinated rainforest shower is the ultimate in luxury and indulgence, brace yourself for the opulence of the new Sands Macao Hotel.

The VIP suites are booked "forever" by a small group of people who travel the world, enjoying the best of everything. At a recent media preview of the new hotel, Mark Brown, president of Sands Macao Hotel and the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, said that when the initial section of the hotel opened in 2004 the response was overwhelming. They very quickly realized they need more luxury suites.

HONG KONG — Las Vegas Sands Corp. will open its second hotel in Macau next month as part of the company’s latest expansion in the southern Chinese gambling enclave, it said Friday.

The Sands Macao Hotel will be the second casino hotel opened by the chairman of Las Vegas Sands, American billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who hopes to transform Macau into a top vacation spot.

The casino operator opened its massive new casino and hotel resort The Venetian last month in the former Portuguese colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1999.