First World Hotel is the fourth largest hotel in the world by rooms. It comprises Tower 1 and Tower 2, each with 28 floors, and has a total of 6,118 rooms. It is one of the five hotels located in Genting Highlands

Genting Highlands

Genting Highlands otherwise known as Resorts World Genting is the flagship integrated resort developed by Genting Group. It is nestled on a mountain peak within the Titiwangsa Mountains on the border between the states of Pahang and Selangor of Malaysia...

, Pahang

Pahang

Pahang is the third largest state in Malaysia, after Sarawak and Sabah, occupying the huge Pahang River river basin. It is bordered to the north by Kelantan, to the west by Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, to the south by Johor and to the east by Terengganu and the South China Sea.Its state...

, Malaysia, along with Genting Hotel

Genting Hotel

The Genting Hotel is a 5-star premier hotel at the Genting Highlands Resort, Pahang, Malaysia. The other hotels that are located here include First World Hotel, Resort Hotel, Highlands Hotel and Theme Park Hotel.- History :...

, Theme Park Hotel

Theme Park Hotel

Theme Park Hotel is the first hotel to be built at Genting Highlands Resort at its early development in 1971. Initially, Theme Park Hotel was called Highlands Hotel, but it was renamed later on....

, Highlands Hotel

Highlands Hotel

Highlands Hotel is one of the five major hotels beside Genting Hotel, Theme Park Hotel, First World Hotel and Resort Hotel located at Genting Highlands, Malaysia...

 and Resort Hotel. It was the largest hotel in the world until The Palazzo

The Palazzo

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, an expansion of The Venetian in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Strip

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 was opened in January 2008.

The hotel is managed by First World Hotel and Resorts Sdn. Bhd, one of two major companies operating at Genting Highlands resort (the other is Resorts World Bhd

Resorts World Bhd

Resorts World Bhd started in 1980 in Malaysia. In 1989, Genting Group and Resorts World Bhd underwent a restructuring exercise, which resulted in Resorts World Bhd acquiring from Genting Group of its entire gaming, hotel and resort-related operations inclusive of goodwill and other relevant assets...

). The resort can be reached by the Genting Skyway

Genting Skyway

Genting Skyway is a gondola lift serving the Genting Highlands Resort on Genting Highlands. It is located at the Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor side of Genting Highlands. Its lower station located near Gohtong Jaya, about 51 kilometres North-East of Kuala Lumpur, comprises a 5-storey station building...

, which is the world's fastest (and Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

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's longest) cable car

Gondola lift

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, which travels at 6 metres per second.

Structures

The First World Hotel is a standard hotel at most of its rooms. Below the hotel is a 500000 sq ft (46,451.5 m²) plaza called First World Plaza

First World Plaza

First World Plaza is a shopping centre located below First World Hotel, the biggest hotel in Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. It comprises the hotel lobby for First World Hotel....

, housing shopping malls, arcades, food outlets, Starworld casino, The Pavilion and the Genting indoor theme park. It has a stage for weekly performances (such as magic and music shows) at the area called Time Square, surrounded by a replica of the Statue of Liberty and an Oscar statue. Other facilities including Watersplash Pool (an indoor water theme park for children), Genting Sky Venture (Asia's first free fall simulator) and a cineplex

Cineplex

-Specific multiplex groups:*Cineplex Entertainment, Canada*Cineplex Odeon Corporation, Canada*Loews Cineplex Entertainment, United States*MegaStar Cineplex, Vietnam*Cineplex Australia...

.

First World Hotel main entrance forms the lush and grand tropical rainforest and a spacious Spanish courtyard at its lobby.

Restaurants

There are 10 flagship restaurants in addition to a number of other smaller restaurant outlets and fast-food chains at the First World Hotel. The 10 restaurants are:

• Vietnam House (formerly Ristorante Torcello's)
• First World Cafe
• Hou Mei Noodles House
• Restoran Hainan Kitchen
• Lakeview Seafood Restaurant
• The Patio
• Plaza Cafe
• Causeway Bay Restaurant
• Platinum Curry House
• Ah Yat Abalone Forum Restaurant

Achievements

On December 18, 2006, Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records

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listed the First World Hotel as the world's largest hotel complex by numbers of rooms and not by constructed area.

External links

• First World Hotel official website