Referências ao Grand Hotel e Hotel Central

A par do Riviera e do Bela Vista (do tipo ocidental), o Grand Hotel Kuok Chai e o Hotel Central (do tipo chinês), eram os mais importantes hotéis de Macau nas décadas de 1940 a 1960. Em baixo estão algumas referências  em publicações estrangeiras sobre turismo sobre estes dois hotéis mais frequentados por clientes chineses.

One of the things for which Macao is known far and wide is, of course, its gambling... At nine o'clock one evening, feeling slightly wicked, we took ourselves to the Central Hotel, the center of gambling for the colony (...)

These Awakening Lands of the East, May Worthington, 1955

This street, and much of the city as well, was dominated by the Central Hotel, a big tawdry skyscraper without the form that blessed so much of Macao. It was ten stories high, and there was gambling on three of these (...)

Hongkong, the Island Between, Christopher Rand, 1955

Closer in on the left was the sprawling commercial city of Macao, the old eight - story Central Hotel and the new steel and concrete Grand Hotel (...)

Reports Service, East Asia, American Universities,1956

This hotel and many others are quite die night spots after the sun goes down as gambling is legal and beautifully done in lush (...)

American Motorcycing Jan 1959

Gambling, though not as extensive as in olden days, is still a feature of Macao life. The most active establishment is the Central Hotel which devotes several floors to games of chance, and which also includes restaurants (...)

Far East Travel Guide, 1959

Gaming rooms, which open at noon, occupy four floors of the ten-story Central Hotel. Macao, a Portuguese possession at the mouth of the Pearl River, is the oldest European colony in the Orient (...)

Travel Guide to the Orient and Aorund the World, 1960