Genting Highlands

Genting Highlands (Malay: Tanah Tinggi Genting ; Chinese: 雲頂高原) (1700m above sea level coord|3|24|6.51|N|101|46|2.62|E|) is a mountain peak within the Titiwangsa Mountains on the border between the states of Pahang and Selangor of Malaysia and is home to a famous mountain resort by the same name which can be reached by car from Kuala Lumpur in one hour. It is also accessible by the world's fastest and South East Asia's longest cable car called Genting Skyway (3.38kmcite news | last = Scheepstra | first = Wouter | title = Gokken in regenwoud (Gambling in rainforest) | work = Sp!ts | pages = 22 | language = Dutch | date = 2007-03-30 | accessdate = 2007-04-03] ). In 2006, the resort had 18.4 million visitors. Genting Highlands was founded by the late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong in the late 1960s.

Features

It is sometimes informally known as the Las Vegas of Malaysia, dubbed the 'City of Entertainment' as it is the only legal land-based casino in Malaysia, run by Resorts World Bhd, a sub-company of Genting Group. The resort, Genting Highlands Resort, also features many hotels owned by Genting subsidiaries including Genting Hotel, Highlands Hotel, Resort Hotel, Theme Park Hotel and Awana Genting. First World Hotel has a total of 6,118 rooms, making it the largest hotel in the world. [ [http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=237233

Genting's First World Recognized As World's Largest Hotel] ] It surpassed MGM Grand Las Vegas, the former largest hotel in the world with 5,690 rooms.

Other facilities in this resort include theme parks, a Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum, a wind-turbine sky diving simulator, world-class golf course and shopping malls.

There is a computerised system outside First World Hotel which can automatically calculate the number of parking-bays left in four hotels; Genting Hotel, Highlands Hotel, First World Hotel and Resort Hotel.

Genting Highlands is also home to a 100 million year old forest.

Events

Awards ceremony

August 2008 will see Genting playing host to the MTV Asia Awards, the first time ever the awards show will be hosted in Malaysia. The ceremony bound to be a glitzy star-studded bash as usual, will be hosted by Hollywood actor and singer, Jared Leto of 'Fight Club', 'Panic Room' and 'Requiem for a Dream' fame.

In 2007, Genting Highlands was the home to the prestigious "Bollywood Oscars", the Zee Cine Awards 2007 and the Pakistani Lux Style Awards at the Arena of Stars, a musical amphitheater for mostly musical performances capable of holding up to 6,000 people at a time.

Concerts

May 2008 saw the X-Pax 'XLive Festival' come to Genting Theme Park and Arena of Stars, the first outdoor music festival to be held in the Genting Theme Park, which drew a crowd of 15,000 people. Headlining the festival was hip-hop superstar Missy Elliott as well as a string of internationally acclaimed DJs from America to Japan.

*Leona Lewis
*Panic at the Disco
*One Republic
*The Click Five
*Black Eyed Peas
*The Pussycat Dolls
*Super Junior
*Cyndi Wang
*Olivia Newton-John
*Michael Learns to Rock
*Boyz II Men
*Cliff Richard
*Jacky Cheung
*Stefanie Sun
*JJ Lin
*Jay Chou
*Mayday
*Twins
*Vanness Wu
*S.H.E
*Sammi Cheng
*Jolin Tsai
*Aaron Kwok
*Andy Lau
*Vanessa-Mae
*Wong Kit
*Beyond
*Westlife

Competitions finale

Genting also plays host to a range of popular TV shows being filmed on site including:

*Malaysian Idol
*Star Idol Malaysia
*Project SuperStar (Malaysia)

ports

Tour de Langkawi

Genting Highlands serve as the finish point of a stage in the Tour de Langkawi cycling race. It is one of the longest (30 km) climbs featured in a cycling event.

Awards

Over the years, Genting Highlands have received numerous awards for their excellence including:

*World's Leading Casino Resort, World Travel Awards 2007
*Best Resort, TTG Travel Awards 2007
*The BrandLaureate Awards, The Best Brands In Leisure And Hospitality 2006 - 2007
*Top 5 Most Valuable Brands, Malaysia's Most Valuable Brands 2007
*The World's Largest Hotel, Guinness World Records 2006
*Malaysia Spa & Wellness Awards 2007 - Best Resort Spa

Climate

Genting Highlands enjoys a spring-like climate, with temperatures no higher than 25°C and rarely falling below 14°C yearly. The temperature in Genting Highlands ranges from 16°C to 24°C all year round.

Gallery

References

External links

* [http://genting.com.my/ Genting Highlands official website]

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