ON the first weekend of the opening of the Gold Coast Hotel, management was amazed at the response as local people flocked out to see this new star in the Sino Group constellation.
''We could barely keep people in check as they wandered everywhere with cameras, taking note of everything,'' said general manager Reinhold Engelmann.
''It is a fairly good indication that the resort and its grounds will become a prime spot for wedding parties and outdoor events.'' Hotel wedding packages have been organised.
The hotel can even arrange for the bride and groom to arrive in style in a gold Rolls-Royce.
There are four packages for those contemplating their big day. All are for a minimum 20 tables of 12, exclusive of service charge.
The Superior costs $2,988 per table and includes one night in a superior room with champagne, fruit basket and chocolate, use of the Mercedes-Benz bridal limousine for three hours, breakfast, flower centrepieces for each table, three-tier mock wedding cake for photography, three parking spaces, mahjong, free corkage on alcohol brought in (one bottle per table), special discounted rooms rates for any extension stay before or after the reception, and discounts on soft drinks and local beer.