Melco attains world’s most Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Awards in 2026 for any integrated resort operator

MACAU SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 12 February 2026 - Melco Resorts & Entertainment proudly announces it has achieved historic leadership position in the newly published 2026 Forbes Travel Guide (FTG) by garnering 19 Five-Star Awards, topping the competition as the world's integrated resort operator with the most FTG Five-Star Awards and reinforcing its position as the region's premier luxury hospitality provider. The achievement is anchored by the attainment of 107 FTG Stars across the Company's Hotel, Restaurant and Spa categories for properties including City of Dreams, Studio City, Altira Macau, and City of Dreams Manila.

Melco attains world’s most Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Awards in 2026 for any integrated resort operator

Mr. Lawrence Ho, Chairman & CEO, Melco, said, "We are deeply honored to have Melco recognized as the world's leading integrated resort company by Forbes Travel Guide in 2026. Attaining the most Five-Star awards globally among integrated resort operators is a testament to our team's unwavering commitment to excellence. We are thankful to our Colleagues as such achievements would not be possible without their incredible efforts. These results highlight our dedication to operating world-class integrated resorts that offer superlative design and guest experiences. We look forward to welcoming guests to our properties and further strengthening our portfolio of luxury hospitality and entertainment offerings."

The 19 Five-Star awards presented to Melco properties and facilities in 2026 FTG are listed below:

Hotels	Restaurants	Spas
Morpheus, City of Dreams Macau	Alain Ducasse at Morpheus, Morpheus, City of Dreams Macau	Morpheus Spa, City of Dreams Macau
Nüwa, City of Dreams Macau	Yí, Morpheus, City of Dreams Macau	Nüwa Spa, City of Dreams Macau
Star Tower, Studio City	Jade Dragon, Nüwa, City of Dreams Macau	The Spa at Epic Tower, Studio City
Epic Tower, Studio City	Pearl Dragon, Studio City	Zensa Spa, Studio City
Altira Macau	Aurora, Altira Macau	Altira Spa, Altira Macau
Nüwa, City of Dreams Manila	Tenmasa, Altira Macau	Nüwa Spa, City of Dreams Manila
	Ying, Altira Macau

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About Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited

Melco, with its American depositary shares listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (Nasdaq: MLCO), is a developer, owner and operator of integrated resort facilities in Asia and Europe. The Company currently operates City of Dreams (www.cityofdreamsmacau.com) and Altira Macau (www.altiramacau.com), integrated resorts located in Cotai and Taipa, Macau, respectively. In addition, the Company operates Studio City (www.studiocity-macau.com), a cinematically-themed integrated resort in Cotai, Macau. In the Philippines, the Company operates and manages City of Dreams Manila (www.cityofdreamsmanila.com), an integrated resort in the Entertainment City complex in Manila. In Europe, the Company operates City of Dreams Mediterranean, an integrated resort in Limassol, in the Republic of Cyprus (www.cityofdreamsmed.com.cy). In South Asia, the Company manages the Nüwa hotel at City of Dreams Sri Lanka (www.cityofdreamssrilanka.com), an integrated resort in Colombo, Sri Lanka. For more information about the Company, please visitwww.melco-resorts.com.

Melco is majority owned by Melco International Development Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, which is in turn majority owned and led by Mr. Lawrence Ho, who is the Chairman, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

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HONG KONG SAR & NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - Media OutReach Newswire - 9 June 2026 - The contemporary art world is witnessing a profound paradigm shift. Following his Paris solo exhibition, Hong Kong artist Wallace Woo has transformed his newly founded "Geological Abstractionism" from theoretical proposition into concrete practice. This initiative seeks to challenge the Western-centric narrative while simultaneously establishing Hong Kong's first complete aesthetic system. Woo means a framework that integrates a core proposition (Geological Time), a technical method, a creative methodology, and an ethics of viewing, and permanent archival evidence. This is not a style. This is a system. His manifesto, The Dimension of Sedimentation (ISBN: 978-988-71890-2-2), is permanently archived by the Hong Kong Public Library.

The Third Timeline of Abstract Art: Sedimentation, Not Expression

Traditional abstract art has focused on instantaneous emotion or eternal minimalism. Woo, by contrast, focuses on the overlooked dimension of "Temporal Sedimentation." He proposes four fundamental principles: sedimentation over production, active acceptance of constraint, nurturing wildness in silence, and making time visible — opening a new "Geological Dimension" for abstract art. The influential international art publication CVLTARTES has hailed his initiative as a "Hostile Takeover of Aesthetic Narrative," declaring the end of the traditional "Image-Based Painting" era.

Woo rejects being labeled by any regional culture. "Geology is a universal language," he states. "This is not a response to the West, but a definition of the global."

Global Aesthetic Pioneer Within the Asian Context

As a Hong Kong artist based in France, Wallace Woo's dual identity imbues his work with both the "Silent Sedimentation" of Eastern philosophy and the experimental nature of Western contemporary techniques. Even though his creative base is no longer in his homeland, the pulse of Hong Kong continues to beat at the core of his creative practice — that resilience of carving a path through narrow cracks, of finding a way where there seems to be none, this constitutes the primary generative force behind this discourse.

Wallace Woo's practice provides a new coordinate for art history. For decades, Hong Kong art was read through Western categories. Woo's 'Geological Abstractionism' changes that — not by responding to the West, but by defining a new global language rooted in time and matter. The first complete aesthetic system is here. What will Hong Kong art do with it?

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