Studio City hotel ‘localising’ cuisine and staff

Studio City has been declared to be of ‘tourist interest’ by the Macau SAR Government, according to a dispatch published in the Official Gazette yesterday.
The 4-star hotel, a property of Melco Resorts & Entertainment, should follow a number of ‘special requirements’ concerning management and services offer in order to be entitled to the benefits of claiming the category.
One of the requirements is that the property should operate a restaurant with traditional Macanese cuisine and/or traditional Portuguese cuisine.
Regarding the hiring of staff, the dispatch states that priority should be given to Macau residents, in addition to people who have successfully attended courses offered by the Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT), as well as other local training institutions in the hospitality field. Hotel staff at the reception desk should be able to speak both the official languages in addition to English.
The hotel should also be run by the current company in charge of its management, Studio City Hotéis, Limitada, or any other hospitality group of international level.
Studio City opened nearly two years ago, in October 2015.