{"id":76251,"date":"2026-02-06T13:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/06\/macau-grand-emperor-hotel-lobby-gold-bricks"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:48:20","slug":"macaus-grand-emperor-hotel-rips-up-lobby-floor-to-sell-off-gold-bricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=76251","title":{"rendered":"Macau\u2019s Grand Emperor hotel rips up lobby floor to sell off gold bricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parent company says the bullion created a \u2018sumptuous atmosphere\u2019 but current market conditions offered a \u2018good opportunity\u2019 to sell it<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Emperor hotel in Macau has ripped up and sold the gold bricks lining its lobby floor, earning nearly $13m (\u00a39.6m) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/feb\/02\/plunge-in-price-of-gold-and-silver-rattles-global-stock-markets\">amid a rise in the metal\u2019s value<\/a> due to turbulent geopolitical conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel, which opened in 2006, is known for its opulent decor including a \u201cgolden pathway\u201d featuring dozens of gold bars in its entranceway.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/06\/macau-grand-emperor-hotel-lobby-gold-bricks\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parent company says the bullion created a \u2018sumptuous atmosphere\u2019 but current market conditions offered a \u2018good opportunity\u2019 to sell itThe Grand Emperor hotel in Macau has ripped up and sold the gold bricks lining its lobby floor, earning nearly $13m (\u00a3&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5166,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,50,666,762,584,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-china","category-commodities","category-gold","category-macau","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76252,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76251\/revisions\/76252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}