• Melco received 19 Five-Star awards in the 2025 Forbes Travel Guide.
• The achievement underscores Melco’s commitment to exceptional design, superior operations and extraordinary guest experiences.

In the recently announced 2025 Forbes Travel Guide, Melco Resorts & Entertainment’s properties and facilities across Asia earned 19 five-star honors, accumulating a total of 107 stars across various categories.

Among the five-star award-winning hotels were Morpheus at City of Dreams Macau, Nüwa at City of Dreams Macau, Star Tower at Studio City, Epic Tower at Studio City, Altira Macau, and Nüwa at City of Dreams Manila.

The five-star awarded restaurants included Alain Ducasse at City of Dreams Macau’s Morpheus, Yí which is also at Morpheus, Jade Dragon at City of Dreams Macau’s Nüwa, Pearl Dragon at Studio City, plus three restaurants at Altira Macau in Aurora, Tenmasa and Ying.

The five-star spa facilities included Morpheus Spa, Nüwa Spa at City of Dreams Macau, The Spa at Epic Tower in Studio City, Zensa Spa at Studio City and Altira Spa.

Melco has achieved three new five-star awards since last year, including Studio City’s Epic Tower hotel, The Spa at Epic Tower and Aurora restaurant in Altira Macau.

Epic Tower opened in April 2023 as part of Melco’s Studio City Phase 2 development. Designed by the renowned international architectural firm Zaha Hadid Architects, the second-phase project has a total investment of US$1.2 billion. At the time of its opening, Melco Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho shared that the project was 90% comprised of non-gaming elements. In addition to the Epic Tower, the Phase 2 development also includes the 10,000-square-meter Studio City Indoor Water Park, featuring 16 attractions, seven state-of-the-art water slides, an indoor-outdoor surfing simulator, two wave pools and a 250-meter action river called Starlight Rapids.

The Epic Tower hotel offers 338 suites, with eight room types and villas, including two poolside villas. All rooms feature an in-room smart concierge system, MelSuite, accessible via a fully customized digital tablet. The rooms reflect a distinctive modern aesthetic, featuring specially designed furniture by renowned designers, along with luxury cotton bedding, designer bath products and cutting-edge electronic devices. Additionally, some suites are equipped with underfloor heating in the bathrooms to enhance guest comfort.

Beyond the rooms, the hotel features an indoor heated swimming pool, a professional fitness center, and the newly awarded five-star The Spa at Epic Tower.

The design of The Spa at Epic Tower is inspired by the sleek, aerodynamic elements of super yachts. The spa features six treatment rooms and suites, offering the exclusive thermal Spa Facilities consisting of experience showers, a steam room, the Vitality Pool and a unique Infrared Room with Himalayan Salt Wall. Spa services include therapeutic massages, body treatments and facial care, as well as hair coloring, barbering and professional nail care.

Additionally, on offer is an exclusive wellness journey known as The Spa at Epic Tower Wellness Treatment, which combines aromatherapy with meditation. The treatments include chakra energy meditation and harmonic singing bowl sound therapy, helping guests achieve deep relaxation and improved sleep quality.

Commenting on the achievement, Lawrence Ho expressed his pride in being once again recognized by Forbes Travel Guide. He noted that this year, the company’s hotels, restaurants and spas have added three new five-star honors, underscoring Melco’s commitment to exceptional design, superior operations and extraordinary guest experiences, all contributing to the company’s unwavering mission of creating world-class integrated resorts.

“We are excited to welcome new and returning guests at our properties in Asia and Europe in the year ahead as we continue to enhance our luxury hospitality and entertainment offerings across Melco’s portfolio,” Ho said.