First World Hotel & Plaza


First World Hotel is a three-star hotel in Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. Featuring a total of 7,351 rooms, it has set the Guinness World Records for the largest hotel in the world. In 2006, it featured 6,118 rooms, making it the largest hotel until The Palazzo took the title, an expansion of The Venetian located on Las Vegas Strip which was officially opened on 1 January 2008. In 2015, First World Hotel regained the title after the opening of a new block. The hotel has received 35.5 million guests since 2006.

Features

First World Hotel consists of Tower 1 and Tower 2 with 3,164 standard rooms, 292 deluxe rooms, 649 deluxe triple rooms, 480 superior deluxe rooms and 136 world club rooms. It is managed by First World Hotel and Resorts Sdn Bhd, one of two major companies operating at Resorts World Genting. In 2015, First World Hotel extended Tower 2 Annex which altogether has 1,233 rooms, including new rooms named XYZ Deluxe and XYZ Triple. The average size of the rooms is 170.70 square feet.
First World Hotel is the first hotel in Southeast Asia to launch E-Kiosk or Express Check-in and Check-out kiosks.

Hotel layout

One floor above the lobby level of the hotel is a plaza called the First World Plaza, housing retail and dining outlets and indoor theme park attractions.
The hotel also connects to the brand new shopping mall, SkyAvenue which also houses the Awana Skyway station that links to the Genting Highlands Premium Outlets.