Macau’s luxury 13 Hotel up for sale again at $309 million

The 13 Hotel, Macau’s ultra-luxury 22-storey property with a turbulent history, is back on the market with an asking price of HK$2.4 billion ($309 million), according to property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). The deadline for bids is May 19.

The 199-room property reopened in 2024 after a five-year closure, following the renewal of its licence by the Macau Government Tourism Office. Despite its relaunch, the hotel’s checkered past continues to haunt it. 

Originally developed by flamboyant Hong Kong entrepreneur Stephen Hung through Louis XIII Holdings (later The 13 Holdings), the hotel opened in 2018 but shuttered in 2020 amid financial troubles and the absence of a gaming licence, considered a critical…