Some information on Macau

Was surfing the net and gathering information from my Hong Kong friend about Macau. Below was what I gathered....

1. There are several areas at Macau --> Macau City, Taipa, Coloane and Cotai. More popular are Macau City and Taipa.

2. My friend strongly recommend Rio Hotel at Macau City. She says its new, just built 1.5 years ago. They also have a small in-house casino.
-> http://www.riomacau.com/

3. Also to visit these casinos if you are interested in casinos --> Sands, Lisboa, New Lisboa, Wynn, Crown, Venetian.

4. The famous and beautiful Venetian Macau Resort Hotel is at Taipa. She says Venetial Hotel is very beautiful but recently 'infested' by alot of people from mainland. So the atmosphere and ambience might not be as nice. Many of her friends who went felt that it was not worth what they paid. She suggests we stay at Rio Hotel then go Venetian Hotel to take a look.
-> http://www.venetianmacao.com/en/home.aspx

5. The Airport is at Taipa. The ferry terminal is at Macau City.

6. Transportation is mainly by taxi as there is no MTR.

7. If shuttling between Hong Kong and Macau, the most convenient would be by ferry. There are 2 ferry terminals in Hong Kong. 1 is at Central (HK Island) and the other is at Tsim Tsah Tsui (Kowloon). My friend says tickets to/from Tsim Tsah Tsui is slightly cheaper. I made a check and indeed it is slightly cheaper.

Ferry terminal websites:
-> http://www.turbojet.com.hk/turbojet_sailing_rev.htm (HK Island)
-> http://www.nwff.com.hk/english/ourstory/cp100000.asp (Kowloon)

8. Macau tourism website:
-> http://hk.macautourism.gov.mo/en/index.php