The 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards took place on November 30, 2012, at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong.
 The ceremony was the third consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to occur outside of South Korea.
 It was reported by international news agencies such as Agence France-Presse, ITN, and was also broadcast in 85 countries around the world.
The Venetian Macao () is a luxury hotel and casino resort in Macau owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company.
 The Venetian is a 39-story, casino hotel on the Cotai Strip in Macau.
 The 10500000 sqft Venetian Macao is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas, and is the seventh-largest building in the world by floor area.
 The Venetian Macao is also the largest casino in the world, and the largest single structure hotel building in Asia.
The 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards took place on November 29, 2011, at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.
 The ceremony was the second Mnet Asian Music Awards to occur outside of South Korea, the first being in 2010 when the ceremony took place in Macau, China.
The 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place on December 2, 2015, at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong.
 The ceremony was the sixth consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to be hosted outside of South Korea.
South Korean boy group Shinee have received several awards and nominations for their music work.
 The group was formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2008 and released their first full-length album, "The Shinee World", on August 28, 2008, which won the Newcomer Album of the Year at the 23rd Golden Disk Awards.
 The first single released from the album was "Sanso Gateun Neo (Love Like Oxygen)" and won first place on "M Countdown" on September 18, 2008 making it the group's first win on Korean music shows since debut.
 Their second album "Lucifer" (2010) produced two singles, "Lucifer" and "Hello".
 For their outstanding choreography the group was nominated for the Best Dance Performance Award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in 2010. "
Lucifer" also won the Disk Bonsang Award at the 25th Golden Disk Awards as well as the Popularity Award.
 On March 21, 2012 the group released their fourth EP "Sherlock" for which the group was awarded another Disk Bonsang Award at the 27th Golden Disc Awards and the Bonsang Award at the 22nd Seoul Music Award.
 Also following the success of the lead single it was also nominated for Song of the Year at the 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
The 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong.
 The ceremony was the seventh consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to be hosted outside of South Korea, and the 18th ceremony in the show's history.
The 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards took place on November 22, 2013, at AsiaWorld-Arena in Hong Kong.
 The ceremony was the fourth consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to occur outside of South Korea.
The 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards was the twelfth of the annual music awards in Seoul, South Korea that took place on November 28, 2010, at The Venetian Macao in Macau, China.
The Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Music Video Award (뮤직비디오 작품상) is an award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet).
 It was first awarded at the 1st Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 1999; the band Lee Seung-hwan won the award for their song "A Request", and it is given in honor for the performers, directors, and producers of quality short form music videos in the music industry.
The Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Collaboration is an award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet).
 It was first awarded at the 12th Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 2010; singers Ga-in & Jo Kwon won the award for their song "We Fell in Love", and it is given in honor for the artists with the most artistic achievement in collaboration performances in the music industry.

Question: The 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards took place in a hotel owned by which company ?
Answer: the American Las Vegas Sands company