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November 17, 2009

EZYield.com System at American Casino & Entertainment Properties Achieves 100 Percent Yielding Accuracy

EZYield.com, the originator of automated online channel management solutions for the worldwide hospitality industry, today announced that American Casino & Entertainment Properties (ACEP) proclaimed 100 percent yielding accuracy across all four properties in the four years since implementing the EZYield.com system. Since upgrading to the Companion Yield feature, the Calendar Yield feature, and utilizing the Minimum and Maximum Net Rate and Sell Rate function, Brian Christensen, revenue and distribution manager for Stratosphere Las Vegas, (principal property under the ACEP brand), has also seen a significant increase in the overall efficiency of the rate and inventory yielding process.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Press Release Development

November 5, 2009

$35 Million Holiday Inn to Open One Mile From Las Vegas Strip

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, announced today that the Holiday Inn Las Vegas will open next month.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

External Article Sales & Marketing

November 5, 2009

Las Vegas Strip braces for CityCenter impact | reuters.com

CityCenter's glittering high rises have forever altered the Las Vegas skyline, but there is concern about the project's impact on already-discounted hotel room rates along the world's most famous gambling corridor. The nearly 6,000-room, $8.5 billion signature project for MGM Mirage (MGM.N) opens in December with rates up and down the Strip slashed during a recession that has forced consumers and businesses to cut spending and hold out for bargains.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Press Release Sales & Marketing

October 21, 2009

Meet the experts who will be presenting at the new HSMAI workshop Digital Strategy for Travel Marketing & Distribution, on Monday, Dec. 7 at The Wynn in Las Vegas, Nev.

This session, held in conjunction with the HEDNA 2009 Winter Meeting, will help you set up the appropriate strategies and tactics to insure that you maximize your return in CRM, Digital Marketing, Distribution, eCommerce and Revenue Management programs. You will leave this program with several tactics you can deploy right away as well as key thoughts for your 2010 and beyond business planning.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Supplier News Technology

October 20, 2009

South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa Selects Solution Suite from Agilysys

Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, has announced that South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa in Las Vegas has selected the Lodging Management System® property management solution, DataMagine™ document management system and Guest eMarketing direct guest marketing solution, all by Agilysys, to streamline operations at the 2,163-room property. South Point already uses InfoGenesis™ POS by Agilysys.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

External Article Development

October 13, 2009

Doubts Are Cast on Value of Las Vegas's Fontainebleau | wsj.com

Bankrupt Project Could Need an Additional $2 Billion, Potential Bidder Says, and Pay-Off Is Long Way Off. The Fontainebleau the luxury hotel and casino development at the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip, sits more than half-finished after falling into bankruptcy in June. But as potential suitors consider rescuing the project, they are facing a grim reality: It may not be worth the money it would cost to complete it. More than $2 billion has already been poured into construction.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Press Release Human Resources

September 21, 2009

CityCenter Initiates Job Offers for 12,000 Permanent Positions

CityCenter embarks on the single largest hiring effort in the nation as it begins to fill 12,000 permanent positions. The spectacular urban resort destination will open on the Las Vegas Strip this December.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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External Article Design & Architecture

September 16, 2009

Las Vegas hotel suites take luxury to a new level | usatoday.com

A 10,000-square-foot suite that includes a basketball halfcourt rents for $25,000 a night at Palms Casino Resort. At MGM Grand's Skylofts, you'll find a bathtub that fizzes with tiny champagne-like massage bubbles, TVs in the mirrors and airport pickup in a $400,000 car. If you're worried about your mortgage and your job, such luxuries might sound downright obscene. But Las Vegas has always specialized in turning fantasy into reality — for a price. Several Vegas hotels offer suites with futuristic amenities, audacious themes, enough room to hold a wedding along with the honeymoon, and pricetags to match.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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July 27, 2009

Hard Rock hotel expands as Vegas rates stay down | AP

As a 490-room tower opens at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino just east of the Las Vegas Strip this week, hotel operators citywide are struggling to fill existing rooms and staggering at the prospect of 10,000 more coming online this year and next. "It's (the) wrong place, wrong time," said Randy Fine, a former Harrah's Entertainment Inc. vice president and the founder of Fine Point Group, a casino marketing and consulting firm based here. "They want to turn a boutique property into a mega-resort. This is probably not the time to be doing that."

Associated Press

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

External Article Sales & Marketing

July 17, 2009

WTF: NYLO vs. Wynn Re: XS

Okay, kiddies. Can't we all agree that suing each other over the gimmicky use of two consonants is a little...excessive? Or should we say "XS-ive"? According to local Las Vegas news station KVBC, Wynn Resorts filed a lawsuit on Monday in U.S. District Court against NYLO Hotels. The dispute? Who has the rights to "XS." Yes, really.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Press Release Technology

July 14, 2009

The sweet scent of hospitality

In the use of scents for marketing and branding, the hospitality industry has been an early adopter and remains on the forefront of innovation. Four Points by Sheraton is just the latest to announce the introduction of a signature scent. Hyatt has done it throughout their brand portfolio, as did Starwood. Swissotel’s global signature scent is even modified with a “local” component depending on if you are “Unter den Linden” in Berlin or if you are in Tokyo.

Scent Marketing Institute

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

External Article

July 14, 2009

Mandarin adds swank to Strip | Nongaming hotel at CityCenter touts top amenities, service | lvrj.com

Guests checking into the Mandarin Oriental at CityCenter will actually go down to their rooms. The check-in lobby inside the boutique-size nongaming hotel is on the building's 23rd floor, offering customers a panoramic view of the Strip and the rest of the $8.5 billion CityCenter through floor-to-ceiling windows inside the property's Sky Lobby. "The position of the Mandarin Oriental, literally at the entrance of CityCenter, allowed our architects to capitalize on a broad canvas and take advantage of our spectacular views," said Rajesh Jhingon, the property's general manager.

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Press Release Sales & Marketing

July 9, 2009

HFTP's 2009 Annual Convention & Tradeshow Host Hotel Offers Luxury

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals' (HFTP®) 2009 Annual Convention & Tradeshow offers high-quality education, networking opportunities, tradeshow and social events all at one luxurious location — The Green Valley Ranch Resort. With 90 percent of the rooms reserved for attendees, the resort provides an intimate and relaxing setting for the convention. The 2009 Annual Convention & Tradeshow is September 16 – 19 at the Green Valley Ranch Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Supplier News Sales & Marketing

June 11, 2009

Rainmaker Revenue Management Installed by William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The Rainmaker Group, a world leader in automated profit optimization software and services for the gaming hospitality industry announced today that the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at University of Nevada, Las Vegas installed Rainmaker's revolutionsm Product Suite to enable students to gain hands-on experience with the gaming industry's most widely used casino hotel revenue management system.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Press Release Finance

June 10, 2009

Fontainebleau Las Vegas Files for Chapter 11 After Lenders Renege on Lending Commitment

Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC and two of its affiliates (Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings LLC, Fontainebleau Las Vegas Capital Corp.) today announced that they filed voluntary petitions to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The decision to file for Chapter 11 was the direct result of certain lenders having refused to honor their contractual commitments to provide nearly $800 million in construction funding for the $2.9 billion resort-casino project, which is 70 percent complete.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

External Article Sales & Marketing

May 27, 2009

CityCenter | Building It Big in Las Vegas | nytimes.com

The ravages of the recession are visible in this gambling city, but one of the largest privately financed developments in the United States — an $8.5 billion city within a city called CityCenter — claims to be on schedule to open this year.The 67-acre development on the Strip consists of six towers with 2,392 apartments, as many as 5,900 hotel rooms, a casino, and a shopping center and entertainment complex. Some of the world’s renowned architects have designed buildings for the project. Envisioned as a self-contained community, it will have its own fire department and power plant.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

External Article Sales & Marketing

May 12, 2009

MGM Mirage bets it's time to raise Vegas room rates | latimes.com

Deflation, we're told, is a bad thing. Unless it's deflation of ridiculously high prices -- say, for Las Vegas hotel rooms. Hotel prices came down in Vegas over the last year as the economy crashed and convention-going withered. Now, some Strip giants including MGM Mirage say the deep-discount days are over. But the Las Vegas Sun has a long story today questioning the wisdom of boosting room rates. From the Sun: MGM Mirage executives said demand for the company’s hotel rooms is high enough to warrant an increase in room rates, which have plummeted during the downturn.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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April 9, 2009

Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino To Enhance Its Meetings Offering With Passkey

Passkey, the worldwide leader in online group reservations, today announced that Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino (“Planet Hollywood”) will begin utilizing Passkey’s online group reservations system as a hotel standard for all its meetings and groups starting in spring 2009. This will allow Planet Hollywood to offer its meeting planners and guests a world-class hotel booking and event management experience, while streamlining its internal business process.

Passkey International, Inc.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

April 1, 2009

Aliante Station in North Las Vegas Selects Software Suite from Agilysys

CLEVELAND -- April 1, 2009 -- Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, announced today that Aliante Station in North Las Vegas, Station Casinos' newest hotel casino, has selected the Lodging Management System® property management solution, InfoGenesis POS™ and the Guest eMarketing solution, all by Agilysys, to streamline operations at the 202-room property, which opened in November.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Supplier News Technology

March 24, 2009

Wynn Bets on HBSI to Connect to Travel Distributors

Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated is pleased to announce the launch of its two newest hotel customers the 2,700-room Wynn Las Vegas and the recently opened 2,000-room Encore. HBSi’s iDemand Gateway channel management platform connects legacy and state-of-the-art hotel central reservation or property management systems with complex travel distributors. Hotel companies can transmit instantaneously their room availability, rates and inventory data, which replace costly, error-prone manual processes.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States