HARD ROCK PREMIER POKER LOUNGE

September 8, 2008.  Providing Bottle Service, Masseuses, and in-Lounge Sports Betting That Players Can’t Get at a Traditional Poker RoomLAS VEGAS – A private bar, bottle service, certified masseuses, music, plush couches, and video poker machines…sounds more like a nightclub than a traditional poker room. The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has created a decadent atmosphere designed with the player’s comfort in mind to attract the world’s top poker players, as well as high-end bachelor parties, and private events, with Las Vegas’ first Poker Lounge.

The new 7,000-square foot, first of its kind, Poker Lounge is a full service poker room, with an inviting, lounge feel and the newest addition in the property’s $800 million expansion and renovation. The $30 million designed space features 18 poker tables including five private, high limit tables that have already turned the heads of some biggest names in the poker world, as well as Hollywood and professional athletes.

The trendsetting Poker Lounge will unveil a number of “firsts” when it celebrates its grand opening later this month including a full bar inside the venue and bottle service available for all poker players. Also exclusive to the Hard Rock Poker Lounge will be:

• Full menu of food options for players available 24-hours a day

• Complete kiosk for sports betting inside the Lounge

• Certified Rock Spa masseuses available to players

• All-female VIP host staff educated in poker and always on-call

• High-limit slot and video poker machines inside the Lounge

• Private rooms with large-screen televisions and private iPod docs for personalized music or movies available for bachelor parties, private events and tournaments

• In line with the party and player-oriented themes, men’s and women’s bathrooms inside the Lounge

• Safety deposit boxes for players

• First to offer team poker for local groups (i.e. firefighters, lawyers, etc.)

• Special Poker Lounge comps including concert tickets and backstage passes for exclusive performances at The Joint, Hard Rock’s concert venue, as well as poolside cabanas for Hard Rock’s signature Sunday daylife pool-party, Rehab.

Utilizing the most up-to-date technology, the Hard Rock Poker Lounge will feature the Genesis Reservation System, a completely automated reservation system that will text message players anywhere on property when their name is called. The Genesis system is the ultimate in high-end service and is not offered at any other poker room in Las Vegas.

“We have brought in world-renown poker managers, dealers and players in the industry including Houston Waldie, Steve Cyr, Jimmy Miller, Steven Braverman and Blaine Goodwin to kick off the only Poker Lounge in the city,” said Steve Cyr, Hard Rock’s Poker Lounge marketing manager. “Hard Rock likes to push the envelope when it comes to entertainment, so the Lounge will be no different.”

The overarching theme of the Hard Rock Poker Lounge will be to offer any game, any limit, at any time however, the lounge will also feature limit and no-limit hold’em cash games on an ongoing basis. The game stakes offered will include $2-$4, $4-$8 and $8-$16 limit hold’em with a kill or no kill, and no-limit hold’em with $1-$2 blinds ($200 minimum-no cap buy-in), $5-$10 blinds ($500 minimum-no cap buy-in), and $25-$50 blinds ($2,500 minimum-no cap buy-in). The lounge will also run three daily $100 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournaments, as well as around-the-clock sit-and-go tournaments with a variety of buy-ins.

The new Poker Lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is located across from Pink Taco restaurant and will be open 24-hours a day.

For more information and images of the Poker Lounge please visit

www.hardrockhotel.com/las-vegas/casino/poker-lounge

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STRIP HOUSE SCOTCH & STEAK FLIGHTS

September 8, 2008.  Las Vegas – Strip House offers a selection of signature steaks paired with flights of top-shelf Scotches beginning Sept. 22, 2008.Showcasing three different brands from various areas of Scotland, the first flight allows guests to experience a wide range of flavor profiles. Priced at $30, the pairing brings together Strip House’s trademark selections with Laphroaig 15 Year Islay Single Malt, Highland Park 18 Year Orkney Single Malt and Macallan Fine Oak 21 Year Highland Single Malt.

The second flight boasts three stages of the Macallan Highland Single Malt, which gets smoother as it ages. Priced at $50, the pairing features Macallan Fine Oak 15 Year Highland Single Malt, Macallan 18 Year Highland Single Malt and one of the most sought after Scotches in the world, the Macallan 30 Year Anniversary Highland Single Malt.

Recently recognized as a “celebrity hot spot” by People.com and one of the top ten new restaurants in Las Vegas by Citysearch and Zagat’s Best of Las Vegas 2008, Strip House redefines the traditional steak house.

Renowned restaurateurs Peter, Penny and Mathew Glazier, along with Executive Chef John Schenk have created an atmosphere unlike any other in Las Vegas. Located in Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, the innovative menu is designed to excite all the senses with prime cuts of beef charred to perfection, signature side dishes, an extensive wine list and the famed 24-layer chocolate cake. Strip House is open 5 – 11 p.m. Sunday – Thursday and 5 – 11:30 p.m. Friday – Saturday.

For more information, or to make a reservation, please call 702.737.5200.

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M Resort Vegas Flying Electronic Lightship

September 8, 2008.  The M Resort, Spa and Casino, a $1 billion resort to be completed in March of 2009 on South Las Vegas Boulevard, has signed an exclusive agreement with The Lightship Group to debut a flying electronic lightship — one of only three in the world — beginning in September. The M Resort will be home to the twin-engine A-170LS video lightship, which is essentially an electronic lightsign on a blimp.

Utilizing an array of LEDs (light emitting diodes), the lightship will feature a 70-inch by 30-inch aerial television screen.

It will be able to broadcast a multitude of media, including live television, streaming video, websites and static images.

Flying above the Las Vegas valley, The M Lightship and its 2,100-square-foot advertising screen will be visible to thousands of residents and many of the nearly 40 million visitors coming to the city each year.

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Planet Hollywood Taste of Hollywood Package

September 9, 2008.  To Book This Offer Online, enter your travel dates and select your room type, or you can call us at 1-877-333-9474 and mention offer code: STASTE Terms/Conditions:

This offer is not valid over holidays, special events, and convention periods or for groups, and consecutive reservations. Two night minimum stay required. You must be a registered guest at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino to receive offer inclusions.

Accommodations and promotions are subject to availability, are non-transferable, have no cash value, and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or promotion. Offer based on single or double occupancy.

Room rates are on a per night basis and do not include applicable taxes and fees. Must be 21 years of age or older. Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino reserves all rights. Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino promotes responsible gaming. One night deposit required at time of booking. This deposit is refundable in full if cancelled at least 48 hours in advance prior to scheduled arrival date. Planet Hollywood reserves the right to limit, alter, cancel or amend this offer without notice at any time.

Reservations Phone: 1-877-333-9474

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Vegas’ Mandalay Place Ice Lounge

September 9, 2008.  A lounge made entirely of ice is set to open at Mandalay Place, located adjacent to Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, in September. The first permanent ice lounge of its kind in the U.S., the 2,000-square-foot Minus 5 Experience is a sub-freezing ice lounge that is owned and operated by the New Zealand-based Minus 5 Group.

As guests enter the lounge they will don Minus 5-issued parkas and booties and will be served ice glasses filled with vodka-based cocktails (or “mocktails” for kids and non-drinkers). The lounge will feature intricately hand-crafted ice sculptures and architecture, including ice couches, and the temperature will be kept at -5 degrees Celsius or 23 degrees Fahrenheit. The venue also will feature the much warmer Minus 5 Lodge, an adjacent rustic pub themed after great arctic explorers.

The Minus 5 Lodge will feature ironwood beams, river stones, leather seats and an open-hearth. Group catering is available with a menu by Chef Rick Moonen of rm seafood restaurant at Mandalay Place. Among the possible events will be “ice wedding” ceremonies, with colorful stained “ice” windows and pews, ice sculptures and an ice candelabra. Brides will be outfitted with a white satin, fur-trimmed cape. Admission into the ice lounge is $30 and includes a cocktail. To make group, corporate and wedding reservations, call 702-632-7714 or email lasvegas@minus5experience.com.

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