Las Vegas’ M Resort

December 29, 2008.  The M Resort, Spa and Casino, the newest casino resort scheduled to open in March 2009 on South Las Vegas Boulevard, has begun accepting room reservations. The luxury resort will offer 390 guestrooms and suites ranging from 550 to 2,400 square feet. Beds feature pillow-top mattresses and fine linens. Each room offers a living space that includes high-technology amenities such as a Bose Wave sound system, an iPod docking station and an LCD flat-screen television. The spa-like bathrooms offer marble vanities with double sinks, inlaid mirror televisions and separate bathtubs and showers. All resort rooms and suites feature automatic lighting controls for energy efficiency.Hotel amenities include a spa, salon and fitness center; several dining experiences and destination bars including a modern wine cellar and tasting room; and the 100,000-square-foot Villaggio Del Sole Entertainment Piazza for concert events as well as several indoor venues including the Ravello and Milan Showrooms for more intimate performances. It will also feature advanced gaming products and the iMagine Rewards Club.

For more information, call 877-673-7678 or visit www.themresort.com

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Starwood’s Element Las Vegas Debuts in Summerlin

December 29, 2008.  The Element Las Vegas Summerlin, a Starwood property, has opened in the Las Vegas suburb of Summerlin, the first Element hotel to open in the western United States. Inspired by Westin Hotels & Resorts, the 123-room Element features a portal that provides an actual bridge to the interior, streams of natural light from a multi-storied window wall, and an outdoor fire pit and barbecue near the lobby where a weekly evening reception takes place.Each guestroom is customizable with multi-purpose, modular furniture; a swiveling, flat-screen television; a large desks with open shelving; and custom-designed closets. Each room also offers a fully equipped kitchen that features Energy Star-rated appliances, as well as a Heavenly Bed and a spa-inspired Heavenly shower. Hotel amenities include a breakfast offering, a fitness center, plenty of indoor and outdoor public spaces, 1,400 square feet of meeting space, an integrated technology center and library, café seating, a workspace, and a flexible lobby space.

The hotel is working toward LEED certification in its first year of operation, as part of the Element brand’s effort to require all its hotels to pursue this certification. The Element brand’s green features energy-efficient appliances and lighting, amenity dispensers in the showers to reduce waste, water-efficient faucets and fixtures, and recycling containers.

For more information, call 877-353-6368 or visit www.starwoodhotels.com/element

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Wynn Resorts Encore Opens in Las Vegas

December 29, 2008.  Wynn Resorts’ Encore opened last night in Las Vegas next to the flagship Wynn Las Vegas. Conceived as a collection of neighborhoods, the 2,034-suite resort features a European-inspired pool area and an atrium as its centerpieces. Other design elements include lush landscaping, water features, candlelight and layers of textured materials. Encore’s suites are cosmopolitan and residential in style and décor. They’re also large, with Resort Suites measuring 700 square feet and Tower Suites measuring up to 5,800 square feet.The property offers five restaurants: Sinatra features modern Italian cuisine and music by Frank Sinatra, Switch is a French-inspired seafood and steakhouse, Botero Steak features an art collection by Columbian artist Fernando Botero, Society Cafe Encore was designed with Oscar Wilde in mind, and Wazuzu features pan-Asian cuisine. Encore also offers seven bars and lounges. Encore also brings a new nightclub to the scene. At XS, after-dark impresario Victor Drai combines an outdoor pool environment with the club atmosphere. The club’s design is inspired by the curves of the human body and embraces the European pool and island bar it envelopes.

The dance floor at XS is highlighted by a 10-foot rotating chandelier.

The Spa and The Salon at Encore features a grand Spa Court, a vaulted, softly-lit and glass-enclosed courtyard. There are 37 treatment rooms, 14 naturally-lit garden rooms and four oversized couples’ suites for massages, body treatments and facials.

Two movement studios offering spinning, yoga, pilates, conditioning and meditation classes are part of the new fitness center.

The Esplanade at Encore consists 11 boutiques, including Rock & Republic, Hermes and Chanel. Inspired by the festive energy of the French Riviera, the pools at Encore include the resort pool and the European pool, enveloped by the hotel’s bars, restaurants, casino and meeting rooms.

The pools are surrounded by sculpted gardens and mosaic tiling and feature Jacuzzi spas and 29 cabanas.
At Encore, the casino floor features columned pavilions, canopies and draperies that partition the gaming areas into private chambers. Encore also offers 60,000 square feet of custom-designed, configurable event space, from private boardrooms to an expansive, column-free ballroom. The facility is connected to Wynn Las Vegas, where an additional 200,000 square feet of space is available. Entertainment includes a new show by singer, comedian, actor and impressionist Danny Gans in the Encore Theater, which will debut in February.

For more information, call 877-321-9966 or visit www.encorelasvegas.com

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