May 12, 2010
The Tropicana Las Vegas has unveiled its renovated pool, a milestone of the $165 million Phase 1 transformation at the property.
With a tropical setting and a South Beach-inspired theme, the four-acre pool area features an expansive deck with landscaping, waterfalls and private lounge spots, as well as new, swim-up blackjack tables.
The pool also features several connected lagoons and a number of cabanas that come with fresh fruits, snacks, chilled towels and full bottle service.
In the heart of the main pool is Leblon Cove, a private island sponsored by Leblon, an ultra-premium cachaça produced in Brazil. Leblon Cove will feature hand-shaken caipirinhas mixed with Leblon cachaça and fruit juices of the day.
Guests can also reserve a lounge spot on the island.
The three bars in the pool area feature exclusive cocktails, including Key Lime Margaritas made with Ambhar platinum tequila, Acai caipirinhas, the Leblon caipirinha and Tropicana hard lemonade.
Guests can also enjoy poolside lunches and snacks from the South Beach Café & Deli.
The pool is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
For more information, call 888-826-8767 or visit www.troplv.com

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May 11, 2010
Chef Jose Andres will open two restaurants at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in late 2010.
It will be his first foray into Las Vegas. Andres and his ThinkFoodGroup will open a new location of Jaleo, a Washington, D.C.-based restaurant, serving Spanish tapas.
His second restaurant will be a new concept that features his take on Chinese and Mexican cuisine.
For more information, call 202-638-1910 or visit www.thinkfoodgroup.com

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May 11, 2010
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. and MTV Games, part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, are once again seeking the best Rock Band gamers in the United States with the Second Annual Total Rock, Total Rewards Rock Band Competition.
Five participating Harrah’s Total Rewards Casinos will host Rock Band Nights.
Subject to regulatory approvals, the five participating Harrah’s Entertainment casinos will be Harrah’s Joliet, Caesars Atlantic City, Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon in Las Vegas, Caesars Windsor and Harveys Lake Tahoe.
MTV Games will work with an additional 15 venues across the U.S. to host Rock Band Bar Nights until June 13.
The top-scoring band from each venue will have a chance to compete in the event at Bally’s Atlantic City hotel and casino, July 1 to 2.
The winning band will receive $10,000 and an opportunity to meet Ringo Starr. Additionally, one band will win a chance from an online competition at www.Harrahs.com and fly to Atlantic City in a private jet provided by XOJET.
A camera crew and a Rock Band expert will accompany the online winners to the 2010 Total Rock, Total Rewards Rock Band Competition.
For competition information, visit www.totalrocktotalrewards.com
For general Harrah’s information, call 800-427-7247 or visit www.harrahs.com

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May 9, 2010
Las Vegas has launched a Summertime Fun visitors’ campaign called Camp Vegas, which emphasizes the destination’s summer attractions, including hotels’ pools and their “dayclubs,” which take place poolside.
Among the newest pool playgrounds are the $67 million Encore Beach Club, the $60 million Garden of the Gods Pool at Caesars Palace, Skybar at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Liquid at Aria located in the CityCenter complex, and The Hideout at the Golden Nugget.
In addition, Las Vegas offers summertime entertainment including indoor and outdoor concerts.
Launch activities for Camp Vegas will take place in Chicago and Los Angeles, where swimsuit-clad skydivers will drop into Wrigley Field and Dodger Stadium inviting fans to head to Las Vegas and start their summertime fun early.
In addition to the skydiver drop, Las Vegas-based celebrities will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Cast members from “The Beatles Love by Cirque du Soleil” will be in Chicago, while celebrity Chef Kerry Simon and Palms Casino Resort owner George Maloof, will toss out the first pitch in Los Angeles.
For more information, call 877-847-4858
or visit www.lvcva.com  or www.visitlasvegas.com

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May 9, 2010
The Tropicana Las Vegas will unveil the first of its redesigned guestrooms and luxury suites in the property’s 569-room Paradise Tower.
The new rooms are part of the $165 million transformation of the property, designed to capture a South Beach vibe. The suites will be completed May 17.
This is the first major redesign at Tropicana Las Vegas since 1985.
The rooms will feature a comfortable and casual setting accented by soft-colored furnishings, white plantation shutters, white decorative ceilings and canvas artwork commissioned from Aldo Luongo.
Each room will feature a pillow-top bed, a flat-panel TV, a work desk or chaise lounge, an iHome clock radio with a universal docking station, wireless Internet, Kohler sink features, and a curved shower rod.
The Premier Suites will feature natural light and organic materials.
The Miami-inspired design is meant to evoke nature and bring a sense of the tropics indoors.
And the features are custom-designed furniture, carpeting, wood flooring, plantation shutters, Roman shades and original artwork.
The rooms are the first public-facing example of the $165 million transformation taking place at Tropicana Las Vegas, including the redesign of 1,658 hotel rooms and 140 luxury suites in two towers, the 50,000-square-foot casino and four-acre tropical pool.
Additionally, the resort will feature several new restaurants, bars and lounges, a full-service spa, retail offerings, a new poker room, entertainment options a conference center and a nightclub.
For more information, call 888-826-8767 or visit www.troplv.com

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May 9, 2010
How does your facility conserve water?
Many of Las Vegas Sands’ properties are in areas where there are limited natural resources. Our property in Las Vegas is a good example. Being located in the middle of a desert makes us keenly aware of how important it is to conserve natural resources, such as water, not only for today, but for the future as well.
To save water at The Venetian, The Palazzo and the Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Las Vegas Sands Corp. replaced natural grass areas with artificial turf, and remaining plants are watered using a subsurface drip system that avoids wasteful evaporation. In addition, we created sophisticated central irrigation control systems to monitor outdoor air temperature, relative humidity, wind, solar intensity, rainfall and soil moisture content to ensure plant and tree health is maintained without excess irrigation.
Even making small changes can make a big difference. For example, in guest suites at The Venetian and The Palazzo, the water fixtures save 20 percent over the standard fixtures. Along with other water-saving initiatives, the Las Vegas property, including the Sands Expo and Convention Center, has reduced consumption by about 100 million gallons of water annually without impacting guest and employee experience. The water saved every year can supply the annual needs for more than 580 average American households.
We also look for ways to incorporate water conservation into our building. At Marina Bay Sands Singapore, rainwater will be collected on the roof of the Museum in a rain harvesting system and will cascade into a pool below. The water collected can be recycled in the museum’s washroom flushing system.
But Las Vegas Sands Corp. also takes into account not just water conservation, but ensuring that discharge water does not harm the environment. For example, at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pa., Las Vegas Sands Corp. created an extensive storm water management program that will provide cleaner discharge to the Lehigh River, one of Pennsylvania’s designated Scenic Rivers.
How does your facility conserve energy?
Energy conservation is an important goal, if we are to preserve natural resources and protect the environment for future generations. However, as the owner and operator of 5-diamond resorts, Las Vegas Sands must reconcile our energy conservation with the exceptionally high standards of excellence we maintain for our guests. Sounds daunting, but all it takes is some innovation and collaboration.
To minimize energy usage, The Palazzo in Las Vegas uses energy-efficient light bulbs, such as LEDs, whenever possible. However, we wanted to still create the warm environment our guests expect when visiting us. We worked closely with our lighting manufacturer to create better lighting solutions, so we can conserve energy, but not impact our guests’ experience.
In addition to lights, sensors are installed in the suites at our Las Vegas property to adjust the temperature automatically according to guest occupancy. In fact, the entire Las Vegas resort uses a sophisticated building automation system that monitors and optimizes heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting levels to maintain optimal conditions, while using energy efficiently.
Further, Las Vegas Sands is proud to own the largest solar thermal system in the United States, which is mounted on the roof of the meeting rooms and provides hot water for swimming pools, spas and a portion of domestic hot water. Overall, the Las Vegas property saves about 73 million kWh annually. This is enough to power more than 6,500 average American households for a year.
How can your guests contribute to sustainability efforts?
It’s as simple as flipping a switch! The Palazzo’s suites feature a master power switch enabling guests to conveniently turn off all lights when leaving.
Guests also can assist in Las Vegas Sands’ water-saving efforts by participating in the Eco-Linen program, in which multiple-night guests choose when to replenish their linens and towels to save water, saving more than 11 million gallons of water and 170,000 gallons of detergent per year.
Many guests ask about how they can maintain their recycling habits during their stay. Our guests can enjoy their leisure time with us, knowing that we take care of that by sorting the waste at our onsite recycling center. Las Vegas Sands recycles more than 55 percent of its solid waste, making it the largest property recycler on the Strip.
How does your facility recycle and keep material out of landfills?
At Las Vegas Sands Corp., we know that many of our guests are deeply committed to recycling in their personal lives. We share this commitment and want to reassure our guests they will continue to recycle while staying with us.
Our commitment starts even before our guests visit us. During the construction of The Palazzo, the steel used averaged more than 95 percent recycled content, while the concrete contained 26 percent recycled content, including fly ash from coal-burning power plants. Additional effort was made to procure materials from within a 500-mile radius of the construction site to minimize the negative environmental effects of transporting those materials.
And our recycling continues once construction is complete. Both The Venetian, The Palazzo and the Sands Expo in Las Vegas recycle more than 55 percent of solid waste, such as glass, plastics, aluminum, cardboard and paper, making Sands Las Vegas Corp. the largest property recycler on the Strip. Furthermore, more than 75 percent of food waste is recycled, either as animal feed at a local farm or as compost. We also employ a team of 14 full-time staff work to sort waste for recyclable and reclaimable items seven days a week for The Venetian, The Palazzo and the Sands Expo and Convention Center, recovering an average of $7,000 of materials each month.
But we also wanted to ensure that our construction materials are recycled. For example, during The Palazzo’s construction, about 70 percent of waste materials were recycled, diverting nearly 42,000 tons from landfill, which is equivalent to a stack of cars approximately 23 miles high.
Sands also includes recycling into the products we use every day through our Sustainable Purchasing Policy. Our offices utilize office paper, office equipment, furniture and building materials which incorporate recycled and salvaged material, rapidly renewable materials, or local materials. Cleaning products, disposable janitorial products, and trash bags have recycled content or low VOC (volatile organic compound) levels.
How does your facility aim to influence/educate other industries about what you have learned?
Las Vegas Sands Corp. wants to share our key learnings, practices and technologies in the area of sustainability with other businesses and governments. If more organizations adopt the technologies and methodologies we have developed and adopted, we can have a much greater impact on the future of the environment.
Already, Vice President of Development Nicholas Rumanes has co-authored a chapter for the book, Hotel Asset Management: Principles and Practices (American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, 2009), titled “Lessons from the World’s Largest LEED-Certified Hotel: The Palazzo.” Mr. Rumanes is currently co-authoring a new chapter of a book about sustainable development, partnering again with Professor A.J. Singh, his co-author for the chapter in Hotel Asset Management.
Are any “green” costs passed on to customers?
Absolutely not! There are no costs passed onto guests because the cost of Sands Eco 360° have been offset by the savings generated. In fact, for every $1 Las Vegas Sands has invested into sustainability practices and programs, the company has saved $4, proving that what is good for the environment also is good for business.

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