ITS NOT
QUITE War of the Worlds, but through Dec. 22 members of a
delegation of intergalactic aliens will invade the Las Vegas
monorail and ride the train that has been emblazoned with images of
Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton. Alien passengers
will be onboard the train from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and from
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. five days a week. Monorail security guards
will be on hand to encourage Earthling riders to interact with the
alien passengers.
THE NEW WYNN
LAS VEGAS RESORT will host this years Governors Conference
on Tourism, which has been appropriately themed Think Big. The
annual gathering, slated for Dec. 12 through 14, is billed as the
states premier tourism industry event and is produced by the Nevada
Commission on Tourism (NCOT). Speakers include Gov. Kenny Guinn and
Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt, who will talk about issues that affect the
states tourism industry; Roger Dow, president of the Travel
Industry Association, who will address Globalization in Tourism;
Frank Fahrenkopf, president and CEO of the American Gaming
Association, who will speak on the state of the gaming industry;
and Changjiang Yu, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of
Tourism in China, where NCOT operates the only fully licensed U.S.
tourism office. Room reservations at the resort can be made by
calling (888) 320-9966 and referencing the Governors Conference on
Tourism to obtain a special group rate of $159 per room, per night
plus 9% room tax. The rate will be available until Nov. 9; after
that, room reservations will be based on availability at the
prevailing hotel rate. More conference information and registration
are available at www.governorsconference.org. Those who register
before Nov. 1st, will receive a $50 discount on the full
conference fee, which is $345 per person.
THE HOTEL SAN
REMO extended its Block Party Vacation Giveaway through
Oct. 31. The promotion celebrates the propertys ongoing
transformation into the Hooters Casino Hotel and aims to make the
renovation process entertaining for guests while at the same time
educating them about the property transition, which is expected to
occur early next year. Guests checking into the Hotel San Remo
during promotion hours (noon to 8 p.m. daily) will receive prizes
and gifts at the Block Party Vacation Giveaway area located just
south of the hotels front desk. Participants can spin a prize wheel
and receive gifts as well as don a hard hat and construction belt
to have their photograph taken in front of a mock Hooters Casino
Hotel construction site complete with sawhorses, a toolbox, yellow
construction cones and a Hooters Girl in construction attire. For
more information, call (702) 739-9000.
THANKS TO THE
NEW autumn display in the Bellagio Conservatory and
Botanical Gardens, New England has nothing on Las Vegas when it
comes to fall colors. The exhibit, which can be seen through Nov.
27, features giant leaves of oak, birch, maple and chestnut as well
as 50-foot Canadian white birch trees that surround an
old-fashioned mill. The conservatorys east garden features a grand
entrance with a 19-foot-tall topiary painting comprising approximately 50,000
plantings. The atmosphere of a brisk fall morning has been
re-created as mist emanates from the conservatorys ponds. Not to be
missed is the south garden with its colossal pumpkins guarded by a
giant scarecrow.