HOOTERS
HOTEL TAKES WING: Hotel San Remo officials signed a
management agreement with Clearwater, Fla.-based Hooters Management
Corp. to rebrand the 711-room, off-Strip casino property and create
the first Hooters Casino Hotel. The property, located on East
Tropicana Boulevard, will remain open during construction, which is
expected to begin later this year; a grand opening is planned for
late 2005. The Hooters hotel will feature the companys signature
Hooters restaurant -- famous for its chicken wings and its Hooters
Girls -- as well as Pete & Shortys Tavern, Book and Bar and Dan
Marinos Fine Food and Spirits, a Florida-based chain owned by the
former Miami Dolphins football star. The resorts pool area also
will be expanded to include a Hooters Beach Club and will feature a
new tropical theme.
FLOWER
POWER: The Westin Casuarina Hotel & Spa Las Vegas,
which debuted last November, has opened a 10,000-square-foot spa
and fitness facility. The Hibiscus Spa features 15 treatment rooms,
a relaxation room, a retail center and a fitness area, called
WestinWorkout, that offers LifeFitness and Precor exercise
equipment. To celebrate the spa opening, the property is offering a
spa package starting at $185, single, and $280, double, on
weekdays; on weekends, package prices start at $283, single, and
$399, double. The cost includes deluxe room accommodations for one
night, a gift (choice of a candle, eye pillow or bath salts),
buffet breakfast, 50-minute spa treatment, spa access and turndown
service. Additional nights are priced at $89, weekdays, and $129,
weekends. For more information or to book, phone (702)
836-9775.
ALL WIRED
UP: When the Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel opens early next
year, add it to the list of city hotels that offer their guests
wireless Internet access. Thanks to StayOnline, an Atlanta-based
provider of such services, the meetings and convention hotel
located adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center will feature
the wireless option as well as wired high-speed Internet
access.
NEW MEETINGS
SITE: The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino launched www.riomeetings.com, a Web site dedicated to meetings
planners. The site features such information as meetings space
diagrams, photos of guest rooms, maps of the property -- even
instructions for shipping packages to a meeting.
BY THE
NUMBERS: Since it began operating on July 15, the Robert
N. Broadbent Las Vegas Monorail has averaged 30,811 passengers per
day, according to monorail officials. And in its first 17 days of
operation, through the end of July, the monorail carried 523,794
riders and took in nearly $1.6 million in revenue. Monorail
officials plan to release August ridership information in
mid-September.
CORRECTION: Elvis Presley is not among the
Casino Legends Hall of Fame at the Tropicana Resort & Casino,
as was incorrectly stated in the Aug. 17 issue of the Las Vegas
E-letter.