Steve Wynn’s Nevada
What better way to set off Nevada’s centennial birthday than with the opening of the world’s most highly anticipated resort. Steve Wynn is set to open the only hotel good enough to put his signature on, Wynn Las Vegas is set to open its doors on April 28th, Elaine Wynn’s birthday. Already fully booked thru July, you will need more than an American Express black card to get a room there before Fall. At a mere $2.6 billion and counting, the classy fifty story bronze beast is home to 2,700 rooms located across from the Fashion Show Mall. Each suite has floor to ceiling windows with views of either the strip, a man made mountain and lake or the championship golf course designed by world renowned Tom Fazio. Among two new exquisite themed theaters, dozens of restaurants, a Maserati and Ferarri dealership, high-end boutiques, a spa and a huge waterfall, it will also feature Steve and Elaine Wynn’s gallery of artwork from their own private collection. One of the new showrooms will hopefully be worth its $100 million price tag. It seats 2,000 and is shaped like a globe with water flowing all around the divided sections. Actors will be performing throughout the theatre within forty feet of every seat, which makes for no bad seat in the house.
It’s claim to fame will be what Wynn has been known for in the past, impeccable first class service. Since October of last year close to 110,000 applied on line for a chance to work with such a successful hotelier. So to his advantage he was able to pick and choose only the best, many from his soon to be competitors. Only 9,000 made the final cut. This will be his big comeback since leaving five years ago when he sold the Mirage Resorts to MGM Grand Inc. for $6.4 billion.
Plans for expanding the mega resort that has yet to open are well under way. A proposed $200 million expansion will add eighteen luxury golf villas, extra parking, another theatre and more casino space. Later as many as 1,400 more rooms will be added which is expected to cost another half a billion dollars by the time its done.
As a boy Wynn attended military school and would go on to attend one of the best business schools in the country, Wharton at University of Pennsylvania.
Nearing the end of its seventh transformation, the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort will boast the addition of 100 luxury hotel rooms, a 15,000 square-foot deluxe spa and pool, a pub, gourmet steakhouse, and an outdoor amphitheater.
Currently, the casino is still expanding. The Pequots are building a 17- story hotel and a $200 million museum. The tribe also plans to build an Asian theme park, with a monorail and replica of China’s Great Wall, golf courses and a campground. Already, the tribe has built a community center, a child development center and new housing for their tribal members.
Clara Bow grew up as an impoverished Brooklyn girl. She struggled with having an abusive father and mentally unstable mother. After finishing up high school she went to Hollywood and signed a contract with Preferred Picture. Clara Bow was featured in a number of silent films and later talkies. She even costarred in the 1927 movie ¨Wings¨ that went on to win the first ever academy award for best picture. The actress was most well known for her starring role in the 1927 movie ¨It¨. The movie was about a young store assistant that falls for the owner of the shop. The whole idea of ¨It¨ in the movie itself was this intangible charisma that a person could obtain. It was the concept that a person could be completely self- confident, have sex appeal
Las Vegas has several of the most famous hotels in the United States located right on the strip. Opening in 1966, Caesars Palace is an AAA, Four Diamond luxury hotel and casino, one of Las Vegas’s most popular hotel. It has over 3,000 hotel rooms available to guests. Famous performers such as Frank Sinatra, Celine Dion, Elton John, Cher, and several others have stayed here. The casino at Caesars Palace is one of the best casinos located in Vegas. With over forty poker tables, hundreds of slot machines, and much
Shirley Chisolm was born Shirley Anita St. Hill on November 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York to parents Charles St. Hill and Ruby Seale. Chisolm was raised by her grandmother in Barbados and returned to the United States during her early adolescent years. From an early age, Chisolm was taught the importance of an excellent education. Subsequently, Chisolm graduated from high school and decided to further her education.
The votes were in, and on 2004, Gwen Moore was the first African-American woman to be elected a representative in Wisconsin. This was a marvelous accomplishment for Gwen to achieve in 2004. Many times, people admire Gwen for doing this. She is a very important woman in Wisconsin history for many more reasons, however. For this, believe she should be recognized more than she currently is. One reason she's important is because, she is breaking barriers for women in Wisconsin. Moore also has an important job and government role, like being a representative and previous senator of Wisconsin. Another reason that she's important, is because she wants to help others, and this is shown with a group naming her volunteer of the decade. These are a few of the reasons that I believe that congresswoman Gwen Moore, is an important Wisconsin woman. This makes Gwen a very important woman, and one that I cherish her for the work that she is doing
Military school opened the door to many opportunities for Wes as he joined the army, met influential people, and was accepted into Johns Hopkins University, despite his low
The Great Transformation From A Casino City To a Resort Destination Atlantic City is the place to gamble on the East Coast. Although this may initially seem to be a positive characteristic, it is evident that this destination has the capability to be so much more than it already is. This point of interest has the world’s first boardwalk, which opened in 1881, has 4 miles of hotels, amusements, and casinos. Atlantic City was originally a resort town, until 1978, when it changed into a gaming city. This popular day-trip destination had over 34 million visitors in 1998 alone. Despite this amazing statistic, along with the revenue that gambling brings in, many steps are being taken in order to further promote the expansion of this great city. The renovations and improvements being made to the Atlantic City Convention Center are already increasing the amount of money coming in. There is a great deal of other things to focus on in the Atlantic City region. In endorsing local attractions in this scenic area, and in shifting the target market of this spot, this city would change back into a resort destination. When most people think of Atlantic City, the first thing that comes to mind is the casino attractions that are available. With the city’s constant shuffle and excitement, gamblers from all over go there dreaming of a big win. Many people consider Atlantic City to be the “Las Vegas of the East Coast”. There are over 12 casinos, with one building as magnificent as the next. At any given second of the day, these hopefuls may have their lives changed in an instant with just one win. These casino hotels gain most of their income from gamblers. Casinos employ almost 49,000 people every year. This number should actually jump when the Marina District opens. Although Atlantic City prospers as a gambler’s paradise, many would love to show others just how much more Atlantic City really has to offer its tourists. The Atlantic City Convention Center, built in 1929, was renovated with $72 million in 1997. With the world’s largest pipe organ, everyone from the Beatles to Pavarotti has played there. It was designated a historic landmark in 1987. Conventions, trade shows, meetings, and public events of the greater Atlantic City area all take place here. When the renovation is finally completed, it will seat up to 12,000 people for special events.
"Destination casino" is a term used to refer to the integrated resort casinos that characterize the luxurious integrated resort casinos of Las Vegas. Increased tourism, conventions and trade shows are associated with these enterprises ("What is"). Las Vegas hosts 22,000 meetings and conventions and has been a leading trade show destination of 16 consecutive years ("What is"). This industry is responsible for 46,000 local jobs and is estimated to provide the local economy with $4.5 billion each year ("What is"). The same positive economic impact that is enjoyed by Las Vegas could be reaped by the State of Florida if the legislature passes the laws required to establish destination resort casinos in South Florida.
Warren Buffet once said, “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago” (Buffett, Cunningham 51). During the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in history, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors, the Great Depression, Warren Buffet was buying and selling his first stocks. Amid the difficult times, Warren Buffett became one of the greatest investors ever and is regularly ranked among the wealthiest people in the world with a net-worth of 66.7 billion dollars (“History”).
Discuss the role of leadership and how it can impact organizational performance. The role of leadership is the most important part of an organization. Leadership is having the ability to influence people to trust, believe and follow the vision. There are several different types of leadership styles such as transactional, leader- member exchange, and authentic to name a few. Transactional leadership appeal to an employee’s self-interest which involves motivation in some way to get the employee to do what is needed. This leader mostly deals with employees achieving a goal, then being rewarded for accomplishments. “Leader-member exchange suggests that leaders develop different relationships with each of their subordinates through a series of work-related transactions.” (Hellriegel and Slocum, 2011, p.323) This leadership is a type of bonding between leader and employee or obligation to each other. Authentic leadership deals with a person’s knowledge of self, their beliefs, values, and acting on a clear faith system through honesty and communication with employees. This leadership is more personal than the others because it pulls from an individuals’ personal belief value system.
In an effort to expand, the corporation has acquired properties that they will convert to Mandarin Oriental’s brand and standards. The company is looking to develop further and has planned or is planning on acquiring buildings from other hotels such as the Hotel Ritz Madrid in Spain (Winston Nicklin, 2015). They have also sold some of their hotels, such as their location in San Francisco to Loews Hotels and Resorts (King, 2015). The Mandarin Oriental Group is discerning on where they will build or acquire properties, especially from a financial standpoint (Photos.mandarinoriental.com, n.d.). Though they are continually expanding, the Mandarin Oriental Group strives to keep its Asian influences. (Mandarinoriental.com,
You can go just about anywhere in the world and find a pyramid but there's one place in particular that will be discussed and that will be the Luxor Hotel and Casino. Luxor, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, is named after the city Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt. It is owned by MGM Resorts International. It is the sixth largest hotel in Las Vegas and the ninth the world. It is similar I size to the Red and the Bent Pyramids of Egypt. It cost $375 million to build and opened on October 15, 1993 with just 2,056 rooms. It featured a King Tutt's Museum and Tomb. Also, the Nile River Tour. It was a river ride that carried guests to different parts of the pyramid. In 2007 the owner renovated most of its public areas removing most of the antient Egyptian theme and making it more adult friendly by adding modern lounges, restaurant and night clubs. It is now 30 stories with 4,407 rooms and a 120,000sq. Ft. Casino. It added the LAX Nightclub which attracts more than 15,000 people a year. In 2010 it was designated as 4 key rating from the Green Key Eco-rating program. At night you can see a beam of light shining from the top of Luxor's hotel. It's sky beam is the strongest light beam in the world. Now that we've discussed the Luxor Hotel and Casino let's compare these two architectural
History of Hilton hotel has been very interesting as it started as Mobley Hotel in year 1919 a small building. Because, when the company started it had no plans or ideas of expanding, the sole purpose was to serve as a place for the travelers to stay where they can comfortably enjoy a night or few and carry on towards their journey. After twenty-seven years of business and hard work, this small hotel went nationally in eleven states within United States, known as Hilton. Currently they have four thousand worldwide properties, either directly owned or franchised (including third party), in seventy-eight countries. Hilton even though allows franchises but there policies remain the same and direct Hilton officials do all the upper level management. The company name Hilton understands for Hosp...
...s are essential to its growth domestically as well as globally for the long term. Despite its success with the Courtyard by Marriott, the company continues to expand. “Marriott is a growth company outside the U.S. Thirty-eight percent of all full service hotels are now open outside the U.S. and the growth in international distribution is aggressive and fast. We are expanding into new markets where Marriott is not known.” (Babitch and Chen).