"I went to the Wynn and all I got was this stupid T-shirt." Without a doubt, this is being heard more often around Vegas as merrymakers head to the city of spending without as much cash. On our last excursion, we opted for a case of mints shaped like the hotel rather than an overpriced T-shirt.

So how will the glut of luxury shops at the Wynns in Las Vegas and Macau get through the bad economy? We're going to guess group therapy. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-03-05T12:35:36-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/8/115715/3345 <![CDATA[<p><embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=10462523001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="300" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><p> <p>We are totally still in Hong Kong, and if there's one huge benefit to staying longer than a week in a new city, it's the opportunity for side trips. Tempted by the possibility of more passport stamps and a ride on a jet catamaran ferry, we hightailed it out to <b>Macau</b>, a former Portuguese property which now turns out both gambling addicts and heavenly egg tarts. <p>After about $15 USD and a comfortable 40-minute ride out in the South China sea from Hong Kong's downtown port, we headed ashore to what has become the Las Vegas of the East; <b>The Sands Casino</b> towers is a behemoth sitting right JetSetCD 2009-02-09T12:58:48-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/29/151539/490 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/wynn_macau.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p><br> Former Portuguese colony, Macau, is emerging as one of Asia's new tourism hotspots. Gamblers can't get enough of this new Vegas, and when the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Wynn+Macau/local/7"><b>Wynn Las Vegas</b></a> clone, <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Wynn+Las+Vegas/local/182">Wynn Macau</a></b> opened last fall we figured we would be hearing plenty of tips, reviews, and scuttlebutt about the Wynn clone. <br><br> Alas, like most clones it appears that Wynn Macau is lacking a fully formed soul. Of course, it is visually stunning, just like the original and offers all the requisite luxury hardware you would expect, but it is the software that gets people griping. Early complaints we hear include, but are not limited to: the lack of a dedicated Wynn shuttle from the ferry markj 2007-01-29T15:26:14-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/16/14335/079 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/wynn_macau3.jpg"><p><a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&amp;storyID=2006-11-16T132753Z_01_N16435246_RTRIDST_0_LEISURE-WYNN.XML&amp;rpc=66&amp;type=qcna">Reuters</a> reported today that Steve Wynn is now planning on opening a second resort in Macau next to the recently opened <a href="http://www.wynnmacau.com"><b>Wynn Macau.</b></a> He is currently building his second &nbsp;resort next to the Wynn Las Vegas, which will be called, Victory.<p>Wynn Macau opened its first phase of the hotel in September and is continuing to finish up the rest of the $1.2 billion project. However the new Wynn building in Macau may or may not be called Victory as well:<blockquote><p> The company did not disclose how much the new project will cost, saying the budgeting for the resort is expected to be done in the second quarter of next year. It added that financing for the project juliana 2006-11-16T14:33:05-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/12/93437/2104

Steve Wynn opened up his Wynn Macau last week and one YouTuber was on hand to catch the grand opening on tape. The spectacular fireworks show by Wynn is pretty impressive, but is he trying to tell us something in song when the music plays a piece of the "Mission Impossible" theme?

Plenty more Wynn Macau grand opening videos, including a water fountain show, can be found here on YouTube.

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