HotelChatter - Tag: Steve Wynn

Las Vegas: The NYT Finally Checks into the Encore

KatieK — 2009-11-16T13:05:10-05:00

<![CDATA[<embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=7332577001&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="500" height="400" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>HotelChatter's video from Encore Las Vegas, taken in January 2009. Its always fun to read someone elses first take of a place that youve covered, well, quite intimately. Like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Encore+Las+Vegas/local/1397">Encore in Vegas</a>, Steve Wynns almost one-year-old 2,034-room luxe tower, which this past weekend (finally!) got the official <a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/travel/15check.html?ref=travel">New York Times treatment</a>. If Steve Wynns last two Sin City resorts Wynn Las Vegas in 2005 and the Bellagio in 1998 were about bringing a whiff of Park Avenue to the Strip, the Encore is about the hoteliers loosening his pearls and swinging a little, writes the Times Brooks Barnes. And though the Times says the

Las Vegas: Yes, It's True: The Encore Has Intimacy Kits in the Minibar

juliana — 2009-09-11T14:38:51-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/wynnintimacykit.jpg" class="top"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel sex kits">Hotel sex kits</a> have been around for a while now so it never surprises us when we walk into hip boutique hotels in urban areas and find a pack of condoms with some fun extras awaiting in the mini-bar. But we were taken aback when we saw this: The Wynn Intimacy Kit atop the mini-bar at <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/tag/encore">The Encore Las Vegas.</a> Old people use hotel sex kits? We kid, we kid. Actually, the Encore is the hipper younger sister to the <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/tag/wynn">Wynn Las Vegas</a> and during our recent stay, we saw more folks below the age of 40 than we've had in recent memory at the Wynn/Encore properties. Certainly, the average hotel guest age

Las Vegas: Steve Wynn Works His A-Game On a Mystery Blonde at XS

Jenna — 2009-04-17T09:26:39-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/wynnxs.jpg" class="top"> Fresh off his <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/12/212913/965/hotels/_60_Minutes_Gives_13_Minutes_of_Love_to_Steve_Wynn">'60 Minutes' spotlight segment</a> that aired on Sunday, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/steve wynn">Steve Wynn</a> got dressed in his club-goin' outfit and stepped out for a night of excess at his <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/3/15923/38761/hotels/A_Night_of_XS_At_Encore_Las_Vegas">very own XS nightspot</a> inside the<A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Encore+Las+Vegas/local/1397"> Encore Las Vegas</a>. And, well... just look at these photos, captured by none other than <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2009/04/16/a-billion-reasons-to-date-steve-wynn/">TMZ</a>. How awesome is this? Nobody can accuse the Wynnster of not knowing his clientele he's out on the club floor with the ugly-shirted masses. Except he's wearing a goofy shirt cause, hell, he's Steve Wynn and he can do whatever he wants. We wonder if he was working his A-Game on this hot blonde or if they were just

'60 Minutes' Gives 13 Minutes of Love to Steve Wynn

Jenna — 2009-04-13T08:56:37-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/stevewynn60mins.jpg" class="top"> Last night, CBS' 60 Minutes aired a segment on <a hre="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/steve wynn">Steve Wynn</a>, aptly titled "The King of Las Vegas." We assume it was mostly supposed to focus on exactly how Wynn "The Man With the Midas Touch has kept his company afloat and has even managed to open up a new property (<A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Encore+Las+Vegas/local/1397">Encore Las Vegas</a>, if you're just tuning in) during these tough economic times, but it was mostly a Steve-Wynn-is-awesome piece. Which we don't mind at all, because Steve Wynn is pretty awesome. So: Charlie Rose attended the opening of Encore to interview the King of Las Vegas and to check out just how Steve Wynn whom Rose has known personally

Will Steve and Elaine Wynn's Divorce Affect the Company?

Jenna — 2009-03-11T11:16:54-05:00

Some sad news today: Steve Wynn and Elaine Wynn are officially getting a divorce. Recall that we'd heard some rumors that the emperor and his wife were in the middle of a very quiet split a couple months ago — a PYT was allegedly involved — but the couple was still on good terms.

For those who haven't followed our somewhat gush-y coverage of the almost-former Emperor's Wife: Elaine has been more than Steve's spouse; she's also been fairly involved in the company, overseeing the retail shops at Wynn hotels and acting as a director on the company's board.