Where to stay when you leave.
4/21/2008 at 12:06 PM
Tags: Carrie Underwood, Viva Vegas, Celebrity Scoop, Hotel News
We just got word that country superstar and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood is kicking it this week at the Platinum Hotel & Spa in Las Vegas while she films her newest music video for "Last Name."
That song is about our golden girl Carrie having a little too much Cuervo and ending up in Las Vegas with a guy whose last name she doesn't know. And since Vegas is full of lots of wedding chapels, there's a chance that Miss Carrie doesn't know her new last name as well. (Don't worry, it's just a song folks.)
Anyways, the Platinum is a new resort just off the strip, located about a block behind Ballys. There are 255 all-suite rooms inside with a starting square-footage of 900sq.ft. so yeah, you got some room to hang here. Each room also has 42" plasma TVs, electric fireplaces (it gets cold in Vegas!), private balconies, full kitchens featuring stainless-steel appliances, and Ultra Baths with oversized, six-jet whirlpools.
The downside is that the hotel doesn't have any gaming onsite so you will have to walk up to the Strip for that and wedding chapels. Also, the hotel is located on a block that isn't quite as pretty as the strip hotels.
Rates start around $119 a night mid-week.
[Photo of the Platinum : Junior Velo]
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by juliana
1/28/2008 at 4:45 PM
Tags: Super Bowl XLII Hotels, Super Bowl Hotels, Hotel News
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Super Bowl XLII is only five days away so these are your last days to get a room. That is, if you've managed to snag tickets to the game in the first place. But even if you are planning to watch the game elsewhere, things may not go so smoothly.
We got a review in our mailboxes from one Cincigirl1 who was very disappointed in the Hard Rock Las Vegas for canceling a group reservation for the Super Bowl. Here's her story:
Our small company booked a large suite for the upcoming Super Bowl at the Hard Rock Las Vegas. We booked it months ago and it was "guaranteed." The room was expensive and we were even paying over $400 for a larger TV to host important clients for the game. We were called a week before and told there was a computer glitch and we couldn't have the room.
We were offered a meeting room with a long tables a regular TV and cafeteria chairs as their solution. Terrible now we are scrambling last minute to find something. Would never deal with them again.
MORE Super Bowl XLII lodging news after the jump.
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by juliana
10/10/2007 at 2:52 PM
Tags: Hotel Bars, Hotel Pools, Viva Vegas
Since Vegas' off-strip The Platinum Hotel and Spa doesn't have gambling, what's a guest to do? Get boozed, apparently. Good thing they've hired Niles Peacock to dream up some out-there drinks.
With loads of bar experience in Miami and Aspen, Niles is now branching out into creative cocktails made with his homemade hooch. The Fear and Loathing comes flaming and full of absinthe, while the Thai'd Up mixes lime- and lemongrass-infused spirits, agave nectar and lime juice served in a sugar-rimmed glass.
Niles' full range of drinks is on pour at Stir, the hotel's lounge (pictured above) as well as at the fifth-floor pool. Too bad they aren't on special during the reverse happy hour that runs from 10 pm to 1 am.
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