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The facilities cater for business and relaxation needs.

The food court is open 24/7 and supplies a wide range of products.

The new hotel as opened in August 2008.

hotel has adopted green principles with its swimming pool and car-parking facilities.


Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino opened at the beginning of 2003 in the Barona Indian Reservation, San Diego, marking the completion of a two-year expansion.

The new casino covers 310,000ft², featuring an extensive selection of gaming facilities, including 2,000 slots, video poker, keno machines and 52 gaming tables.

The Barona Valley Branch Resort offers 364 deluxe guest rooms and 33 luxury suites (ranging in size from 800 ft² to 3,500ft²). All necessary amenities are featured providing total comfort and convenience.

The 18-hole course is a par 72. It is 7,088yd long with nearly 100 multi-fingered bunkers and a series of lakes and ponds that are connected to naturally fed streams.

The golf course has been the recipient of numerous awards including Audubon Signature Certification, as well as being rated 4th in California by Golfweek Magazine and 10th by Golf Magazine.


The Bellagio main tower in all its splendour.

The Bellagio Crown.

The Sensi restaurant.

The exterior of the Bellagio showing the Tuscan village-style resort rooms.

The conservatory/garden in the hotel.

The lobby with the multicoloured sculpted glass ceiling.

The Bank is the newest nightclub at Bellagio.

The foyer of the Bank is lined with Cristal champagne bottles.

Map showing the existing hotels in Atlantic City, together with the Atlantic City Expressway.
Map showing the existing hotels in Atlantic City, together with the Atlantic City Expressway.

The Casino resort in all its golden glory.

The resort has an architecturally impressive entrance way.

One of the plunge pools at the 54,000ft² Spa Tocarre.

The intricate ceiling in 'Via Borgata', the retail area of the resort.

One of the small galleries housing one of the 13 restaurants.


The Caesars Palace expansion is costing over $1bn.

The expansion was announced in July 2007 and is part of a broader plan formulated in 2005.

The Octavius Tower will be the sister tower to the Augustus Tower opened in 2005.


Construction underway on the main resort hotel.

The centre of the resort will resemble a city centre when completed.

How project CityCenter fits in between the other MGM Mirage resort hotels the Bellagio and the Monte Carlo.

The architecture will be a state-of-the-art contemporary statement.

The two leaning condo towers.

The main shopping precinct.

Another rendering of one of the larger open spaces inside the complex.

The Masterplan of what is to be constructed on ‘The Strip’ between the Bellagio and the Monte Carlo.


A rendering of the finished hotel.

One of the bedrooms with LCD TV and fireplace.

The eastern end of Cannery Row, near to the site of the hotel.

One of the guestroom bathrooms.


Echelon will cost an estimated $5bn.

Echelon is being built on the site of the old Stardust Hotel and Casino.

Part of Echelon's feature gardens.

Echelon's pool complex.

A king size room found in the Shangri-La.

A feature staircase intended for the Shangri-La.


The Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel is on Collins Avenue in Florida, US.

The Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel is spread across 22 oceanfront acres and has 1,504 rooms.

The Fontainebleau Miami Beach has 11 restaurants and nightclubs, including three signature restaurants, a 40,000ft² spa and a pool area with private cabanas.

The Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel underwent a $1bn refurbishment in 2008, including the building of a luxury tower with 286 suites.

The tower includes a 4,300ft² penthouse.


The Gaylord Opryland Texas Resort and Convention Centre offers 1,511 Guest Rooms, conference and meeting facilities, a health spa, indoor entertainment venue, pools and a number of restaurants.

The resort, which opened to the public in April 2004, includes a four-acre atrium that will be a showcase of Texan landscapes and vistas in a climate-controlled environment under glass.

The Opryland Texas features function, conference and exhibition space, executive boardrooms, meeting rooms and two ballrooms.

A wireless check-in system at the Opryland Texas Resort enables visitors to literally be checked in at the curbside by hotel staff with handheld computers.

The Opryland Texas Resort features 1,511 rooms, of which 141 are suites.

Facilities further include an indoor exercise pool, one outdoor leisure pool as well as a spa and fitness centre.

The Gaylord Opryland Texas opened on 2 April 2004 at a total cost of around $328 million.


The Bushbar restaurant features a Teppanyaki grill

The hotel has a suite named Drum & Bass on the ground floor of the recording studio.

The Ska deluxe cabin is named after a musical genre in Jamaican history.

The Ska cabin is set among banana trees overlooking the Caribbean sea.

The Bushbar restaurant offers a full bar service.

Geejam sprawls over six acres on the San San Estate.

The hotel includes a recording studio.


One of the double rooms at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio.

The hotel towers use natural limestone material in their construction.

A king-sized room showing the flat screen TV and the ‘Hyatt sleep system’.

The bathrooms are finished in white granite.


The four-star Hilton Americas Houston is a convention hotel connected to the George R. Brown Convention Centre.

The Hilton Americas Houston is Houston's largest convention hotel with 91,500ft² of meeting space

The meeting space is offered on three levels made accessible by dedicated elevators, escalators and staircase, as well as being connected via a skywalk to the George R. Brown Convention Centre.

The meeting facilities include two dedicated bays on loading dock for convention receiving and six freight elevators, the largest being 8ft high x 10ft wide x 20ft deep.

The hotel offers 1,200 guestrooms, including two presidential suites, two spacious executive suites and 62 one-bedroom and two-bedroom suites.

Guestroom amenities include: hair dryers, iron and ironing boards, radio/alarm clock, mini bar, coffee maker, in-room safe, oversized desk area, dual line telephones with dataport and high-speed internet connectivity.

Incorporated in the hotel is an array of dining facilities, namely traditional American cooking.

The project was supervised by Houston Convention Centre Hotel Corporation.

Guests at the Hilton Houston can enjoy a pleasant evening's entertainment in the 26,000ft² Ballroom of the Americas.

The Grand Ballroom can be configured into 12 breakout rooms ranging in size.

Rich colours and bold shapes are paired with the latest technology in the guest rooms of the Hilton in Houston.

The Tower Lounge offers breakfast and hor d'oeuvres in a geometrically designed space.


The Hilton Atlanta hotel is located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

The Grand Ballroom can accommodate 2,200 people in a theatre-style arrangement.

The Southern Elements restaurant offers traditional southern cuisine.


Hotel Indigo's frontage.

The Indigo at night.

The colourful stylish lobby, which is a feature of the Indigo brand.

A typical Indigo guest room, with photo-mural.

One of the King guest rooms.


The hotel's marble façade was first built in 1842.

The Hotel Monaco used to be the Washington DC General Post Office.

The Monaco's stylish rooms mix original architecture with modern design.

The Hotel Monaco is well situated for all Washington sights.

The Ballroom with vaulted ceiling.

The goldfish is complimentary for your stay.

The lounges exhibit a comfortable 'old hotel' charm.


The Hotel Terra in Wyoming is in one of the most popular winter ski resorts in the US.

The Hotel Terra features a range of eco-aware facilities.

The hotel is only the sixth in the US to gain LEED certification.

Innovative water-saving features such as dual-flush toilets and waterless urinals are present in the Hotel Terra.

Guest rooms in the Terra Hotel include environmentally friendly beds and in-room recycling facilities.


Construction began in 2004 and the hotel was opened for business in December 2005.

The hotel offers picturesque views of the Rocky Mountains and the Platte Valley.

Each guestroom has a plush red and a flat screen television.

The Hyatt gym has 100 pieces of cardiovascular and fitness equipment.

The 50ft lap pool provides a city view as guests enjoy a relaxing swim.

The Altitude restaurant open kitchen allows guests to watch the chef prepare their meal.

The 'Perk n Go' coffee shop offers a casual dining and drinking area.

The Centennial ballroom is the largest space in the hotel and the largest of its kind in Colorado state.


A 16-storey tower contains the bulk of the guest rooms in the Liberty Hotel.

The Liberty Hotel has retained some of the original architecture from its former incarnation as a jail.

18 of the rooms in the Liberty Hotel are situated in the original jail building.

The lobby of the Liberty Hotel is situated in the jail's rotunda.

Among the 298 rooms of the Liberty Hotel are ten suites, one of which is the Presidential suite with immense luxury.


The 77 guest rooms at the Loden Hotel include luxury double rooms.

The Loden Hotel in Vancouver is well situated in the city for both business and tourism.

The Vancouver-based Loden Hotel opened in December 2007.

The hotel restaurant and bar at the lobby level, Voya, produces a range of West Coast cuisine.


The Mandarin Oriental New York opened in October 2003 in the heart of Manhattan, USA.

The hotel offers a selection of dining facilities including the Lobby Lounge.

A grand staircase leads from the ballroom and meeting rooms to the hotel lobby below.

The hotel offers first-rate health and fitness facilities, including a full service 13,500ft² spa and health club that offers a wider selection of treatments.

The Mandarin Oriental and residential apartments are situated at the top of the Center, overlooking Central Park.

The hotel lobby is 250ft above ground level, providing sweeping views of the city and central park.

The rooms are elegantly appointed and offer a wide range of technologies and comforts.

The lobby has superb oriental-style decoration.

Some of the corner rooms have exceptional views of New York city through their floor-to-ceiling windows.


The new Mandarin Oriental hotel in Washington comprises 400 rooms and was constructed at a cost of $144 million.

Brennan Beer Gorman Monk Architects designed the hotel, with Hirsch Bedner Associates as interior designers.

There are 347 deluxe rooms in the hotel.

Deluxe double bathroom, with imported Chinese marble.

In keeping with the hotel group's origins, the Mandarin Oriental incorporates distinctively oriental architecture and design elements.

The Mandarin Oriental, Washington, is the first 5-Star hotel in the Portals district of the city.


The hotel building was bought for $19m in 2001 and is in the up and coming Chelsea district near Soho and Tribeca.

The windows are five foot portholes and each room has one.

The Hiro ballroom and lounge.

The outside of the hotel from Ninth Street.

One of the rooms which are reminiscent of ships cabins.


The MGM Grand is the first casino in Detroit.

The MGM Grand cost $800m.

The pool is part of the hotel's 20,000ft² spa.

The Wolfgang Puck Grille, situated near the casino floor.

An Executive King room.

The hotel lobby lounge.


A map showing the excellent positioning of the hotel.

The improvements to the seven-storey hotel should make it all the better for short stays in Boston for tourists or business travellers.

The Faneuil Hall marketplace is not far away and has a lot of facilities for tourists.

The hotel has an understated red brick exterior.

The guest rooms have always had a comfortable elegance. It is to be hoped that the renovation doesn’t change the character too much.

The twenty four hour café in Uncasville.
In 2002, Mohegan Sun Casino completed a $1bn expansion adding a new casino, hotel tower, spa, retail space and conference facilities to its existing casino in Conneticut.
The caberet in the expansion.
Project Sunburst tripled the size of the existing property.
The casino is attached to an hotel.
The expansion includes 1,200 guestrooms in a new, luxury hotel tower.
The falls in the expansion.
The additional gaming entertainment makes Mohegan Sun one of the largest casino complexes in the world.
The company calls this the "Tree of Life".
The casino is owned by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority.
The ballroom.
The new facilities at Mohegan Sun Casino opened successively during 2002.


One of the bedrooms.

The reception area.

Meeting room for business.

The main pool.

Pool side cabanas.

Red bar.

The Skybar.

A suite.


Illustration of the Mount Airy Casino Resort.

The Mount Airy casino has over 3,000 slot machines.

The casino offers new video Black Jack machines.

The Mount Airy Casino offers several bars and restaurants.

Phase two of the project will increase the number of slot machines to over 5,000.


The Hotel at Naples Bay Resort.

Part of a suite at the Naples Bay Resort.

The gymnasium and fitness centre has the finest equipment and full time staff.

The hotel has 3,100ft² of meeting and conference space.

The pool complex includes a Kidz Club pool and a lap pool.


The Niagara Casino Gateway Project was begun in 2001 and finished in June 2003.

The development involved the construction of a new high-rise hotel consisting of 32 floors with 368 rooms and a 100,000ft² permanent casino.

Niagara Casino Gateway Project Hotel - first suspended slab pour - March 13, 2002.

The development includes a 368 room Hyatt hotel.

A selection of dining facilities, a comprehensive health spa plus an array of shops was also be included in the development.

The construction of the casino involved 7,500t of structural steel and 900,000ft² of steel deck, as well as 200t of architectural steel to build the casino entrances.

The Casino Gateway Project will generates 5,000 permanent full-time and part-time direct jobs and 5,000 indirect jobs.

The project aimed to stimulate the local economy, as well as generate $100-125 million in contracts for mechanical, electrical and concrete work.


A sketch of the new building adjacent to the convention centre.

A computer generated image of how the new building will look.

One of the lounge areas in a Texan style of décor.

Bob’s Steak and Chop house.

One of the smaller meeting rooms.

The sports bar with wall mounted wide screen television.


Architect drawing of the Omni Hotel San Diego.

The Omni San Diego Hotel is located in the Ballpark District of San Diego.

The top 11 floors consist of 37 luxury 'Metropolitan Condominiums'.

The Omni Hotel San Diego offers 511 guest rooms and suites.

Interior view of a hotel bathroom.


Owned by the Dedman family, the Pinehurst resort was first built by Bostonian James Tufts in 1895. A $12m renovation was completed in 2008.

The Pinehurst resort will stage the 2014 US Open Championships for men and women.

Accommodation at Pinehurst includes the Carolina hotel, Manor Inn, Holly Inn and luxury villas and condominiums.

The 9,600ft² Grand Ballroom at the Carolina can accommodate up to 1,200 people for a reception.

The 1,460ft² North Room is ideal for small meetings or private cocktail parties.

The Spa at Pinehurst offers 50 treatments and services, including massages, scrubs and Yoga.


The Renaissance Boston has added to the Boston skyline.

The lobby cocktail bar.

One of the 471 guest rooms.

The hotel's library area.

The lobby area.


The hotel showcases a mix of southern and European styles.

The hotel is owned by South Park Real Estate LLC, a subsidiary of JWM Family Enterprises LP.

All rooms and suites are furnished with bedding, custom duvets, down comforters and thick mattresses with mattress toppers.

Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark has 14 meeting rooms.

The hotel's newly renovated 24-hour fitness centre covers a 1,100ft² area.

The hotel also has an indoor saltwater swimming pool and a dry sauna.


Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas offers 349 luxurious rooms and suites. All rooms offer either lake or mountain views.

The top two floors of the Pontevecchio Bridge consist of club rooms, reserved for guests of club level.

The Ritz-Carlton Grand Ballroom is 11,813ft². It has high vaulted ceilings, crystal chandeliers, pin-spot lighting capabilities and extensive pre-function space as well as offering garden views plus easy access to the expansive outdoor terrace.

The Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas hotel offers 33,000ft² of indoor meeting space as well as outdoor event venues and a selection of scenic lakefront and garden settings.

The hotel offers the services of a professional conference services manager, catering sales manager and catering services manager, who will work with each meeting planner to custom-design the function to be held.

The Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas is a hotel and spa located twenty miles southeast of downtown Las Vegas and a 25 minute drive from McCarran International Airport.

The Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas has been built as part of a stunning Mediterranean lakeside village.

The 30,000ft² spa offers a wide range of facilities and treatments.

The location of the hotel, situated near Las Vegas, makes it easy to reach.

Guests can enjoy a game of golf on the Ritz-Carlton's first-rate championship grade courses.


The 33-storey Sheraton Phoenix Downtown.

The Sheraton Phoenix Downtown is the city's first hotel to be constructed in the area since 1976.

A double room at the hotel will have all the comfort associated with Sheraton hotels.

The lobby will promote the ambience of the hotel; it is welcoming and not ostentatious.

An impression of the hotels 11,500ft² main restaurant.


The 30-storey limestone and glass Sofitel New York building boasts a central tower, with 20-storey buildings on the either side of it.

Sofitel New York rooms include a lounge, a sleeping area and a marble bathroom.

Sofitel features an all-feather MYBED bed with an extra duvet.


The Taj Boston was renamed from the Ritz-Carlton in January 2007.

The design of the Taj Boston involves antique furniture and soft shades such as gold, celadon greens, beiges or soft rose.

The four-star hotel has plush facilities such as function space and a ballroom.

Guests at the Taj Boston can enjoy views of the Public Garden and the Commonwealth Avenue mall.


The Rotunda and Garden Foyer murals were created by Edward Melcarth.

The Escoffier Suite, named after August Escoffier, the ‘father of French cuisine’.

The Pierre Façade.

The Pierre Façade at night.


The Sanctuary's grand lawn.

The Sanctuary's indoor pool.

The Sanctuary's lobby.

The Presidential suite bedroom complete with four poster bed.

The spa whirlpool bath area.

The Sanctuary's main staircase.

The floor plan of the Presidential suite.

The Governors hall, one of the large conference/entertainment spaces.

The Loggerhead Grill.

The Morning room.

The Sanctuary has 255 rooms.


The bar's interior view.

The penthouse suite's living room.

Guest salon desk.

Hotel model room of the Surrey.

The suite's bathroom interior view.

The Surrey's exterior view.


The Borgata was first opened in July 2003 and now The Water Club will form the second phase expansion of the complex.

The Water Club will have furnishings and fittings that are second to none.

A design based around the element of water gives the Water Club elegance and vitality.

The Water Club spa will include a number of swimming pools, 'experience' rooms and a fitness centre.

Guests at the Water Club can relax in style with Jacuzzis and heated pools.


The new Trump tower will be one of the tallest in Chicago when it is completed.

The floors are being added at the rate of one per week, with a total of 96 at completion.

The floors above the top hotel level of 27 are now being worked on, containing residential condominiums.

The Trump International Hotel and Tower was set to be even taller, but after the terrorist attacks of 2001 the planned height was reduced.

The building has three setbacks to correspond with surrounding buildings and fit into the landscape.


The five-storey W Hoboken has 23 suites.

The lobby lounge has been designed so that guests can enjoy a bite to eat while relaxing.

The hotel features six meeting rooms.

The W Hoboken hotel opened in April 2009.


The Westin is located at Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport, adjacent to the newly constructed Edward H. McNamara terminal. The hotel has 400 guest rooms, fully-equipped meeting rooms, a fitness centre and executive club lounge.

One of the hotel's special features is an eight-story atrium with bamboo trees, a Zen garden, 5,000ft² serene reflecting pool, a jet lounge overlooking the apron and runway areas, glass elevators and a gourmet restaurant and bar overlooking the atrium and reflecting pool.

The hotel has around 25,000ft² of meeting space including 28 meeting rooms and a 7,600ft² ballroom with separate banquet kitchen. A separate lounge with fireplace is located in the executive concierge facility, located on the hotel's top floor.

The concrete structure with double-pane windows is largely soundproof and equipped with a filtration system to prevent the smell of fuel entering the building. The Westin Detroit Metropolitan Airport hotel welcomed its first guests on 1 January 2003.


The hotel was constructed in an ‘L’-shaped tower block. Some city ordinances had to be changed to allow the 18-storey structure.

The hotel has a spa and an indoor lap pool.

The cocktail lounge at the hotel.


The $25 million Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey features 190 guest rooms, including 10 suites, 15,000ft² of banquet and conference facilities, an indoor heated swimming pool and fitness facilities.

The guest rooms, designed J/Brice Design International, Inc., feature oversized desks, ergonomically designed desk chairs, pullout ottomans and two T1 access points for high-speed Internet in a surrounding of natural finishes with wood tones and brushed nickel.

All luxury guest rooms rooms have triple-sheeted king size beds, down-filled bed pillows and crisp, ecru and sage duvet covers. Business travellers enjoy access to a club lounge and conferences can be held with a total of 15,000ft² of meeting space.

The Westminster Hotel Livingston, owned by the Westminster Hospitality Group, an affiliate of Kushner Companies, had its soft opening in January 2003 at a total rehabilitation cost of $25 million.


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