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4| Editor’s Letter Our bags are packed 757 Third Ave., 5th floor, New York, NY 10017 USA R ight around the time our February issue came out, the LUXURY HOTELIER team was in Las Vegas, celebrating the launch of our first trade show, Hotel World Expo & Conference. It was an excellent chance for us to meet many of our readers. The most well-attended sessions were those we had planned for the luxury hoteliers at the show. Maybe I’m biased, but the panel I moderated on trends in luxury hotel restaurant concepts seemed like a hit. Audience members tossed questions to the panelists and vice versa, and the group debated concepts like locovore eating, flexible dining room design and kitchen architecture. It goes with the territory for our team to frequently travel to Las Vegas, and it’s always interesting for me to see how the city mixes high and low. The new Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino property, from Las Vegas Sands Corp., fits in right next to its sister The Venetian. As far as more luxury development goes, we’re keeping a special eye on MGM Mirage’s CityCenter, touted as the most expensive privately funded construction project in the Western hemisphere. Interesting to note about Las Vegas is that only four properties on the Strip hold five-diamond status: Bellagio, Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas, Skylofts at the MGM Grand Hotel and Wynn Las Vegas. A fifth, The Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas, is in the luxury enclave by the same name about 20 minutes outside of the hustle and bustle. The newest Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas is poised to follow suit. Senior editor Stacey Mieyal Higgins had the chance in Las Vegas to sit down with the executive team of The Donald’s newest project (see story on page 24 and photo below) and tour the property as staff prepared for the March 31 opening. Then, on the heels of HotelWorld, some of our team flew directly to Berlin for the annual International Hotel Investment Forum. Check out page 14 for some photos of that event, which has quickly become a staple on the international conference circuit. Where should we go next? Suggestions always are welcome. Group Publisher/Show Director / John McMahon +1 212 895 8243 jmcmahon@questex.com editorial staff Managing Editor / Stephanie Ricca +1 216 706 3791 Senior Editor / Stacey Mieyal Higgins +1 216 706 3783 Associate Editor / Heather Gunter +1 216 706 3792 Associate Editor / Jason Freed +1 216 706 3727 Associate Editor / Emily Hanna +1 216 706 3784 Managing Editor, Hotel Design / Patty Sheehan +1 216 706 3753 Art Director / Rob Ghosh +1 216 706 3788 Contributing Editors / Brian Albright, Lauren Price sricca@questex.com shiggins@questex.com hgunter@questex.com jfreed@questex.com ehanna@questex.com psheehan@questex.com rghosh@questex.com Editorial Offices: 600 Superior Ave. East / Suite 1100 / Cleveland, OH 44114 USA advertising and sales staff Publisher / Matt Waddell +1 773 880 2240 Northeast/International / Mary Malloy +1 216 706 3790 FAX +1 216 706 3711 Southeast / Brian Levine +1 212 895 8285 FAX +1 212 895 8210 West / Jason Wallace +1 801 499 9999 FAX +1 801 315 4137 mwaddell@questex.com mmalloy@questex.com blevine@questex.com jwallace@questex.com business development Business Development Director / Stacy Silver +1 954 306 0747 FAX +1 954 697 6265 Assoc. Business Development Director / J. Richard Casson +1 212 895 8426 FAX +1 212 895 8210 ssilver@questex.com rcasson@questex.com circulation, production Senior Production Manager / Janelle Heller +1 216 279 8834 FAX +1 218 279 8814 Director of Audience Development / Heidi Spangler +1 216 706 3705 jheller@questex.com hspangler@questex.com lists, reprints, directories Directories / Brian Olesinski +1 216 706 3794 FAX +1 216 706 3711 Reprints +1 800 290 5460, ext. 100 Permissions Subscriptions, Customer Service +1 216-706-3705 FAX +1 216-706-3714 Back issues, single current copies +1 216-706-3705 +1 216-706-3714 bolesinski@questex.com luxuryhotelier@reprintbuyer.com questexpermissions@reprintbuyer.com hspangler@questex.com LUXURY HOTELIER senior editor Stacey Higgins got a behind-the-scenes tour of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas, which opened March 31. Pictured here with Steve Shalit, vice president & managing director, Higgins said her favorite part of the hotel is the luxe spa with its rich, sueded surfaces. STEPHANIE RICCA Managing Editor corporate President & C.E.O. / Kerry C. Gumas Executive V.P. & C.F.O. / Tom Caridi Executive V.P., / Robert S. Ingraham Executive V.P. / Tony D’Avino V.P. & General Manager, / Don Rosenberg V.P., Human Resources / Diane Evans V.P., Digital Media / Seth Nichols Luxury Hotelier | April 2008 | www.LuxuryHotelier.com http://www.LuxuryHotelier.com

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