Cosmopolitan Hotel Las Vegas

There are already an abundance of  pics throughout the web showing the Cosmopolitan Hotel's rooms and art, so during my recent stay, I focused on some of the smaller details that I liked about the hotel.

I liked the wall paper in the toilet area - and when you look below, you'll see the design upclose.  Like everything in the hotel, there are little "delights for the eyes" everywhere

I liked that the tv in the sitting area of the terrace studio room had plenty of ways to connect devices easily

Throughout the public areas there are all sorts of interesting sitting areas.  Above and below are two that caught my fancy

I liked having a micro - I was able to warm water for a cuppa tea w/o paying room service $10 to deliver it

I loved the display windows in the retail stores - here is a shop on the second floor of the hotel - looking close (below) you'll see it's hundreds of antique sewing machines, and it's impossible not to get carried away with the idea of the stories each one represents

So the mini-bar is in keeping with the demographics of the hotel:  a $7.50 box of condoms

Even in the casino there is digital art - in the section of the casino along the Strip, there are small beaded enclosures with slot machines and constantly changing digital images

A new twist on being buried in the desert

An interesting new offering in Vegas - a company called Dig This, that is being offered to meeting planners as a team building exercise. 

It's a heavy equipment company where corporate attendees can operate 15-ton Caterpillar excavators and 10-ton bulldozers.  

Every experience starts with safety lessons and equipment overview then in-cab training and then the activity.  It takes place on five acres of land and lasts   from 90 minutes to five hours, depending on the package booked.  According to Incentive Magazine, where I picked up this tidbit, the teambuilding activity is designed for 30 to 40 participants.  Of course, all I can think about is how companies might want to learn to bury their past.  Too much gangster lore for me I guess.

Anyway, good luck to Dig This.  If you know anyone who has taken part in one of the company's adventures, post a comment about it.

Missing Vegas? take a look at this Philip Bloom 4 min video shot from MGM Signature

24 Hours of Neon from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

WILHELMINA HOT BODY MODEL SEARCH OPEN CALL Setp 25 in Las VEGAS

WILHELMINA MODELS, SHAPE AND MEN’S FITNESS

TO HOLD WILHELMINA HOT BODY MODEL SEARCH OPEN CALL

AT VITAMIN SHOPPE BOOTH DURING

The Olympia Weekend 2010 in Las VEGAS

 

WHO:              World-renowned modeling agency, Wilhelmina Models, along with Shape, Men’s Fitness and The Vitamin Shoppe, will host an open call for The Wilhelmina Hot Body Model Search during The Olympia at the Las Vegas Convention Center

 

WHAT:            The Wilhelmina Hot Body Model Search open call is looking for one woman and one man to join their group of Olympic athletes, professional trainers, and yoga enthusiasts already signed with Wilhelmina’s Fitness division. Wilhelmina represents A-list talent including Fergie, Cyndi Lauper, Natasha Bedingfield, and Estelle, as well as male supermodels Gabriel Aubry and Mark Vanderloo. The Las Vegas open casting call welcomes applicants that exemplify health and fitness.

 

The search

·         Ideal contestants are men and women 18+ who live a healthy and fit lifestyle

·         $20 registration fee

·         Each participant will meet with trainers and nutritional consultants

·         Each participant will have the opportunity to be photographed by a professional fashion/fitness photographer

·         A panel of judges consisting of Wilhelmina talent scouts and Shape/Men’s Fitness editors will review all entries

 

Ten finalists (5 women/5 men) will:

·         Be invited and flown to New York for a finale event where the two winners will be selected live by a panel of judges

·         One female and one male winner will receive a five year Wilhelmina contract, will be featured in editorials for Shape and Men’s Fitness and receive a year’s supply of products provided by The Vitamin Shoppe

 

WHEN:            Saturday, September 25^th

                        10am – 5pm

 

WHERE:          The Olympia Weekend 2010

Las Vegas Convention Center - South Hall 1

3150 Paradise Road

Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109

Booth #: 1001

 

WEBSITE:      www.wilhelminamodelsearch.com

casino floor plans

I'm forever wanting to check on the floor plan of one casino or another.  Yes, I know they change quite frequently - new pits in, new machines placed, new poker rooms constructed, old machines out, slots become vp.  Anyway, here's the site I check when I need to see the floor plan. Casino  Property Maps

Links to Las Vegas Convention information

Wonder why hotel rates are high in Vegas in the middle of a no-nothing week?  Check the convention calendar and see what else is in town.

You can check here or at the official convention bureau site's conference planner here.  Information is power, maybe.  With the flexible calendars most of the hotels have showing all the rates per date, you don't really need to know WHY, just when.