Regent International Hotels Announces Opening of Luxurious New Spa Hotel in Las Vegas; The Regent Grand Spa opens at The Resort At Summerlin

Business/Travel/Lifestyle Editors

July 19, 1999
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)----Regent International Hotels Thursday announced the opening of The Regent Grand Spa At The Resort At Summerlin in northwest Las Vegas, the first luxury golf and spa resort off The Strip.

This elegant new hotel, offering 286 rooms and suites, is the first of two Regent hotels to open at The Resort At Summerlin. The second hotel, The Regent Grand Palms (255 rooms), is scheduled to open late September.

"We are pleased to introduce the distinctive Regent hospitality experience, which is acclaimed around the world, to visitors and guests at The Regent Grand Spa in the Las Vegas market," said Paul Hanley, president, Regent International Hotels.

"The opening of this elegant hotel, in one of the world's most important leisure markets, is also a landmark event in the continuing growth of Regent International Hotels, which includes the announcement of nine new hotel and resort locations in the past 18 months," Hanley said.

Regent International Hotels is part of Carlson Hospitality Worldwide, which has headquarters in Minneapolis and licenses the Regent brand name to The Resort At Summerlin.

The Regent Grand Spa Offers Uncompromising Luxury

Located within 25 minutes of both the McCarran International Airport and the famous Las Vegas Strip, The Regent Grand Spa is sited on a plateau 1,000 feet above the city. Guest rooms and suites offer panoramic views of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area to the west and glittering lights of Las Vegas to the east.

Connected to The Regent Grand Spa is Aquae Sulis, a 40,000-square-foot health spa with 36 treatment rooms, a salon, fitness areas and boutique. It offers an international range of treatments, including Siddha Vaida techniques, aromatherapy, Thalassotherapy, facials and loofah scrubs.

The Regent Grand Spa and The Regent Grand Palms serve as the centerpiece of The Resort At Summerlin, developed at a cost of $276 million (plus leased items) and located in the affluent Summerlin residential area northwest of Las Vegas.

The hotels are situated on an elaborately landscaped, 54-acre site that includes an extensive complex of gardens and pools highlighted with 3,300 trees. Focal points include an 11,000-square-foot, grass-edged pool with a waterfall and multimillion-dollar lighting system designed to create an alluring twilight ambiance.

Unlike the mega properties on The Strip, The Regent Hotels are designed for discriminating business and leisure travelers who wish to enjoy an elegant resort atmosphere away from the crowded strip and still have easy access to Las Vegas' many entertainment opportunities. The resort also features extensive meeting facilities for conferences and banquets.

Guests at The Regent Grand Spa and The Regent Grand Palms will enjoy preferred tee times at nine golf courses including TPC at The Canyons, which borders the property. The resort also features a 50,000-square-foot casino with 1,200 slot machines and 40 game tables.

From now until Sept. 30, The Regent Grand Spa is offering an introductory package of $149 per night including continental breakfast for two. The toll-free reservation number is 877/869-8777.

Regent Expanding in the Americas and Worldwide


"The arrival of Regent into the exciting Las Vegas market, combined with the upcoming opening of The Regent Wall Street in New York City, the most important financial and business location in the world, represent landmark growth for Regent International Hotels," Hanley said. "These three new hotels in the United States are a superb complement to Regent's existing North American property, The Regent Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, California.

"A primary development goal for Regent International Hotels, following its acquisition by Carlson Hospitality Worldwide in November 1997 was expanding the company beyond its Asian roots to the Americas. We are very proud that these new hotels reflect significant progress in our plan."

The Regent Wall Street is scheduled to open later this year and, according to Hanley, four more Regent hotels and resorts are under development in the Americas and are scheduled to open over the next several years. Additional properties are also in advanced stages of negotiation in the Americas and Middle East with formal announcements expected in the next few months.

Last month Regent International Hotels opened The Regent Mumbai in India's commercial capital (formerly known as Bombay), and The Regent Almaty in Kazakhstan (central Asia) was added in September 1998.

"Regent International Hotels now has tremendous development momentum, and the continued expansion demonstrates the global power of The Regent name and hospitality experience," Hanley said.

Editor's Note:

The Resort At Summerlin is majority owned by Swiss Casinos of America Inc., whose U.S. management company, Seven Circle Resorts Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary based in Las Vegas. The Resort owns and operates The Regent Grand Palms and The Regent Grand Spa hotels under license from Regent International Hotels of Minneapolis.

Regent International Hotels are distinguished by international luxury standards that reflect and celebrate each individual hotel location. Regent International Hotels is part of Carlson Hospitality Worldwide, a global leader in hospitality services encompassing more than 1,150 hotel, resort, restaurant and cruise ship operations in 73 countries.

Carlson Hospitality Worldwide is a division of the $22 billion Carlson Companies Inc., a worldwide hospitality, travel and marketing conglomerate whose operations and brands include Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Carlson Leisure Group and Carlson Marketing Group. The company's travel interests include more than 5,300 travel agency locations in 140 countries worldwide.

Regent International Hotels' headquarters is located at the Carlson Companies' worldwide headquarters in Minneapolis, with regional offices in other parts of the world including New York, Los Angeles, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

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