Planet Hollywood

The Aladdin was an Arabian nights-theme hotel on the Las Vegas Strip that was remodeled and reopened under the name Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. The hotel has 2,600 rooms and suites as well as a shopping mall and a spacious and busy performing arts theater.

The casino floor occupies more than 100,000 square feet, and provides the complete panoply of Las Vegas table games such as blackjack, roulette, baccarat, craps, Pai-Gow poker, Let it Ride, three card poker, and ultimate Texas Hold'em. The poker room is new and smoke-free, with ten tables offering a variety of limits and jackpots. Hold'em, Omaha and stud are the main games played. Free lessons and tournaments are offered. The race and sports book has two sides, one for each type of event. Each has about 8 seats at a counter, surrounded by a sports bar. Multiple TVs and eight electronic boards inform the wagerers.

P.F. Chang's China Bistro has taken the conventional Chinese menu and dressed it up with San Francisco flavors and embellishments, all in the now-famous P.F. Chiang style. Entrées include a full array of oriental dishes of meat, poultry, seafood and vegetarian. Guests can order anywhere on the spectrum from bland to spicy hot.

Lombardi's Romagna Mia is really a fancy trattoria, offering classic northern Italian dishes of veal and seafood, but also providing pastas and pizzas.

Spice Market Buffet has a large and loyal following because chefs prepare the food in front of the client, and offer dishes from many parts of the world - Europe, Asia and exotic places in between.

Planet Dailies serves meals at any hour, including breakfast 24/7, sandwiches, more upscale entrée choices, and many different oriental options. Planet Hollywood has announced that Trader Vic's and Strip House will open in the resort during 2007.

Options include taking in events like Nathan Burton's Comedy Magic, The Fab Four, Mesmerized, Gregory Popovich's Comedy Pet Theatre, and "V -- The Ultimate Variety Show."

In V, the audience gets to see a series of different acts like juggling, drumming, acrobats, magic, impersonations and comedy.

The Theatre for the Performing Arts is a large (7,000 seat) venue for concerts, Broadway shows, award shows and headliner artists.

A unique offering of Planet Hollywood is stripper classes, held near the theatre. Stripper 101 offers a cardio workout combined with striptease and pole dancing, covering over 25 sexy moves and choreography with boas, chairs and poles. (No nudity at the 101 level).

Triq is a combination of a nightclub, theatre and "ultralounge" in Steve Wyrick's entertainment venue in the shopping complex at Planet Hollywood. Wyrick performs his magic show at the 500-seat theatre, and then the nightclub persona of Triq takes over in a luxurious Mediterranean setting. On Monday through Thursday, it becomes an ultra lounge, with music and drinks. On Friday and Saturday, all four floors of the complex become a nightclub, using the stage of the theatre as a dance floor. VIP tables, bottle service and stripper poles are all part of the nightclub scene at Triq.

Krave is billed as an "alternative club" - the first and perhaps only one of its kind on the Las Vegas Strip, serving gays and straights, locals and tourists. Like Triq it is part lounge, part theatre and part nightclub. Different themes are presented on different nights. For ex-ample, Girl Bar Las Vegas, a dance and entertainment club for lesbians, operates one night a week at Krave.

The concierge desk will make a tee time for guests at any one of a number of local Las Vegas courses and will help the guest choose among the options in terms of scenery, size and difficulty of play.

Spa by Mandara is designed to be lavish and relaxing at the same time. The large facility (over 30,000 square feet) combines décor from many different places in the world: Morocco, Thailand, Bali, Polynesia, Tibet and Japan. There are 29 different treatment rooms, and the spa staff performs all sorts of therapies, including Swedish massage, couples mas-sage and Shiatsu. Self-tanning, cleansing, salt wraps and many other treatments are also provided. Separate spa areas are provided for men and women with relaxation areas, saunas and steam. Salon services include hair and nail styling, pedicures, and waxing. The ample fitness center offers Pilates classes and the services of personal trainers as well as cardio and weight workout equipment.

A credentialed meeting planning staff is available to assist with any meeting, exhibition, convention or special event. Facilities include 75,000 square feet of lobby, hall and registration space, 18 meeting and breakout session rooms, two large boardrooms, high-tech audio and video support, a business center.

The pool area separates swimmers from baskers. There is a large area with tables and lounge chairs, with stairs up to the two 4,500 square foot pools. There are two built-in whirlpools. No cabanas are offered. The Towering Palms Bar & Grille provides pool food and drinks.

Miracle Mile Shops has over 170 stores and boutiques as well as restaurants and bars. Z Gallerie is a home furnishings and decoration store and Sur le Table provides the housewares. There is a Build-A-Bear Workshop, a Gap, Bath & Body Works, and Victoria's Secret. Other shops include Origins, the bebe Sport store, Sephora, Urban Outfitters, and Wild Pair, a shoe boutique. Outside the nearby performing arts complex musicians, acrobats and other entertainers provide additional excitement during shopping hours.

Elvis and Priscilla were married in this resort in 1967. So the resort offers, amongst other alternatives, an Elvis Wedding, complete with an Elvis impersonator as officiant. Two wedding chapels (one 12 person max, the other 60) are offered, all decorated in an Italian, Mediterranean theme, with arches, columns and flowers The pool terrace is also available for larger weddings. Services are packaged in a number of options. Depending on the choice of the bridal couple, services can include limousine service for the license or to and from the airport, a celebrity reception and registration upon arrival, gift baskets, wedding planning assistance, music, even live performances by professional singers, bridal bouquet and all the flowers, a wedding cake, photos and videos of the ceremony itself, catering and wedding reception planning.