The motto of the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino is Maximum Vegas. Between the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the Hollywood Theater, the on-site Cirque du Soleil show and the 171000-square-foot casino, this hotel successfully delivers all the energy and fun guests expect from a mega-resort during their Las Vegas vacation. Located right on The Strip, the MGM Grand is one the few Las Vegas hotels to merit its own monorail stop. A modern day Emerald City, the 30-story hotel has a green glass facade thats guarded by a 45-foot-tall bronze lion, the symbol of the MGM movie studios. True to its name, the hotel evokes the glitz and glamour of the Hollywood golden era, from the white marble lobby to the Art Deco interior design. Guest rooms are appointed with sleek Deco-inspired furnishings, curved couches and lacquered woodwork. The hotels Las Vegas Suites categories (Premiere, Hollywood and Celebrity) boast upscale features, like mirrored whirlpools and vaulted ceilings, as well as expansive terraces overlooking the neon lights of The Strip. Most bathrooms are done in imported Italian marble with televisions embedded in the mirrors of the oversize vanity counters. Guests of the hotel will find some of the most diverse dining Las Vegas restaurants have to offer. The hotel has 10 fine-dining establishments, many of which are helmed by celebrity chefs, as well as several casual restaurants, cafés and coffee shops. Chef Joël Robuchon serves traditional French cuisine at his eponymous restaurant …

A gigantic replica of the Great Sphinx stands in front of the 30-story dark pyramid of the Luxor Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, inviting guests into the Egyptian-themed resort, complete with swaying palms, statues of Ramses and a mock obelisk. Accessible by the Vegas monorail, the Luxor is at the south end of The Strip near the Las Vegas Convention Center. With its flashing beam of light on the apex and a towering atrium inside, the pyramid is a favorite among vacationing families, though the vast casino, nightly entertainment and gourmet dining guarantee adults a quintessential Las Vegas vacation. Dramatically lit statues, towering pillars and polished wood furniture adorn the marble lobby. Pyramid guest accommodations are accessed by inclinators (elevators that ascend on an angle because of the building’s shape) and have slanted picture windows that look out onto The Strip. The hotels Egyptian theme is subtler in the guest rooms, which are decorated with comfortable, contemporary furnishings, though scattered touches such as hieroglyphic artwork or black lacquer inlay evoke the exotic vibe. Rooms and Las Vegas suites range from about 400 square feet to over 1000 square feet, the most luxurious of which offers marble soaking tubs, separate sitting areas and wet bars. Las Vegas specialty restaurants like Fusia Luxor, offering Asian cuisine, and T & T, which serves Mexican food, are popular among families. Guests with a discerning palate enjoy award-winning Chef KC Fazel’s …

Un film de Ang Lee Avec Emile Hirsch, Demetri Martin, Liev Schreiber Au cinéma le 23 septembre 1969. Elliot, décorateur d’intérieur à Greenwich Village, traverse une mauvaise passe et doit retourner vivre chez ses parents, dans le nord de l’État de New York, où il tente de reprendre en mains la gestion de leur motel délabré. Menacé de saisie, le père d’Elliot veut incendier le bâtiment sans même en avoir payé l’assurance alors qu’Elliot se demande encore comment il va enfin pouvoir annoncer qu’il est gay…Alors que la situation est tout simplement catastrophique, il apprend qu’une bourgade voisine refuse finalement d’accueillir un festival de musique hippie. Voyant là une opportunité inespérée, Elliot appelle les producteurs. Trois semaines plus tard, 500 000 personnes envahissent le champ de son voisin et Elliot se retrouve embarqué dans l’aventure qui va changer pour toujours sa vie et celle de toute une génération

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The cost of most hotel rooms is the lowest its been in years, but if the room you get is disgusting, it doesn’t matter what you pay. Matt Meagher takes a look inside what’s been called the dirtiest hotel in the country by a prominent travel website.

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This Italian staple began with its founder Beatrice Ruggari in Italy in 1926. Conviently located near Central Park and the finest hotels, this is Northern Italian done right.

The smart, Spanish Room Mate design hotel chain has come to New York, USA. Just two blocks from Times Square, the young boutique hotel Room Mate Grace presents a confident, uncomplicated and chic concept with great designs and clever service ideas. Great suggestion for the next New York holiday! The Room Mate Grace in New York What makes the design hotel in New York so exceptional is the feeling of having booked more than one room. The common areas are meeting point, quiet zone and party place alike, among the chiefly young crowd. Take notice of the great sauna See more at: en.escapio.com

In this new video tour of New York City from the series “All Along Broadway” (see the first two episodes: “Wall street” ( www.youtube.com ) and “Union Square” ( www.youtube.com ), David Hill from New York Habitat continues his stroll along Broadway and presents Midtown Manhattan and its famous squares: Madison Square, Herald Square and Greeley Square. Broadway is one of the most famous roads in the world. It runs the length of Manhattan, from its southern tip to the northern tip of the island and continues in the Bronx, crossing many of Manhattan’s neighborhoods. History The oldest “street” in New York City, Broadway was originally used as a trail by the Native Americans who lived here; later it was used by the Dutch settlers to travel to the northern forests to hunt. Madison Square Walking north along Broadway, you will reach a large intersection at Fifth Avenue and 23rd St. which creates a big square. This is Madison Square, named after the 4th US President, James Madison. It was here in 1842 where some of the first amateur baseball games were ever played. They used a vacant lot in the north part of the square (corner of Madison Avenue & 27th Street). Later, the original New York Knickerbocker Baseball club, one of the first professional baseball teams, started right here. Flatiron or Fuller Building One of the most beautiful buildings in this square is the Fuller Building, designed by Daniel Burnham in the Beaux-Arts architectural style. It was named “Fuller” after the …