Las Vegas isn’t known as Sin City for nothing.  It’s a fabulous place of extremes, from luxury hotel resorts and casinos, fine dining, incredible stage shows, luxury shopping and much more!

Millions of people come to Las Vegas each year but no matter what your budget is, Las Vegas has something to offer for everyone. For those who want to indulge, then you are in luck.

It doesn’t matter if you’re planning to spend $100,000, $10,000 or only $1,000, Las Vegas is the ultimate playground for travelers.

MGM Resorts International has 10 amazing properties on the world famous Las Vegas Strip, and they work hard to ensure every single guest feels like a VIP no matter what their budget is.

There are ways to spend less and double the extra cash at the poker tables or just enjoy a week in Las Vegas surrounded by luxury and never lift a finger.

We wanted to share a selection of luxury experiences that only Las Vegas can offer.

Spare No Expense! ($100,000 budget during a 7-night stay)
Have $100K to blow with one or more friends? Opportunities in Las Vegas are as endless as one’s imagination. Here we reveal how to live like a high roller:

· Stay: The best way to see Las Vegas is from high in the sky, and MGM Resorts offers the most luxurious accommodations in the city with the Sky Villas at ARIA Resort & Casino. Request the two-story, three-bedroom villa for 7,000 square feet of extravagance, complete with personal butler and panoramic views of the city. Rates begin at $7,500 per night for an escape to this Sin City paradise.

Sky Villa at Aria

· Dine: The sky is the limit, so why not start the vacation with Fleur’s $5,000 burger lunch ($10,000 for two) at Mandalay Bay. Created by Chef Hubert Keller, this Kobe beef burger contains foie gras and truffles and is served with a bottle of Chateau Petrus 1990 in Ichendorf Brunello stemware imported from Italy. Then, head over to ARIA to try the Masa Toro with Caviar Roll at barMASA; at $240 a roll, this sushi will leave foodies’ heads spinning.

· Relax: For $500 per person, enjoy a round of golf at the exclusive Shadow Creek Golf Course, where the likes of Tiger Woods, President Clinton and Michael Jordan have all hit the greens. For a spa escape, drift away to ultimate relaxation with a Danza Delle Mani Massage at Spa Bellagio. Inspired by the elegance of the Fountains of Bellagio, guests will feel four hands making waves across their bodies as two therapists massage in perfect unison; $475 for a 70-minute session. End the day in a 500-square-foot villa for up to 16 friends with a European sunbathing experience at Moorea Beach at Mandalay Bay, starting at $1,500 for the afternoon.

Courtesy of: Crystals at CityCenter

· Shop: Vegas’ most exclusive stores call Crystals at CityCenter home. Splurge on that Louis Vuitton casino trunk for $40,000, or find only-in-Vegas items at FENDI, Gucci and more. Also, don’t miss this opportunity to stand out in the crowd with designer items such as the highly coveted Gucci “Giannini” sneaker and FENDI’s CityCenter Peekaboo handbag.

· Be Entertained: For $15,000, travelers may reserve Mandalay Bay Beach for the night and enjoy a private BBQ on real California sand for their entire entourage. Executive Chef Susan Wolfla prepares a mouth-watering menu and decadent desserts set against a themed backdrop of the guest’s choosing. The BBQ also comes with a massage corner, a selection of Davidoff Cigars, a premium stocked bar and beachside games and prizes. When it’s time to hit the nightlife scene, Hyde Bellagio is the answer for an unforgettable night. From high-end bottle service to a $250,000 package that allows you to control the Fountains of Bellagio, there is no shortage of opportunities to be a VIP.

Live Lavishly! ($10,000 budget during a 5-night stay)
Not ready to blow the bank, but still want to live like a king (or queen) in Las Vegas? Check out the below combination for a Vegas vacation to be remembered!

MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

· Stay: Live like a star at MGM Grand, Las Vegas’ iconic entertainment destination. Request one of the newly remodeled suites such as the Skyline Marquee Suite with sweeping 180˚ views of the famous Las Vegas Strip; rates begin at $389 per night. For those preferring a boutique hotel experience, enjoy the exclusive HOTEL32 on the top floor of Monte Carlo, complete with butler and concierge services starting at $400 per night.

· Dine: Let experts guide your dining experience by opting for pre-planned menus; Bellagio’s Le Cirque offers a six-course Degustation Menu and Honey Glazed Barbary Duck Magret for $135 per person. Additional options include a Cigar and Cognac Pairing at Andre’s inside Monte Carlo; a brunch overlooking the majestic Fountains of Bellagio at Jasmine; or a perfectly seared steak at STRIPSTEAK by Michael Mina at Mandalay Bay.

· Relax: Ease into total relaxation with a Watsu Massage at Spa Bellagio, an aquatic session combining Zen Shiatsu and stretching techniques while gently floating in a private pool; $285 for 70 minutes. Later, soak in the sun from a cabana at the serene, adults-only Cypress Pool at Bellagio or give the party scene a go at WET REPUBLIC at MGM Grand; pricing for both begins at $300. Top off the evening with sunset cocktails and the best view of The Strip at miX Lounge at THEhotel at Mandalay Bay.

· Shop: What’s a vacation without a little – or a LOT – of shopping? A favorite fashion spot is Via Bellagio, where Fred Leighton, Bottega Veneta and Hermès showcase their fabulous designs. Purchase a signature Hermès vintage style scarf for just $325.

· Be Entertained: Bask in VIP treatment at Bellagio with “O” by Cirque du Soleil’s dinner and show package, which includes a three-course dinner at Japanese restaurant Yellowtail, preferred seating at the magnificent show and VIP admission to The Bank nightclub for $213 per person. Dream of being up close and personal with the wonders of the sea? Now’s the time to experience Trainer For A Day at The Mirage’s Dolphin Habitat for $550 per person or to Dive With The Sharks at Mandalay Bay’s Shark Reef Aquarium; $1,000 for two guests.

A Vegas Escape! ($1,000 budget during a 3-night stay)
Vegas vacations conjure up images of lavish parties, high fashions and decadent meals, but what most people don’t know is that travelers can enjoy all this even on a budget. Below are the best kept secrets on how to vacation like a high roller without spending like one.

· Stay: Check out the newly remodeled rooms at Bellagio where room rates begin at just $159 per night. Other choices to rest weary eyes include Monte Carlo and The Mirage where rates start at $56 and $79 per night.

· Dine: Whet your appetite with affordable meals at The Pub at Monte Carlo where entrees are $30 or less and range from Shepherd’s Pie to Filet Mignon. Its selection of more than 300 beers is also a favorite among customers. For a more upscale atmosphere, venture to Nobhill Tavern for modern American tavern fare such as delectable New England Lobster Rolls, or L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon for French masterpieces including La Caille au Foie Gras; both located at MGM Grand and averaging $100-2000 for two guests.

· Relax: For $85, indulge in vacation pampering with a 25-minute Freshen Up Facial at The Mirage to awaken and hydrate skin and work out those nagging knots with a post-treatment trip to the steam room, sauna or whirlpools. After the spa, awaken the body and mind with Yoga Among the Dolphins where participants enjoy meditative yoga among these gentle sea animals; $100 for two guests.

· Shop: After a night on the town, you can get a lot with a budget of $200 at Mandalay Place with shops including the only Nike Golf store in the U.S and Guinness to pick up everything a beer aficionado would want. Looking for souvenirs? Go for an edible one at Sugar Factory at MGM Grand where the best Vegas sweets for your sweet are waiting!

· Be Entertained: Make time to visit the Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, The Mirage Volcano and the Fine Art Collection at CityCenter – especially since all of these attractions are FREE! When you’re ready for more, take advantage of an outdoor concert at Mandalay Bay Beach for $53 per ticket; hilarious comedy acts at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club starting at $46 per ticket; or revel in the wondrous world of animals at Siegfried and Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat for $19.95 per adult.

If you are ready to book your Las Vegas vacation getaway, please contact us to get the best rates and packages available:

For many people when they think about Las Vegas the first thing that comes to mind is the casinos. Say the Las Vegas Strip and the vivid image of bright lights and gaming tables gets even stronger for most people.

On the world famous Las Vegas Strip, you will find so many of the things which have come to represent Las Vegas, the hotels, the casinos and the resorts.

If you have come to play poker then this is the place to be and if you have come to stay in some of the largest hotels in the world then you’ll find them here.

In fact there’s an amazing fact about the luxury hotel in Las Vegas. 19 out the world’s 25 largest hotels can be found on the strip!

That’s a total of over 67,000 rooms, so there’s plenty of room for everyone, regardless of what style or theme you enjoy.

The first casino in Las Vegas was built on Highway 91 in 1931, however the first on the strip itself was the El Rancho Vegas which had 63 rooms and opened in 1941.

The El Rancho Vegas hotel was around for nearly 20 years until it was destroyed in a fire. The hotel’s legacy has lived on and helped spawn all the hotels there are today.

People could see the monetary benefits of opening a casino on the strip. Perhaps most notably Bugsy Siegel, who you may have heard of in reference to being an organized crime figure, became interested and opened a couple of resorts there.

After that, the Las Vegas casinos just kept on coming as did the world-class hotels and resorts.

Today Las Vegas has the highest concentration of casinos in the U.S. And with these casinos, come the many visitors who want to experience the excitement of Las Vegas, including the bright lights, entertainment and all the fun times to be by all.

Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel Resort & Casino

The popular Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel Resort and Casino has completed an incredible $180 million transformation during the first phase of the iconic Vegas resort’s overhaul with South Beach-inspired changes.

Hotel guests will now experience a redesigned façade, all-new hotel rooms and luxurious Las Vegas suites for reservation, new restaurants and retail, a new spa and upgraded fitness center, and the upcoming launch of the world’s largest Nikki Beach, the internationally renowned beach club and nightclub brand.

You’ll think you were in Florida and transported into Miami’s famed South Beach neighborhood.

Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel Resort and Casino gamblers will enjoy the Trop Plus Players Club and new live and mobile racing/sports wagering technology.

The luxury Vegas hotel is also introducing exciting new entertainment including the Las Vegas Mob Experience.

Best in Class for Las Vegas Hotel Rooms & Suites
The all-new, best in class rooms and suites are complete, infused with warm tones that evoke the casual elegance of a breezy beach getaway, with bright natural light and organic materials. Every detail for these new amenities was taken into consideration throughout the design. Each deluxe hotel room is appointed with custom-designed furnishings, plantation shutters, a sleek chaise, ultra-plush Euro Top Serta Perfect Sleeper mattress and original artwork from acclaimed Latin artists. Each room also includes an iHome clock radio with a universal docking station, wireless internet, and a 42” high-definition television for the ultimate in in-room entertainment.

Tropicana Las Vegas Restaurants & Retail
Already open is the new Café Nikki, part of the forthcoming Nikki Beach, which is set in a lush garden overlooking waterfalls with a sprawling outdoor deck. A European-style café, it offers 24/7 dining in the trademark Nikki Beach atmosphere, with a menu offering an exquisite blend of American cuisine and flavors inspired by international dishes. Café Nikki features the Amazing Buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as the famous Sunday Amazing Brunch. Café Nikki Happy Hour at the Tropicana Hotel & Resort offers an ambiance that’s unique to the Las Vegas Strip, with open patio seating, live music/DJ, $5 specialty drinks, specialty ceviche and sushi bar every Monday-Friday from 4-7 p.m.

Biscayne Steak, Sea & Wine, which opened last August, offers sizzling prime cuts and Safe Harbor-certified fresh seafood in a South Beach-infused atmosphere of casual elegance. Complementing the menu is a 200-bottle wine list that features wines from around the world, including rare vintages, and specialty drinks with a twist of Latin flavor, as well as Tropicana Las Vegas’ signature Leblon classic caipirinhas and Ambhar key lime margaritas. Biscayne offers regular specials, currently a Four-Course Tasting Menu & Wine Pairing for $39.99 per person with your Trop Plus Players Club Membership.

Coming soon is South Beach Marketplace, which will provide an array of casual food and drink shops, including Starbucks and Pellegrino Pizza, as well as Asian noodles and self-serve frozen yogurt/gelato. These and other shops in development will all be open late (Starbucks will be 24 hours), with common seating that can accommodate up to 90 people. South Beach Marketplace will be located right off the casino floor, adjacent to the entrance to the Tropicana hotel pool and Café Nikki.

Tropicana Las Vegas Spa & Fitness Center
While significantly upgrading its fitness center, Tropicana is developing a new spa, located by the conference center with huge windows that overlook the beautiful pool area. Set to opens this summer, the spacious spa (appx. 9500 sq. ft.) features a beauty salon, retail, relaxation lounge, spacious locker rooms, steam shower and treatment rooms.

Trop Plus Players Club
The new Trop Plus Players Club features an array of valuable player benefits and discounts, including cash back, free hotel room upgrades, invitations to special events, complimentary hotel stays and much more. New members of the Trop Plus Players Club can also take advantage of the innovative Even the Odds promotion, which reimburses players up to $200 of their losses on casino slots with the equivalent in free play, half of which is available immediately and the other half after one month.

New Race and Sports Book in Las Vegas
The Tropicana casino has introduced a revolutionary, high-tech era in sports trading, featuring Cantor Gaming’s state-of-the-art mobile gaming technology. The new Race and Sports Book features in-running wagering, which enables casino patrons to bet on a variety of outcomes to live sporting events throughout the event, and from remote locations within the resort.

Entertainment in Las Vegas
Along with Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club, which showcases stand-up comedians seven nights a week, along with appearances by the former “Everybody Loves Raymond” co-star himself, a brand-new piece of interactive entertainment opening in March: The Las Vegas Mob Experience. Anchored by the largest collection of authentic memorabilia, photos and videos of organized crime ever assembled, The Las Vegas Mob Experience uses the latest in technology to immerse guests in a presentation of the rise and fall of organized crime. Through first-person accountings, offered by apparitions of famed gangsters themselves, visitors are able to experience the world of organized crime and learn about the role its major players had on the building of Las Vegas , and their ultimate eradication from the casino world.

To make Tropicana Las Vegas hotel reservations or read additional information, please call 800-462-8767 or visit the website www.troplv.com.

M Life Players Club – MGM Resorts International

Today’s modern traveler seeks one-of-a-kind adventures, insider privileges and bragging rights for enjoying exclusive offerings that money can’t buy.

These amenities can more often than not, be found in Las Vegas and L.A.  MGM Resorts International’s M life Players Club has teamed up with sbe, an industry-leading hospitality, real estate development and lifestyle company.

The exciting new joint venture now extends a global rewards platform to millions of guests, members and employees across each company’s respective properties.

Additional info on the new M life partnership includes:

• M life allows guests to earn privileges at 15 MGM Resorts in the U.S. including three non-gaming properties and enjoy exclusive access to the industry’s most spectacular gaming and hospitality resorts
• M life introduces Tier Levelsto MGM Resorts: Sapphire, Pearl, Gold and Platinum
• Tier Benefits provide guests special hotel offers, pre-sale access to entertainment tickets, priority reservations, upgrades, VIP services and more, based on the customer’s Tier Level
• Through the partnership, sbe’s Preferred Partners, Founders and VIPs as well as MGM Resorts’ M life members now have exclusive access, benefits and privileges that span each company’s portfolio of award-winning resort, hotel, casino, restaurant, spa and nightlife brands.
• The partnership marks the first time that two of the biggest brands in hospitality and entertainment have joined forces to connect two significant markets in Los Angeles and Las Vegas that share a celebrated history.

MGM Resorts plans to expand M life to include rewards for non-gaming activity by the end of Summer 2011.

It’s no secret that Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest sports gambling day of the year. The various sports books in the state of Nevada expect to take in over $90 million in bets! This estimate is slightly down from last years amount of $92 million.

Anybody who visits bustling Las Vegas knows it’s a whirlwind of sensory on steroids overload. You experience smoke-filled rooms and larger-than-life televisions in sparkling high-definition.

As the big game nears, betters wait in anticipation of Sin City’s biggest sports gambling day of the year. While the rest of the nation recently wrapped up its holiday season, Las Vegas sports books are readying themselves for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve all wrapped in one glorious afternoon of hedonism – Super Bowl Sunday.

All that matters is what happens on the field, not what bets are made in Las Vegas. The Pittsburgh Steelers are one touchdown favorites in most betting books, over the surprising Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. A missed call by the refs or a muffed play by some rookie back-up can mean a swing of millions of dollars either won and lost.

Yes, economic hard times have even affected the usually nonplussed gamblers among us.

The allure of Super Bowl Sunday is not easy to miss. Given the pairing of our national obsession with the NFL and gambling, it makes sense that the two paradymes join forces so nicely on Super Sunday, considered by many a national holiday.

Regardless of how you feel about football or betting in general, this is really big business, and not for the faint of heart.

In Las Vegas, even though the game is often played on the other side of the continent, the Super Bowl draws visitors at a rate comparable to any national event such as New Year’s Eve, the Chinese holidays and college basketball’s March Madness.

What many don’t realize is that the bets are not only made on the final winning team or score but hundreds of variations and even events that don’t transpire between the two football teams.

For example, sports books take bets on which team will win the coin flip, how long it will take Jennifer Hudson to sing the national anthem (with the over-under opening at 1 minute, 55 seconds), which song Bruce Springsteen will begin the halftime show with, and how many different food types broadcaster John Madden will mention during the telecast.

Susan S. Kurth of Dallas won a $6,714,119 Wheel of Fortune quarter MegaJackpot at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe on Friday.

The 60-year-old homemaker was visiting Lake Tahoe with her husband.

“It’s almost as if I felt the Wheel of Fortune machine wink at me,” she said. “I heard one click, then another, and then I heard music. I realized I had hit the progressive jackpot and all I could think of was finding my husband to share the exciting moment.”

The win will enable the couple to fulfill a lifelong dream, Kurth said.

“My husband is planning to retire soon, and it’s been our dream to build a retirement home in Colorado,” Kurth said. “He’s been telling me that my dream home would cost millions. Winning this jackpot will make our dreams come true.”