{"id":77989,"date":"2018-05-19T10:30:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T17:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=77989"},"modified":"2018-05-18T07:35:02","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T14:35:02","slug":"non-gaming-mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-grabbed-up-by-hilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/non-gaming-mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-grabbed-up-by-hilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Gaming Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas Grabbed Up by Hilton, Hotel to Morph into Waldorf Astoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas — a\u00a0AAA Five Diamond Award and Forbes Triple Five-Star casino-less property — will become the Waldorf Astoria come August.<\/p>\n

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The Mandarin Oriental on the Las Vegas Strip is ranked among the best in the US. It was sold to Hilton in April for $214 million and will reopen as Las Vegas\u2019 first-ever Waldorf Astoria in late August. (Image: Mandarin Oriental)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Mandarin Oriental has for years vied with the chichi Four Seasons for the city\u2019s most luxurious non-gaming hotel. Now, it will be \u201creimagined and renovated\u201d in a $50 million makeover, according to a press release from Hilton, which owns the Waldorf brand.<\/p>\n

It will be the first kingpin property under the Hilton high-end umbrella in Las Vegas, as the brand continues its march westwards. Last year, Hilton opened its first in Beverly Hills, California. It’s also planning to unveil a hotel in San Francisco — to open within the next three years — one of 20 new Waldorf properties in the offing.<\/p>\n

Can It Stay on Top?<\/h2>\n

The Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas opened in 2009 in MGM\u2019s CityCenter complex, which also houses the Aria Resort and Casino and Crystals retail and entertainment<\/a> offerings.<\/p>\n

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CityCenter, a joint venture between MGM Resorts International and the UAE’s Dubai World investment company, announced in April that the 47-story property would be sold to a mystery buyer for $214 million. Mandarin Oriental operates the hotel on behalf of CityCenter and will hand over the reins to Hilton come August 30.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Martin Rinck, global head of Hilton\u2019s Luxury and Lifestyle Group, said Las Vegas was one of the \u201cmost exciting and luxurious cities in the world,\u201d full of people seeking the kind of \u201chighly covetable, unforgettable experiences\u201d that he believes the Waldorf Astoria brand provides.<\/p>\n

As one of only six hotels in the US to hold the AAA Five Diamond Award and Forbes Triple Five-Star designation (granted for top hotel, restaurant, and spa), the Mandarin Oriental’s transition will need to be flawless to continue to hold on to those coveted stamps.<\/p>\n

Central Park<\/h2>\n

The hotel is not the only property in the area in the midst of an expensive makeover. Last week, the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino reopened as Park MGM<\/a>, although its $550 million renovation is far from complete.<\/p>\n

By the time it fully opens, MGM will have \u201cliterally changed every square inch of the property, while keeping it open,\u201d CEO Jim Murren said of the ParkMGM transformation. \u201cWe completely underestimated the financial impact that that would cause,\u201d he admitted during a recent earnings call.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But its full unveiling — which will happen shortly after that of the Waldorf Astoria — will complete MGM\u2019s years-long neighborhood development of the central Strip, which began with CityCenter and now includes \u201cThe Park\u201d outdoor recreation space and the new Park Theater, which is presenting baby boomer perennial celebrity favorites like Cher, Ricky Martin, and Bruno Mars this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas — a\u00a0AAA Five Diamond Award and Forbes Triple Five-Star casino-less property — will become the Waldorf Astoria come August. The Mandarin Oriental has for years vied with the chichi Four Seasons for the city\u2019s most luxurious non-gaming hotel. Now, it will be \u201creimagined and renovated\u201d in a $50 million […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":78003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNon-Gaming Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas Grabbed Up by Hilton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas to reopen as Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas at the end of August as Hilton Hotels is revealed as the mystery buyer of the luxury non-gaming hotel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/non-gaming-mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-grabbed-up-by-hilton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Non-Gaming Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas Grabbed Up by Hilton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas to reopen as Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas at the end of August as Hilton Hotels is revealed as the mystery buyer of the luxury non-gaming hotel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/non-gaming-mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-grabbed-up-by-hilton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-19T17:30:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-05-18T14:35:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-suite-bathroom.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"425\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/non-gaming-mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-grabbed-up-by-hilton\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/non-gaming-mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-grabbed-up-by-hilton\/\",\"name\":\"Non-Gaming Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas Grabbed Up by Hilton\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/non-gaming-mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-grabbed-up-by-hilton\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/non-gaming-mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-grabbed-up-by-hilton\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-suite-bathroom.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-19T17:30:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-18T14:35:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas to reopen as Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas at the end of August as Hilton Hotels is revealed as the mystery buyer of the luxury non-gaming hotel\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/non-gaming-mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-grabbed-up-by-hilton\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/non-gaming-mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-grabbed-up-by-hilton\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/non-gaming-mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-grabbed-up-by-hilton\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-suite-bathroom.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mandarin-oriental-las-vegas-suite-bathroom.jpg\",\"width\":760,\"height\":425,\"caption\":\"The Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas is ranked among the best in the US. 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