Introduction
Ibiza Gran Hotel is the only five-star luxury hotel on the Island. It is situated opposite the Marina de Ibiza and down the road from the Marina Botafoch, which is handy for visitors arriving by boat. It’s only a mere 10 minutes’ walk from the old town of Talamanca beach and top nightspots.
The owners of this spectacular hotel are the Santandreu Hotelier family from Mallorca. They refer to their masterpiece as the “Art Hotel”, and it’s rather apt as it has artwork by Fernando Botero and Antoni Llena. The Casino de Ibiza is in the same complex.
Services and Facilities at Ibiza Gran Hotel
Service is paramount at this five-star luxury hotel, and the staff are highly trained and attentive. There are 157 suites all with original artwork all facing either the pool or harbour. On-site activities include:
– Casino
– Health Club
– Health Spa
– Hot Tub
Ibiza Gran Hotel Casino
Ibiza Gran Hotel Casino is located in the heart of the Golden Mile and combines art, gambling and exclusivity and its open all year long. The casino has gambling halls, a Poker Room, slot machines and a private room.
The Gambling Halls offer American Roulette, Blackjack, Poker and Poker Texas Hold ’em no limit cash game and are open on Tuesdays through Saturday between the hours of 9 pm -1 am. Their slot room has over 100 state of the art games and a VIP slot area for high rollers and access is available from 6 pm -1 am.
The new Casino de Ibiza has a menu designed to accompany gaming excitement in all of the casino’s zones to keep their gamblers happy. There are three bars in the Casino Lounge for casual players where one can relax after spinning reels or flipping some cards.
Introduction
The Bellagio Casino Resort is a triple-A Five Diamond Resort situated on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. This Casino and Resort is owned by the Blackstone Group and operated by MGM Resorts International. It was built on the Dunes hotel’s demolished site, and this casino resort is famed for its elegance.
One of its main features is the resorts 8 Acre Lake that houses the famous Fountains of Bellagio, a large dancing water fountain synchronised to music. Inside the Bellagio, the lobby ceiling is covered in over 2000 hand-blown glass flowers adding to its charisma and charm.
Gaming at the Bellagio
The Bellagio’s Poker Room is famous amongst professional poker players, and often referred to as “their office “. It is so popular due to high table limits and the high stakes Big Game located in “Bobby’s Room” (renamed in 2020 to the Legends Room) named after Bobby Baldwin a professional poker player and a casino executive. The Big Game’s stakes range between $4000-$8000 and frequented by famous poker players like Jennifer Harman and Doyle Bronson. Some of the pots played at the Bellagio Poker room exceed $1 million at times.
The World Poker Tour (WPT) made its debut at the Bellagio starting with the Five Diamond World Poker Classic, and the Bellagio Cup was added to the World Poker Tour schedule. Winners that have been crowned at the Bellagio during the World Poker tour include Mike Watson, Gus Hansen, Alan Goehring, Scott Seiver and many more.
Wrapping it Up
The Bellagio has won the AAA Diamond Award 15 years in a row making it the first strip hotel to receive this award more than ten times. It is also recognised in the Conde Nast Traveller as one of the Top Hotels globally.
Introduction
Marina Bay Sands is Asia’s most spectacular entertainment destination consisting of three towers, each with 55 storeys of hotel rooms. On its opening in 2010, it was billed as the world’s most expensive casino property. It is located in the heart of Singapore’s CBD and has over 2500 hotel rooms, casinos, restaurants, meeting and exhibition centres, theatres and a luxurious shopping experience. It also has the world’s largest rooftop Infinity pool, award-winning dining and boasts one of the world’s largest Swarovski crystal chandeliers.
Marina Bay Sands Attractions
The Casino at Marina Bay has 15000 square metres of gaming space spread across four levels and is home to over 600 table games and 1600+ slots, making it one of the largest casinos globally.
This magnificent splendour also has Skypark with a capacity of 3902 people and the magnificent 150 ft infinity swimming pool set on top of the world’s largest public cantilevered platform. The theatre hosted the Riverdance performance, The Lion King, and Cirque Eloize. An indoor skate rink that uses artificial ice and Marina Bay Sands has seven celebrity chef restaurants Justin Quek, Gordon Ramsay, Wolfgang Puck and Tetsuya Wakuda.
The crystal pavilions are anchored by an Apple Store and the world’s largest Louis Vuitton boutique both located on the floating island connected to the retail division via an underwater tunnel.
Popularity
The Towers of the Marina Bay Sands have appeared on numerous episodes of the Amazing Race including the Asian, Australian, American and Israeli seasons, all of which featured a tightrope walk between the two towers. The Towers have also featured in the 2015 version of the video game Call of Duty Black Ops 3, the trailer of Independence Day and Resurgence. Those who have watched the blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians will recall seeing it in a few scenes. Marina Bay Sands Singapore is a man-made wonder with every conceivable luxury available.
Introduction
The Grosvenor Victoria Casino is affectionately known as The Vic by all its regulars. It’s a London based casino that never sleeps, as its open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It’s a blend of modern and classic gaming and has been that way since it was established in the mid-1960s during which it was “the” casino.
The Grosvenor Victoria was originally the Victoria Sporting Club where bookies met to set prices for horse races.
Gaming
There are all the favourite tables like Roulette, Blackjack, and Poker variations at this sophisticated casino. The Poker Room has 35 tables that also host the UK Poker Tours Grand Final Tournament (GUKPT) one of Europe’s largest Poker Tournaments. The Grosvenor Victoria Casino has a wide array of electronic slots that include 20 jackpot slots and the fun does not stop there. Sports enthusiasts can also catch all the major sporting events on HD Screens’ casinos. The Grosvenor also offers a fully-fledged online casino option.
Attractions at the Grosvenor
Unlike the glitzy Vegas Casinos, the Grosvenor Victoria does not offer any real attractions and entertainment except for fine dining, gambling and drinking. However, it is one of the few upscale casinos in London that offer players the complete casino experience.
Membership is free and only takes a minute to register and while you are at it join the Play Points Loyalty programme and earn points by playing drinking or eating at The Grosvenor. The Grosvenor casino loyalty card can also be used at all 53 casinos across the UK. Members have the same access to exclusive promotions across all Grosvenor casinos.
The Grosvenor Casinos Group was formerly known as Grosvenor Clubs. Asides from their casinos in the UK, they also have two unbranded casinos in Belgium.