LAS VEGAS – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Casino Marketing: The 2005 Conference
gets under way Sunday at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. More
than 300 top marketing and gaming professionals representing more than 120
commercial, tribal, local and mega-casinos and gaming support companies are
expected at the three-day summit, July 17-19.
Among the highlights are two very special awards presentations.
-- Gaming marketing leaders from around the world will gather the morning
of July 19 to honor this year's recipient of The Casino Marketing
Lifetime Achievement Award, Jack Binion. Binion is a living legend in
the gaming industry, from the days of Binion's Horseshoe in Downtown
Las Vegas, to the building of the Horseshoe Gaming empire in riverboat
markets, to the purchase of Horseshoe by the savviest casino operator
around, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. He has been widely praised
throughout his career as the consummate casino operator whose
properties always have been market leaders wherever they have opened.
-- New this year is a long-overdue honor for the most significant
achievements in casino marketing and promotion in the gaming industry.
The inaugural Romero Awards: Recognizing Excellence In Casino Marketing
will be presented at a noon luncheon July 18. The award is named for
casino marketing pioneer and author John Romero, who served as one of
the judges for the competition. From 68 entries, the judges chose
Diamond, Gold, Silver and Honorable Mention winners in seven different
categories, in both small- and large-casino classifications.