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The Venetian Las Vegas
January 8, 2014 7:40 PM    
The Venetian and The
Palazzo Recognize Out-
standing Vendors During
Inaugural Sands Supplier
Excellence Awards
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - Jan 8, 2014) - The Venetian
Las Vegas and The Palazzo Las Vegas, both owned and operat-
ed by Las Vegas Sands Corp, held the first-ever Sands Supplier
Excellence Awards to recognize the high level of cooperation
and services of its suppliers and vendors. The awards were dis-
tributed during a recent Sands Supplier Appreciation Dinner.
"What a great opportunity to thank our suppliers for their efforts in
helping us run the world's largest resort hotel," said John Ca-
parella, president and chief operating officer of The Venetian, The
Palazzo and Sands Expo. "Running an operation of the scale and
size of our integrated resorts takes a remarkable amount of man-
power and coordination, both internally and externally. Our suc-
cess and the success of our suppliers have gone hand-in-hand,
and our partnership and cooperation have created mutually bene-
ficial results."
Appreciation for supplier partnerships was expressed with awards
given in seven categories:
• Corporate Culture and Sustainability
• Cost Management
• Service Excellence,
• Project Management
• Total Quality Management
• Innovation
• Small Business Enterprise/ Minority Business Enterprise.
From among thousands of service providers and suppliers, nomi-
nations were collected from the company's business units and
team members, representing businesses such as construction
and development; furniture and equipment; facilities and services;
food and beverage; marketing and print, operating supplies, infor-
mation technology, surveillance, gaming, and retail.
The award categories and winners are:
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Corporate
Culture and
Sustainability
GE Lighting
• GE Lighting first partnered with Las Vegas Sands Corp in
2010 to enhance the Sands ECO360 global sustainability
strategies through energy efficient lighting technologies.
• GE Lighting energy-efficient solutions replaced traditional
halogen bulbs with BR30 LED lamps in meeting spaces.
• GE's LED lamps and CFL bulbs were installed in more than
7,000 guest suites.
• They also custom designed a LED candelabra bulb for
LVS, which produces a lower color temperature with higher
lumens to meet the resorts' needs in public spaces like ball-
rooms and corridors.
• The programs substantially reduce energy costs and sup-
port commitments to environmental responsibility.
Cost Manage-
ment
Trident Construction Corporation
• Trident Construction is a valued partner that effectively
manages costs, provides competitive bids and sustainable
long term pricing.
• Trident Construction has been working on The Venetian
and The Palazzo campus since 2011.
• They have completed many projects all while keeping a
clean and safe working environment, meeting aggressive
deadlines and delivering a quality product.
Service Excel-
lence
Fun City Foods, Inc.
• Fun City Foods has provided food and beverage items to
The Venetian since its opening in 1999.
• They are a small, local business that focuses on priority
customer service, superior account management, quality
products and reliable delivery.
•Since 1987, Fun City Foods has specialized in concession
supplies and snack foods. They go to great lengths to
sources unique items which support our unmatched guest
services standards.
Project Man-
agement
AT&T
• Delivers complex projects timely, at cost and with solid
quality.
• Las Vegas Sands has been working with AT&T since 2005
for wireless infrastructure services.
• AT&T's strong in-house project management team contin-
ues to expand its Distributed Antenna System infrastructure.
DAS helps boost mobile broadband coverage, improve relia-
bility in heavily trafficked areas and enhance network capaci-
ty, alleviating pressure on wireless networks.
Total Quality
Management
Jacquards Fabric Company
• Jacquard has provided and continues to provide Las Vegas
Sands Corp with consistent quality products that conform to
our Quality Guidelines.
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• Jacquard meets every deadline with quick turnaround and
goes beyond expectations with every request, from samples
to full production
Innovation
International Game Technology
• IGT provides new and exciting services and products,
aligns with the Sands Corp future strategies and offers crea-
tive partnership opportunities.
• IGT has a strong in-house product development team that
creates innovative games and systems for strong casino per-
formance.
• They partner with the Sands Corp to implement products to
enhance our guest experiences.
Small Medium
Enterprise
Universal Color Graphics, Inc
• Local, female-owned company that provides top quality
printed materials. Las Vegas Sands has been working with
this supplier for countless years for much of their expedited
print needs.
• Universal Color Graphics offers various print-related ser-
vices including sheet-fed printing, on-demand digital printing
with variable data, letterpress services and much more all
with competitive costs, quick delivery and excellent customer
service.
The Sands Supplier Excellence Awards are a global initiative
spearheaded by The Venetian and The Palazzo parent company
Las Vegas Sands Corp.
About The Venetian® and The Palazzo® Las Vegas
The LEED EB Gold®-certified Venetian Las Vegas, the largest
property in the country to receive AAA's Five Diamond and the
coveted Forbes Travel Guide Four Star awards, is one of the
world's most luxurious resort and convention destinations. Recre-
ating Venice's legendary landmarks, the resort offers unmatched
service and quality for leisure and corporate guests. With suites
ranging from a standard 650-square-foot Luxury Suite to the luxu-
rious 10,000-square-foot Chairman Suite, the all-suite resort
boasts more than 4,000 of Las Vegas' most lavish suite accom-
modations.
The Silver LEED®-certified Palazzo Las Vegas literally takes lux-
ury to new heights. Ranked as one of the top 25 hotels in the
U.S. and Canada in Travel + Leisure "World's Best Awards," the
AAA Five Diamond and Forbes Travel Guide Four Star-Award
winning resort is highlighted by a flagship 85,000-square-foot
Barneys New York. The all-suite resort offers plush and opulent
suite accommodations ranging from a Luxury Suite at an unprec-
edented 720 square feet to the 8,000-square-foot Chairman suite
with private terraces and plunge pools. The Palazzo also offers a
variety of cuisines from a collection of award-winning chefs such
as Buddy V's by "The Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro, Carnevino by
Mario Batali, CUT by Wolfgang Puck and Table 10 by Emeril
Lagasse.
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Grand Canal Shoppes® at The Venetian and The Palazzo fea-
ture more than 60 luxury boutiques, including 20 remarkable
stores and couture brands making their Las Vegas debuts at The
Palazzo including Chloé, Tory Burch, Christian Louboutin, and Di-
ane von Furstenberg.
Located in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, The Venetian fea-
tures an indoor streetscape complete with gondolas and singing
gondoliers, the Canyon Ranch SpaClub®, world-class gaming,
exquisite restaurants, a wide variety of entertainment such as
"Soul2Soul with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill;" the party musical
"ROCK OF AGES;" "PANDA!," an unprecedented theatrical spec-
tacle; showroom headliners including Human Nature, David
Spade, Rita Rudner, Tim Allen and Joan Rivers and extensive
convention and corporate services.
Other unique offerings include the chic dining and nightlife
hotspots, TAO and LAVO; the world's largest Canyon Ranch
SpaClub; the ultimate sports bar, sports book and restaurant on
the Strip, Lagasse's Stadium; and Prestige at The Palazzo - an
exclusive space designed to offer the sophisticated traveler an el-
evated level of services and amenities.
Guests can earn points while they eat, sleep, shop and play with
Grazie, the premier loyalty program. The Palazzo and The Vene-
tian Las Vegas are the first ever Alliance Resorts in the InterCon-
tinental Hotel Group global portfolio.
For additional information, visit venetian.com or palazzolasve-
gas.com, follow on Twitter @venetianvegas @palazzovegas and
interact on Facebook.
The names and brands mentioned above are trademarks and/or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
CONTACT:
Keith Salwoski
The Venetian | The Palazzo
keith.salwoski@venetian.com
702.607.4643
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