Casino.org<\/em> that his major issue with resort fees is that some places will still make their guests pay them even if their rooms have been comped.<\/p>\nThe fact that Vegas isn\u2019t necessarily taking care of its long-time and high-end customers doesn\u2019t speak well for the market, and Stratten gave personal proof of that.<\/p>\n
During his G2E keynote address, Stratten showed some of the player cards he\u2019s received through his stays at various casinos. He\u2019s worked his way up to earn top-tier status at several casinos, yet he said it wasn\u2019t until he made after 92 trips over a 13-year period that he felt one, the Cosmopolitan, truly took care of him.<\/p>\n
Resort fees are also coming at an inopportune time for Las Vegas, a time when people have more entertainment destinations from which to choose. While Vegas once dominated the bachelorette party market, Stratten said it\u2019s now fallen behind Nashville as the location of choice for gal-pal getaways.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have all this increased competition, maybe less visitation, and now we\u2019re going to throw something on top of it that causes a nuisance,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the worst time possible for resort fees right now. The worst time, but they look great on a balance sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAS VEGAS \u2013 Scott Stratten made his 100th trip to Sin City this week for the Global Gaming Expo (G2E), and he decided to use the occasion to share how he feels about the gaming industry \u2013 especially the Vegas casinos. In short, Stratten, a noted business author and president of the Unmarketing Inc. consulting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":117490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Scott Stratten of Unmarketing Unloads on Vegas for Resort Fees at G2E<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n