Thursday, September 29, 2011

Las Vegas Day 1

Time to once again make the trip to SMB Nation in Las Vegas. This mean taking the Qantas A380 to Los Angeles and then onto Las Vegas.

Luckily, I was able to upgrade to business class using my frequent flyer point and boy can I tell you was it worth it. Business class on an A380 is amazing. If you sit an a seat your legs can’t even touch the seat in front! Even when full stretched out! This is because the seats recline flat so you can lie down. There is just so much space!

Unfortunately, having seats that do recline to totally flat didn’t help completely overcome jetlag but travelling business class is certainly the way to go.

Arrived in Las Vegas without incident, bags came off quickly and was then on my way to my accommodation at the Rio Hotel and Casino.

 

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Gotta say that I am pretty impressed with the room. Well, it isn’t really a room, more of a suite as you can see from the photos, with a lounge, desk etc.

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The view out the window ain’t too bad either.

 

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Here it is at night.

The Rio is about a 5 minute drive from the strip so it is a little isolated but none the less has all the amenities. I counted at least 3 Starbucks so we are covered there.

Had dinner with a contact and then headed back to the suite to catch up on some sleep. Depending on how I recover tomorrow I’ll try and catch a few pre-sessions. After that there is a party at one of the in house establishments.

That’s tomorrow planned and the conference starts the day after.