Imperial Palace switching to Harrah's Room Rate system

[Steve]

Well it looks like the end is near for those low IP room rates. Within a few weeks, the IP will be switching over to Harrah's room rates and room comping policies.

This means if you don't play you will not be getting the mailers and less can be expected when you check out.

There still may be discounted rates Sunday-Thursday but look for room rates to at least double for a Friday and Saturday night.

This also effects what your host can do for you as they now will have to follow Harrah's guidelines which is based entirely on your play.

As always, I will keep you informed on any further developements.

Steve

[ltslovak]

Steve- I am sorry to hear that.
I say to all of us who read this board, be patient and be proactive. There are a lot of postings with similar complaints from the members about rising room rates , reduced comps, tighter slots, strip casinos only wanting to cater to larger dollar customers...etc, etc.Well, in the words of Cousin Eddie in Vegas Vacation "It's folks like you that come here and lose the family nest egg that built this town, Clark"
As I said in a previous post .....top casino execs are as out of touch as any top execs but they will change their strategy if this starts to effect their bottom line. ....and it has. Several casino corps were off percentage wise for the 2nd quarter and for the months of June and July. They are blaming it on gas prices for right now.
What can we all do about it??? Don't support the changes. Come to Vegas and stay of those slightly off strip places like the Orleans and others that are not owned by the mega corps and give you great value. If the casino you like has changed your comps drastically....don't play there anymore. There are plenty of good places to stay and play without supporting those operators that are starting to pi@# you off!! I know that some of you have said you will reduce your number of trips or stop going...that helps too...but what helps the most is for the mega corps to see increasing numbers from their competitors while their numbers are declining.
I have observed big business in LV for many years and anyone else who has will back me up on this. As soon as a company sees that it's strategy has reduced earnings for more than a couple of quarters they will reduce room rates, start blasting out the offers and comps, and usually fire a few top people and reorganize their plan. So like I said....be patient and yes, you can make this change happen!!!

[Souette]

Steve,
For those of us who attended the members meet in July, Bob Cohen kind of implied that everything you just posted was on the horizon. He couldn't emphasize enough to "..use your players card EVERYTIME you play."
He even stated that he would continue to try and meet the needs and requests of those who requested his services but it was becoming stricter since perks/comps/requests would be monitored by play as noted by the players card.
I kind of felt bad for him as everything I have heard about him has been kind and respectful. Seems like he's being swallowed up by the big corporate monster.
Good luck to him and the staff at the Imperial Palace.

[GREGRIO]

I really feel sorry for all the IP employees. Watching the change
in attitude McHarrahs forces on their staff is very hard to take.
My friends at RIO have no choice but to follow Harrahs policy or
else be removed....same thing will happen almost immediately to
the IP. Your friends will stay your friends, but the 'hosts' are limited
to almost only Diamond level players and up...the generous comps
dissapear for the average player, and you're forced to addhear to
generating ex amount of points to maintain your 'amount of play' and
Total Rewards Players Card level....and that's real hard to do with the
poor gaming choices that McHarrahs provides....video poker players
at the lower denominations suffer the most.

[jolo777]

Does anyone know if the IP is usuing the total rewards card now instead of the IP players card? If and when they do, will they be transferring our IP points to the TR card? I just got my Caesars points striaghtend out and I guess will have to go through that all again to keep any status I may have accumulated at IP.

[Steve]

Does anyone know if the IP is usuing the total rewards card now instead of the IP players card? If and when they do, will they be transferring our IP points to the TR card? I just got my Caesars points striaghtend out and I guess will have to go through that all again to keep any status I may have accumulated at IP.

As of now, it is still the IP points that are being used for comps. I'll see if I can find out how long this is going to stay this way.

Steve

[jolo777]

Thanks Steve, I will check back. We are going to Vegas Sept 25, & 26 to Caesars for a Poker tournament and then we were planning to go accross the street to IP for a couple of days and use a comp offer we have from them. This might work out good for us if they combine points, I might get enough to keep my platnum status that way.

[vegasmann]

i am sorry to hear that news
no we can scratch another middle class hotel off the Strip.
hopefully they will soon realize they need the Middle Class and correct their Errors.

[dog1dog2]

Steve- I am sorry to hear that.
I say to all of us who read this board, be patient and be proactive. There are a lot of postings with similar complaints from the members about rising room rates , reduced comps, tighter slots, strip casinos only wanting to cater to larger dollar customers...etc, etc.Well, in the words of Cousin Eddie in Vegas Vacation "It's folks like you that come here and lose the family nest egg that built this town, Clark"
As I said in a previous post .....top casino execs are as out of touch as any top execs but they will change their strategy if this starts to effect their bottom line. ....and it has. Several casino corps were off percentage wise for the 2nd quarter and for the months of June and July. They are blaming it on gas prices for right now.
What can we all do about it??? Don't support the changes. Come to Vegas and stay of those slightly off strip places like the Orleans and others that are not owned by the mega corps and give you great value. If the casino you like has changed your comps drastically....don't play there anymore. There are plenty of good places to stay and play without supporting those operators that are starting to pi@# you off!! I know that some of you have said you will reduce your number of trips or stop going...that helps too...but what helps the most is for the mega corps to see increasing numbers from their competitors while their numbers are declining.
I have observed big business in LV for many years and anyone else who has will back me up on this. As soon as a company sees that it's strategy has reduced earnings for more than a couple of quarters they will reduce room rates, start blasting out the offers and comps, and usually fire a few top people and reorganize their plan. So like I said....be patient and yes, you can make this change happen!!!

Your post is right on the money. Similar to what I have stated in other threads....make capitalism work for yourselves folks!

[Rene]

Steve - We are going to IP in Oct. Do you know what will happen to our comp IP dollars. We still had comps left over from our last trip. Bob C has already comped our room. Do you think that will remain? We can't wait to go. After Vegas we are off to Laughlin Harrahs for a few days too.