The Venetian Macao Continues Tradeshow and Corporate Meeting Momentum

The Venetian Macao Continues Tradeshow and Corporate Meeting Momentum

May 02, 2007

Leading Worldwide Organizers Increasingly Select Venetian
Macao for Upcoming Events

    MACAO, May 2 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The Venetian Macao
Resort Hotel, a Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) property,
said today it continues to book Meeting, Incentive,
Convention and Exhibition (MICE) business at a strong pace
and has inked several prominent tradeshows over the past
few weeks. The mega resort, scheduled to open this summer,
now has commitments from more than 20 tradeshow organizers
to produce 44 events over the next two years.  The varied
tradeshows feature a cross-section of business sectors and
will generate a significant number of hotel room nights for
The Venetian Macao, including tens of thousands in just the
first few months after the opening of the property.

    "The momentum our MICE team has been experiencing
is incredible and the current demand is far beyond our
expectations.  Entire shows are relocating to Macao as they
clearly recognize the advantages of staging a show with
us," said William P. Weidner, president and chief
operating officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp.  "Bringing
an entirely new approach to the MICE industry in Asia has
definitely paid off as trade show organizers recognize our
team's experience and our one-of-a kind integrated resort
that will allow these shows to attract attendees."

    Recent shows booked by The Venetian Macao include; the
ISSA/InterClean show, which is relocating an event
previously held in Shanghai. This important show is a joint
venture between Amsterdam/Rai, one of Europe's leading
exhibition organizers, and the Washington D.C. based
International Sanitary Supply Association; The World
Tobacco Show, which is relocating an event previously held
in Bali, Indonesia.  This important show is produced by DMG
World Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail
& General Trust plc.; The International Association of
Amusement Parks and Attractions, a Washington D.C. based
Association, also recently chose Macao for the 2008 IAAPA
Asian Expo, an event being held this year in Bangkok. 

    Kenfair International (Holdings) Limited, one of Hong
Kong's leading exhibition organizers globally recognized
for producing events for the toy, gift, premium incentive
and electronics industries, has signed a long-term contract
with The Venetian Macao to produce two trade shows each
year.  The Venetian Macao will also host the Macao
International Pharmaceutical Expo, a trade show produced by
the China Center for Pharmaceutical International Exchange,
an exhibition company registered with the Central
Government, and affiliated with China's State Food and Drug
Administration, working in cooperation with Bestway
International Exhibition Company Macau. 

    Separately, The Venetian Macao has already signed
contracts for 20 corporate meetings to be held within the
first four months of opening.  Additional meetings have
also been scheduled for 2008. Among the distinguished
organizations selecting The Venetian Macao are McDonalds,
Deloitte, Uniflair, Johnson & Johnson, MassMutual Asia,
Shanghai Xing Tai Real Estate Development, Japan
Agricultural Association, Nissan Motors and Hagemeyer. 
Weidner said many of the region's most important corporate
meeting planners are on board to help book corporate
meetings at The Venetian Macao.  "In fact, Jalpak
International, Japan Travel and Destination Asia, all
important meeting organizers in the region, respectively
referred the Japan Agricultural Association, Nissan Motors
and Hagemeyer to our corporate booking team."

    "The wide variety of products and services
represented here is indicative that The Venetian Macao has
a unique appeal to both tradeshow organizers and meeting
planners and is well on its way to becoming their 
destination of choice," added Weidner.  "The
assortment of entertainment, shopping, dining and
recreation options, in concert with state-of-the art
exhibition and meetings facilities, is clearly positioning
The Venetian Macao as the pre-eminent meeting and
convention destination in Asia."

    Other significant trade shows previously announced by
The Venetian Macao include the Asian Automotive Aftermarket
Products Expo, CMP Asia Jewelry and Watch Show, the Global
Gaming Expo Asia, Motor World Macau, and the Hong Kong
Jewelry Manufacturers Exhibition.

    The Venetian Macao will be one of the largest hotels in
Asia and will be Macao's first true mega-resort.  It will
feature 3,000 all-suite rooms, 1.2 million-square feet of
meeting, convention and exhibition space, world-class
entertainment in a 15,000-seat arena, and an impressive
array of dining, shopping, and recreation options.

    The Venetian Macao, located in Macao, Special
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China,
will also serve as the anchor of the Cotai Strip, a master
planned development of resort and casino properties. The
Cotai Strip(TM) will feature hotels operated by some of the
most prestigious names in the hotel industry, including Four
Seasons, Sheraton, St. Regis, Shangri-La, Traders, Hilton,
Conrad, Fairmont, and Raffles. Las Vegas Sands Corp. will
own and construct each of the hotels as well as operate the
casinos and entertainment venues in each hotel.

    Statements in this press release, which are not
historical facts, are "forward looking"
statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor
Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve a number of
risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond the Company's
control, which may cause material differences in actual
results, performance or other expectations. These factors
include, but are not limited to general economic
conditions, competition, new ventures, government
regulation, legalization of gaming, interest rates, future
terrorist acts, insurance, and other factors detailed in
the reports filed by Las Vegas Sands Corp. with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

    ABOUT LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.

    Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is one of the leading
international developers of multi-use integrated resorts.
The Las Vegas, Nevada-based company owns and operates The
Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino and the Sands Expo and
Convention Center in Las Vegas and the Sands Macao in the
People's Republic of China (PRC) Special Administrative
Region of Macao. The company is currently constructing four
additional integrated resorts: The Venetian Macao
Resort-Hotel in Macao; The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino in
Las Vegas; Sands Bethworks(TM) in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania;
and The Marina Bay Sands(TM) in Singapore.

    LVS is also creating The Cotai Strip(TM), a
master-planned development of resort-casino properties in
Macao. Additionally, the company is working with the Zhuhai
Municipal People's Government of the PRC to master-plan the
development of a leisure resort and convention complex on
Hengqin Island in the PRC.


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