Caesars to start booking new Octavius hotel tower

LAS VEGAS?? The Caesars Palace resort on the Las Vegas Strip is about to start taking reservations for stays just after the New Year in the hotel's nearly $1 billion Octavius Tower expansion.

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Caesars Entertainment Corp. officials said Wednesday that visitors can book the 662 new rooms starting Thursday for stays beginning Jan. 2.

The tower is the sixth in the Caesars Palace complex. It features 60 suites, six luxury villas and direct access to the Garden of the Gods pool.

Opening the Octavius Tower will mark the completion of an $860 million hotel expansion. Construction began in 2008.

Rooms feature 42-inch flat panel TVs and bedside iPod docking stations.

The company is also announcing an iPhone application that gives guests direct access to room service, housekeeping and the front desk.

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Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44524670/ns/travel-destination_travel/

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