The former Las Vegas Hilton resort property can now be booked through Choice Hotels International, Incorporated as the result of a new strategic partnership between Westgate Resorts and Choice Hotels International, Incorporated. This means that you can now book a reservation at your choice of 21 additional hotel properties at the official Internet web site of Choice Hotels — including Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, which was once the iconic Las Vegas Hilton resort property.
Former Las Vegas Hilton Resort Can Now Be Booked Through Choice Hotels International
You can also redeem Choice Privileges points to book reservations at any of the 21 hotel and resort properties, which will join the upscale offerings of Choice Hotels — include the Radisson, Cambria, and Ascend Hotel Collection brands — to providing guests unique experiences with every stay.
“Westgate’s vacation resorts add to more than 1,000 luxury and upscale, full-service properties bookable through Choice”, according to this official press release from Choice Hotels International, Incorporated. “It also follows the launch of exciting new Choice Privileges features this month, including the tripling of the reward night booking window to 50 weeks and the introduction of Choice RewardSaver, a redemption tool that gives customers the opportunity to book hotel stays for as low as 6,000 points.”
The 21 Westgate Resorts hotel and resort properties that can now be booked through the official booking channels of Choice Hotels International, Incorporated include:
ARIZONA
FLORIDA
- Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa Orlando
- Westgate Palace Hotel /Universal /I-Drive Orlando
- Westgate Leisure Resort Orlando
- Westgate Blue Tree Resort Orlando
- Westgate Towers Resort Kissimmee
- Westgate Vacation Villas Resort Kissimmee
- Westgate Town Center Resort Kissimmee
- Westgate River Ranch Resort & Rodeo River Ranch
- Westgate Cocoa Beach Resort Cocoa Beach
MISSOURI
- Westgate Branson Woods Resort Branson
- Westgate Branson Lakes Resort Hollister
NEVADA
- Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino Las Vegas
- Westgate Flamingo Bay Resort Las Vegas
NEW YORK
- Westgate New York Grand Central New York
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Westgate Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Resort Myrtle Beach
TENNESSEE
- Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort & Water Park Gatlinburg
- River Terrace Resort & Convention Center Gatlinburg
- Wild Bear Inn Pigeon Forge
UTAH
- Westgate Park City Resort & Spa Park City
VIRGINIA
- Westgate Historic Williamsburg Resort Williamsburg
Choice Hotels International, Incorporated is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world with greater than 7,500 hotel and resort properties representing almost 635,000 rooms in 45 countries and territories with a diverse portfolio of 22 brands. The Choice Privileges membership program has greater than 68 million members.
History of the Former Las Vegas Hilton
Constructed on the grounds of a former racetrack known as Las Vegas Park, the International Hotel opened on Wednesday, July 2, 1969 as both the tallest building and largest hotel in the state of Nevada. The resort property was renamed as the Las Vegas Hilton approximately two years later and was under complete ownership by Hilton in 1972. After a number of expansions over the years, the Las Vegas Hilton became the largest hotel property in the world in 1981 with a total of 3,174 rooms.
After a number of changes in ownership over the years under the Hilton brand, the Las Vegas Hilton resort property became The Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 due to the expiration of a license agreement with Hilton Worldwide. The hotel property defaulted on a loan of $252 million in 2010 and attempted to restructure its debt with Goldman Sachs in 2011. The millions of dollars in debt, a failure to maintain the minimum standards as required by the Hilton brand, and an oversupply of hotel rooms in Las Vegas all contributed to the demise of the resort property to remain under the Hilton brand as the Las Vegas Hilton.
Westgate Resorts purchased the Las Vegas Hotel from Goldman and Gramercy on Monday, June 30, 2014 for a price between $150 million and $170 million.
For your listening pleasure, listen to Australian group Little River Band singing about calling from the Las Vegas Hilton in the song Home On Monday from the 1976 album Diamantina Cocktail.
Final Boarding Call
Although Hilton had other hotel and resort properties in Las Vegas back in 2012, frequent travelers mourned the loss of this historic resort property from the brand portfolio of Hilton, as it was legendary in offering inexpensive rates such as $49.00 per night with full Hilton HHonors benefits and coupon books with additional discounts. It was a great resort property at which to stay in order to renew your Hilton HHonors VIP elite status for the next year without having to spend a lot of money — unless, of course, you gambled in its casino.
On the other hand, the hotel property itself was showing its age when I last stayed there years ago. I stayed at this property several times and was treated well overall, but it certainly was far from being one of the best properties of the Hilton Worldwide portfolio.
If you want to stay at this resort property and are a member of Choice Privileges, you can now book your reservations through the official Internet web site of Choice Hotels.
All photographs ©2025 by Brian Cohen.
