NEW LOEWS LAKE LAS VEGAS PACKAGE DEFIES GRAVITY

HENDERSON, NV (January 28, 2008) - Loews Lake Las Vegas is introducing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for guests to experience the total absence of gravity. . . to be weightless... and to float like an astronaut.  Partnering with the company ZERO-G, guests booking the hotel's exclusive Gravitational Package will be able to experience "zero gravity," or parabolic flight on February 9, March 1 or March 22, 2008. 

The experience offered by ZERO-G is the only commercial opportunity on earth for individuals to experience true "weightlessness" without going to space and is available to just 20 people.  The 90-minute parabolic flight, the same method NASA has used to train its astronauts for the last 45 years and the same way Tom Hanks floated in Apollo 13, takes place on a G-Force One plane.   The controlled ascent and descent of the plane allows flyers to experience Martian gravity (1/3-gravity), Lunar gravity (1/6-gravity), and zero gravity.  The ZERO-G Experience provides its flyers with twice the amount of weightless time achieved in a typical sub-orbital flight into space.  The ZERO-G flights are guided by a trained instructor.

The Gravitational Package includes a two-night stay, a balancing, two indulging spa treatments at Loews' Spa Moulay, transportation to and from the hotel to the flight facility, a champagne regravitational party, a personalized flight suit, preflight training, personal photography and video of the flight.  Cost for this truly unique experience is $5,000 per person per flight and is available only during times when Zero-G flights are offered.  Availability is limited. 
            To book  this package, contact ZERO-G at 1-800-937-6480.  For more information on the Loews Lake Las Vegas, visit www.loewshotels.com/en/Hotels/Lake-Las-Vegas-Resort.

The Gravitational Package and flight is part of  a new partnership between Loews Hotels and ZERO-G, which allows visitors at several Loews properties to experience weightless flights the only way possible without going to space. 

Zero Gravity Corporation (www.GoZeroG.com) is a privately held space entertainment and tourism company whose mission is to make the excitement and adventure of space accessible to the public. ZERO-G is based in Las Vegas and Florida and is the first and only FAA-approved provider of commercial weightless flight to the general public, as well as the entertainment and film industries, corporate and incentive market, non-profit research and education sectors, and government.  ZERO-G operates under the highest safety standards as set by the FAA (Part-121) with its partner Amerijet International of Ft. Lauderdale Florida.  Aircraft operations take place under the same regulations set for large commercial passenger airliners.  G-Force-One regularly flies from both Signature Air Terminal at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas and the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida.

Situated on 21 acres of lakefront property just 17 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort is the centerpiece of the nearly 4,000-acre Lake Las Vegas Resort community in Henderson, Nevada. The hotel's 493 guest rooms and suites feature sweeping views of the lake and surrounding mountains. The resort has four restaurants, a 9,000-square-foot spa, and a children's camp facility. Recreational diversions include two swimming pools and golf on two championship courses. An adventure concierge stands ready to coordinate a range of adrenaline-inducing excursions, including treks to the Grand Canyon, kayaking on the Colorado River and Hummer tours of Nevada's Valley of Fire.

Headquartered in New York City, Loews Hotels owns and/or operates 18 hotels and resorts in the U.S. and Canada[Back to Press Releases Main]