need a pr flack, mr. kennedy, sir?

Las Vegas Sands is calling in a heavy-hitter. From its corporate Web site:

Las Vegas Sands Corp. Adds One of Las Vegas' Top Executives to Management Team
Kevin Kelley Named Senior Vice President

LAS VEGAS, July 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) today announced that Kevin Kelley has joined the organization as senior vice president.

Bringing to Las Vegas Sands Corp. nearly 20 years of hotel and resort experience, Kelley was most recently president and chief operating officer for Hard Rock Hotel and Casino where in his 3 1/2 year tenure they achieved record revenues. Prior to this, he served with Station Casinos for over nine years where he held many positions including president of West Las Vegas operations overseeing all aspects of five properties.

"Kevin is truly a unique individual with experience in all aspects of hotel and casino management, and we are delighted to have him join the organization," said Bradley H. Stone, executive vice president of Las Vegas Sands Corp. "Our company is growing, especially overseas and Kevin's extensive knowledge will help the team execute our vision for the future."

Mr. Stone said the company's growth plans include, The Venetian Macao, which is currently under construction on the Cotai Strip(TM), as well as the development of other hotels in Asia's Las Vegas(TM), including a Four Seasons, Sheraton, St. Regis, Shangri-La, Traders, Hilton, Conrad, Fairmont and Raffles hotels. Additional projects include the recently announced Marina Bay Sands(TM) in Singapore and the $1.8 billion Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino, adjacent to The Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip. Read more.

To me, and this is a no-brainer really, the money-graph is that last one more so than the Kennedy hiring. All the big gaming companies are taking aim at the Pacific Rim. Nevertheless, the Palazzo shows they know where their bread gets buttered.

Either way, Mr. Kennedy, sir...need a PR flack? You can pay me 100 orange cheques per year. Is that asking so much?