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The Rumored Merger of Las Vegas Nightlife Titans is true with the Tao Group’s acquisition of Hakkasan Group
Nightlife in Las Vegas has just seen the most significant merger in its history as New York City-based Tao Group Hospitality acquired its Las Vegas headquarters. Both companies are two of the biggest players of nightlife and restaurants in Las Vegas and other major cities around the world. Each has a share of the city’s …
Hakkasan Releases 2019 Resident DJ List
No real surprises in store for 2019 but as has been the case for many years now, Hakkasan and sister venues Omnia and Wet Republic have booked some of the biggest names as resident djs for this year. One notable omission is Armin Van Buuren from this year’s lineup while an interesting addition is Porter …
Hakkasan and SBE merger officially off
Confirming industry suspicions, the Billion-dollar merger of Hakkasan and SBE announced a year ago is officially dead according to Restaurant-Hospitality.com who stated that in the past week a Hakkasan spokesperson confirmed as such. While there are obvious synergies in the two hospitality entities merging, we expect both to continue to add new venues and building …
Top djs help raise over $1 million for Las Vegas shooting victims
Last week a charity fundraiser took place at Omnia in Las Vegas. Some of Hakkasan’s biggest resident djs including Kaskade, Tiesto, Zedd and Steve Aoki played for free and Celine Dion made a surprise appearance as well to sing with Aoki! Other who spun the event included NGHTMRE, Cash Cash and Party Favor. While Calvin …
U.S. Government working to reclaim real estate handled by former Hakkasan head
According to published reports today, the Justice Department from the U.S. Government is inching towards the end of its process to recover the $3.5 billion in funds stolen from a Malaysian government fund known as the 1Malaysia Development Berhad. Participants in said crime took the proceeds to buy real estate, private jets, art as well …
Neil Moffitt head of Hakkasan steps down prior to merger with SBE
Effective today, Neil Moffitt, head of Hakkasan Group steps down after 5 years running the clubbing and restaurant behemoth. Moffitt stated: The task I set myself is now complete. I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the last five years as we have transformed our company from the hopeful and ambitious nightlife …
Breaking News: SBE (Hyde, Create Nightclub, SLS) in advanced merger negotiations with Hakkasan Group
Per the Wall Street Journal, SBE is in advanced talks with the Hakkasan Group to combine the two entertainment companies into a new company with hotel, restaurant and nightclub venues worldwide. The combined company would have an approximate valuation of $1 Billion per a source and close within 60 days per SBE CEO Sam Nazarian. While …
Kaskade to move to Hakkasan Las Vegas for 2017!
Most recently at XS, fan-favorite Kaskade has announced he will be relocating down the strip to Hakkasan for 2017. Kaskade said on the move: “Hakkasan Group has built some of the most mind blowing clubs on Earth – right in Las Vegas. I couldn’t be happier to be joining the Hakkasan family and look forward …
Las Vegas’ Hakkasan and Omnia Nightclubs May Close Due to Stolen Financing Scandal
After a year long international investigation, former Hakkasan Group Chairman, Khadem Al-Qubaisi, has been arrested by authorities in Abu Dhabi for his alleged role with politicians, bankers, venture capitalists, and entertainers from around the world in stealing roughly $3.5 billion from the Malaysian Government. It is alleged that Al-Qubaisi is connected to missing funds from accounts …
Viceland goes to Las Vegas
Viceland’s (Vice) Noisey video doc series traveled to Las Vegas the summer of 2015 to spend time with some of EDM’s biggest djs (as well as Wayne Newton and Mally Mall). Get a behind the scenes look at what its like to be one of the world’s top djs performing in Vegas!