On December 10, 2010, Lisa Li, Executive Partner of Livents, flew to Las Vegas for the weekend. She took this opportunity to explore venues, restaurants, and hotels. The city provided an excellent ambiance for bachellorette parties, birthday parties, or even weddings. She stayed at the Palazzo, Hotel, sister to the Venetian Hotel. Her suite overlooked the distant mountains of Nevada and neighbored the Wynn Hotel. The trip gave her an opportunity to venture venue options and to analyze spaces first-hand. To her surprise, many of the hotel's outside pool areas were very appropriate for up-scale weddings (the only obstacle would be dodging the tackiness of the slot machines). Las Vegas provided an extra pinch of "bling" that no other city could provide.