March 9, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) said that Michael A. Leven, who has served as a member of the company's board of directors since August of 2004, will assume the title of president and chief operating officer, replacing William P. Weidner.

The company stated that Weidner is no longer with the organization or a member of its board.

Leven was formerly president and CEO of US Franchise Systems, a company he founded in 1995, which developed and franchised the Microtel Inns & Suites and Hawthorn Suites hotel brands. He was previously the president and COO of Holiday Inn Worldwide, president of Days Inn of America, and president of Americana Hotels. He has also served on the board of directors of Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Hersha Hospitality Trust.

In his new role with Las Vegas Sands, Leven will supervise the overall operations of the company's U.S. and international locations.

Las Vegas-based Las Vegas Sands is an international developer of multi-use integrated resorts. The company owns and operates The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino, and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas and The Venetian Macao Resort-Hotel and the Sands Macao in the People's Republic of China) Special Administrative Region of Macao.

The company also owns the Four Seasons Hotel Macao and is constructing two additional integrated resorts in Singapore.

Las Vegas Sands is also creating the Cotai Strip, a master-planned development of resort-casino properties in Macao.

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