Las Vegas nightclub operator Victor Drai to open club at new Trump hotel in Vancouver

By ROBIN LEACH NICHE DIVISION OF LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

February 13, 2017 - 11:09 am

The exterior of Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver (Trump Vancouver/Facebook)

Victor Drai is shown on the construction site for Drai's Beachclub and Nightclub on the roof of The Cromwell hotel-casino at 3595 Las Vegas Blvd., South, in Las Vegas. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Thanks to President Trump, Las Vegas nightclub operator Victor Drai is going north of the border.

On Tuesday, Feb. 28, Drai will open his first international nightclub at the new Trump hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, which also features Ivanka Trump’s first spa.

Chinese investors bankrolled the luxury hotel, which also will have a Trump Champagne Lounge and a Chinese gourmet restaurant from Hong Kong Mott #32, named for New York City’s first Chinese convenience store.

The first global Chinese luxury food brand with barbecue chef Song Di Tan also has locations in Dubai and Bangkok, Thailand, and is one of the most awarded and prized Chinese restaurants in the culinary industry.

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