Tourism

Las Vegas to host prestigious 2011 global travel summit

A tram passes by the Aria resort at CityCenter.

A prestigious world tourism conference that local leaders are calling "the Olympics of the tourism industry" will meet in Las Vegas next year, bringing hundreds of government dignitaries and industry professionals to the Strip. The London-based World Travel & Tourism Council announced today that the 11th annual Global Travel & Tourism Summit would be conducted at CityCenter's Aria resort May 15-19, 2011.

13 April 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Vegas Uncork’d brings a delicious demographic to area

There’s no question that fine dining has made its mark in Las Vegas with the numerous celebrity chefs who have a presence here.

9 April 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas visitor numbers hold steady in February

Derwood Haines of Michigan looks over a board of Super Bowl XLIV bets at the Las Vegas Hilton sports book Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010.

The number of visitors to Las Vegas in February held steady compared to a year ago, according to numbers released this afternoon by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

8 April 2010
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Taxicab Authority OKs credit transactions for companies

The Nevada Taxicab Authority has authorized the city's two largest groups of taxi companies to accept credit and debit card transactions for a $3 fee, but the issue is far from over.

6 April 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Reports show signs of recovery slow to unfold

Recent economic reports are beginning to show small signs of recovery on the Las Vegas Strip.

Southern Nevada and the nation remain mired in a slow and plodding economic recovery. That’s the bottom line as related in the latest crop of economic reports. Unemployment in Nevada in February reached a record of 13.2 percent, up from 13 percent in January and 10.1 percent in February 2009.

31 March 2010
By Steve Green

Tourism leaders consider scaled-down version of conference

The Nevada Commission on Tourism is considering reviving the Governor's Conference on Tourism with a low-budget gathering of industry leaders in December.

26 March 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

McCarran passenger traffic fell 6.2 percent last month

Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport last month was down 6.2 percent compared to February 2009, airport officials said today.

22 March 2010
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

LVCVA report shows Las Vegas visitors spending less

A new study confirms what Las Vegas hotel-casino owners are painfully aware of: Visitors to the city in 2009 didn't gamble as much and spent less for hotel rooms.

22 March 2010
By Steve Green

Circus RV park successfully tests Airstreams

An overnight rental Airstream trailer is parked at the KOA Kampground at Circus Circus.

About a year ago, when the weather was getting nice and people were starting to think about going camping, the folks at Billings, Mont.-based Kampgrounds of America — KOA Kampgrounds — came up with this crazy idea about parking some “silver bullet” Airstream trailers at their facilities and letting campers rent them like hotel rooms.

19 March 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

New tourism legislation should boost foreigners’ trips to Southern Nevada

A sign on the marquee at Bally's thanks Sen. Harry Reid for his help with the Travel Promotion Act.

Bruce Bommarito, U.S. Travel Association executive vice president and chief operating officer, tells a great story about how much the United States has been outspent by other countries marketing their tourism destinations.

19 March 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Downtown events center celebrates grand opening

Mayor Oscar Goodman speaks Tuesday at the grand opening of MEET Las Vegas Tuesday.

MEET Las Vegas, a three-story events center downtown equipped with innovative lighting and technology, celebrated its grand opening Tuesday. Jodie Rocco, 51, of Las Vegas said she has been waiting for the facility at South 4th Street and Bridger Avenue to open for four years.

17 March 2010
By Tiffany Gibson

Worst of recession may be over, but Las Vegas still has to hold on

The worst of it finally appears to have passed. After two years of economic decline, the gross metropolitan product of Las Vegas, which measures Southern Nevada’s total output of goods and services, grew slightly in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a new report.

17 March 2010
By J. Patrick Coolican

N.Y. business leader to become Las Vegas Chamber president

The leader of the largest business association in New York will become the new president and chief executive of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

16 March 2010
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Two trade shows have different strategies for Las Vegas

Little by little, the convention and trade show industry is rebounding.

12 March 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Report: Las Vegas hotel rooms are nation's most affordable

Rooms shown above, from left to right, are from the Golden Nugget, Monte Carlo and Palms.

Thanks in part to the recession, Las Vegas has the nation's most popular and affordable hotel rooms, according to a twice-annual survey by the travel reservations Web site Hotels.com. Rates plummeted significantly from the first half of last year, when Las Vegas was ranked 45th in hotel pricing nationwide.

10 March 2010
By Liz Benston
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