Tourism

Allegiant defies aviation convention with 20 percent growth in sight

Flying high: An Allegiant Air jet takes off from McCarran International Airport. Allegiant opened its doors in Las Vegas in 2001.

In an industry buffeted by economic turbulence, Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air has found a tail wind, expecting 20 percent growth over the next four to five years.

27 November 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Casino venue in Singapore will have Las Vegas flavor

An undated handout photo shows the lifting of the steel structural pieces of the Sands SkyPark to the top of the hotel towers at Las Vegas Sands' Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort in Singapore, provided to the media on Oct. 14. A 360-ton steel structure will form a bridge between two of the hotel towers.

The world's newest gaming venue will be halfway around the world, but a Las Vegas company will be in the center of the competition.

27 November 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas expecting more visitors this Thanksgiving

A view of the Las Vegas Strip in October from the Strip's south end.

The Las Vegas Valley is expected to see an increase in Thanksgiving visitors this year, local tourism officials said. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is projecting 278,000 visitors will be in town for the holiday weekend, up 3 percent from 2008.

26 November 2009
By Amanda Finnegan

Visitation figures finally up, but Las Vegas can’t start partying yet

It has been awhile since Southern Nevada tourism leaders had anything to cheer about after months of visitor volume declines.

20 November 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

LV Chamber hires CEO recruiter to find successor

The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce has begun its search to replace longtime President and CEO Kara Kelley.

20 November 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas likely to see Thanksgiving holiday travel boost

Travel is expected to increase nationwide over Thanksgiving and Las Vegas properties will likely see more drive-in traffic from the big Southern California market, industry officials said this week.

19 November 2009
By Steve Green

County hesitant to press online travel site tax issue

Clark County commissioners have decided to hold off initiating lawsuits in an attempt to collect hotel room taxes from online travel companies. Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani at Tuesday’s meeting proposed directing the District Attorney to gather bids from law firms on the potential suits, but other commissioners said they felt the court battles would be unsuccessful and potentially damaging.

17 November 2009
By Kyle B. Hansen

Auto shows get creative to drive attendance

Automotive hub: Conventiongoers are reflected in the hubcap of a truck on display at the SEMA show at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Nov. 5.

With the sluggish Las Vegas convention industry and the sputtering automotive industry, local tourism leaders were asking an important question last week: Just how good would this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association show be for business?

13 November 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Encore, M Resort added to Forbes Travel Guide list

Alex at Wynn Las Vegas

Nevada has racked up six more hospitality honors, the Forbes Travel Guide announced today. The Forbes Travel Guide, formerly known as the Mobil Travel Guide, unveiled its four- and five-star recipients for its first-edition travel guides. The brand transfer from Mobil to Forbes was announced earlier this fall.

10 November 2009
By Amanda Finnegan

Vegas is inspiring, but not buying, ideas for tourism ads

A view of the Las Vegas Strip in October from the Strip's south end.

With Las Vegas tourism in the dumps, Virginia Ridgway, a retired gift shop owner in Goldfield — a mining boomtown decades before Vegas became a vacation hot spot — is doing her part. She hosted a luncheon to present her catchphrase, “Deal Vegas In,” to tourism bigwigs in Las Vegas including honchos with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

9 November 2009
By Liz Benston

County considers suing over travel Web site room taxes

As other parts of the country win tens of millions of dollars in court judgments against online tourism companies, Clark County commissioners are talking about following suit. At issue is the amount of hotel room taxes paid by online travel sites.

7 November 2009
By Joe Schoenmann

Rail alliance names first routes, and LV-Reno ignored

When Jacob Snow, the general manager of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, shared the outline of a new group that calls itself the Western High-Speed Rail Alliance, many, including me, got pretty excited about the prospects, even though I figured the end result probably wouldn’t be something I’d see in my lifetime.

6 November 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

IMEX Group hopes meetings conference will have permanent home in Las Vegas

Local tourism leaders have long touted the value of bringing meetings and conference planners to Las Vegas because the city leaves a big impression.

6 November 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Airport officials hope rivals will pick up US Airways' flight cuts

US Airways’ announcement last week that it would cut more capacity at McCarran International Airport next year was a surprising development to tourism and aviation analysts, but not a knock-out punch, they say.

6 November 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

British Airways brings plenty of upside to Las Vegas

A British Airways' B777 passenger jet is shown at the gate after landing at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009.

Like many people, Willie Walsh decided to celebrate his birthday in Las Vegas, the party capital of the world.

30 October 2009
By Richard N. Velotta
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