Tourism

Analysis: Was R&R politically juiced or simply best pick for LVCVA job?

Billy Vassiliadis has probably presented hundreds of pitches in his career, but none may have been as important as the one he gave last week.

24 April 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Big month at McCarran still below March 2008 numbers

More than 3.6 million passengers used McCarran International Airport in March, but it was still an 11.8 percent decline from a year ago, the Clark County Aviation Department said.

24 April 2009
In Business Las Vegas

Capacity crunch

Times are tough in the Las Vegas resort business, and they are about to get a lot tougher. Resorts are bracing for a challenge as CityCenter and Fontainebleau prepare to open, part of a capacity increase of more than 12,000 rooms that threatens to send rates spiraling.

24 April 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

New airline fees: The sky’s the limit

PHOENIX – When it comes to fees and charges airlines assess their passengers, it seems the sky’s the limit.

17 April 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Visitation improves, but gaming revenue plummets in February

The 8 percent decline in visitation to Las Vegas compared with last year was shallower in February than January, but tourism experts aren’t ready to call it a trend since Strip gaming revenue for the month was worse than the statewide average.

17 April 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

R&R gets three-year extension on LVCVA ad contract

With centuries of institutional experience in the crowd, members of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority did what just about everybody expected them to do when it came to deciding whether to extend the contract of longtime advertising and marketing consultant R&R Partners.

17 April 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Allegiant reports earnings for quarter

The high-flying stock of Allegiant Travel Co. of Las Vegas was in the spotlight again today after the airline company said its first-quarter profit exceeded expectations.

15 April 2009
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Las Vegas loses 402 conventions, meetings

Las Vegas has seen 402 conventions and meetings canceled from October to mid-March, USA Today reported.

14 April 2009
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Taxi authority rejects cab company focused on disabled

For close to an hour this morning, people with canes, walkers and wheelchairs pleaded with members of the Nevada Taxicab Authority to allow a new company a chance to provide them with taxi service.

7 April 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

To find profit, carrier plans to lose more Vegas flights

A US Airways jet takes off from McCarran International Airport.

US Airways, the second-busiest airline at McCarran International Airport, has a game plan for profitability.

6 April 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Analysis: Baseball, theme parks work in Florida, but not Southern Nevada

KEY WEST, Fla. — Florida and Southern Nevada have a lot in common when it comes to the tourism industry.

3 April 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Monthly airport declines reach one-year mark

McCarran International Airport has now gone a full year with monthly declines in passenger traffic after the Clark County Aviation Department reported a 15.2 percent decrease in travelers in February over the previous year.

3 April 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Getting healthy at our expense

Leaving Las Vegas: A US Airways jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on March 27.

TEMPE, Ariz. — US Airways, the second-busiest airline operating at McCarran International Airport, is on a mission to achieve consistent profitability and has a game plan to reach that goal. But unfortunately for Las Vegas, its path to profitability includes contraction — not expansion — in Southern Nevada.

3 April 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Travel site upgrades trip packaging

VEGAS.com is expected to announce significant enhancements to its site today that will vastly boost the options in creating custom Las Vegas travel packages with a visit to just one Web site.

30 March 2009
By Jeff Simpson

Only Vegas admirers in this House discussion

Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley held court on the House floor one night this week on a topic near and dear to her heart: Tourist travel to Las Vegas.

27 March 2009
By Lisa Mascaro
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