Tourism

Plaza debuts a fresh look while preserving part of its Las Vegas history

Plaza CEO Jonathan Jossel poses at the Carousel Bar in the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, June 7, 2023.

The Plaza in downtown Las Vegas debuted its new look this weekend, bringing a freshness to the Fremont Street Experience and preserving part of the property’s ...

12 June 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Las Vegas anticipating a busy Memorial Day weekend with 335,000 visitors expected

Visitors crowd the casino floor at Resorts World Las Vegas in this June 2021 file photo. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority projects that casinos and hotels up and down the Strip will be busy this weekend, with an expected 335,000 visitors for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit Las Vegas this Memorial Day weekend, at the start of what will likely be a robust summer of travel to Southern Nevada. An estimated ...

26 May 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

New reports underscore massive economic impact of tourism tax dollars in Nevada

Pedestrian and vehicular traffic fill the Las Vegas Strip, looking south from Flamingo Road, on March 24. Nevada’s tourism industry supported 386,200 total jobs — or 27% of the state’s total employees — making $21.4 billion in total wage and salary payments in 2022, according to a new report from the Nevada Resort Association.

“It surprises people what a big share of the state general fund comes from tourism,” said Virginia Valentine, Nevada Resort Association president and CEO, noting the significance of industry-specific taxes ...

28 April 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

New hotel offers guests an unexpected oasis of serenity on the Las Vegas Strip

Nirvana Hotel located on South Las Vegas Blvd, has been a huge hit for visitors looking for a more quiet, yet still on the strip hotel. From pet friendly rooms to future private suites, they also have their own food truck located in the back of the hotel which offers daily breakfast and happy hour for their guests during their stay. Nirvana Hotel is owned by Sandy Hershkowitz and her husband, Eric Hershkowitz. Friday, April 14, 2023. Brian Ramos

Unlike its neighbors on the Strip, the Nirvana Hotel has no gambling, smoking or resort and parking fees. What it does have is ...

20 April 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Bill to end pandemic safety measures wins praise from resort industry in Nevada, barbs from union

A couple checks in to the hotel at Red Rock Resort and Casino at midnight, Thursday June 4, 2020, as the property re-opens to the public during phase 2.

One of the last remaining COVID-19 measures in Nevada may soon see its end, as state legislators consider passing a bill to repeal a COVID-19 law that mandated ...

13 April 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Allegiant pilots picket at Las Vegas airport amid contract talks

Allegiant Air pilots, represented by Teamsters Local 2118, protest sub-industry standard wages at Harry Reid International Airport Tuesday, April 11, 2023.

Pilot Kurt Hanson said he and his colleagues are united in their requests and are calling for a contract “now.”

11 April 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

As part of rebranding effort, off-Strip boutique hotel wants to be ‘cannabis-inclusive’

An exterior view of the Artisan hotel March 29, 2022.

Under new ownership by Elevations Hotels & Resorts, the Artisan Hotel Boutique will be rebranded as The Lexi. Officials at the 64-room property near Interstate 15 and Sahara Avenue say the ongoing multimillion transformation into a more modern, cannabis-inclusive hotel will attract tourists and locals alike. It hopes to open the cannabis floor ...

21 February 2023
By Grace Da Rocha

As Biden goes after ‘junk fees,’ Nevadans in Congress leap to resorts’ defense

A view of the Las Vegas Strip from a helicopter on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

Democrats in Nevada’s congressional delegation say they support President Joe Biden’s bid to outlaw so-called “junk fees” that can translate into higher costs for American consumers.

12 February 2023
By Casey Harrison

2022 Las Vegas airport numbers hit record with heavy Dec. weekend

A sign for Harry Reid International Airport at Tropicana Avenue and Paradise Road Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022.

Las Vegas was busy with visitors one weekend in December, including those in town for a Raiders game, National Finals Rodeo and the Pac-12 Conference football championship. The boost helped Harry Reid International Airport ...

6 February 2023
By Ray Brewer

Southern Nevada's big year ahead culminates decade of growth in the Valley

Jeremy Aguero, principal of Applied Analysis, speaks at the Latin Chamber of Commerce business and networking luncheon on Friday, June 21, 2019, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. (Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau)

Jeremy Aguero, the principal analyst with the fiscal and policy research firm Applied Analysis, late last month detailed the economic growth experienced in Las Vegas over the past 10 years to an audience of the business community at Preview Las Vegas. Aguero, a master at presenting his findings after ...

6 February 2023
By Ray Brewer

Conventions, athletic events help spur post-pandemic visitation to Las Vegas in 2022

People walk through the lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center during set up for the CES 2022 trade show Monday, Jan. 3, 2022.

Nearly 5 million people traveled to Las Vegas for conventions in 2022, more than doubling the number of trade show attendees from the previous year as the city emerged from the economic slowdown brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published Tuesday by the ...

1 February 2023
By Ray Brewer

As Southwest cancels flights, weary travelers play waiting game in Las Vegas, across US

People wait in the Southwest ticketing line at Harry Reid International Airport Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022.

Reina Bravo is one of the thousands of travelers nationally affected by chaos at Southwest, which canceled more than 70% of its flights Monday and more than 60% Tuesday, part of ...

28 December 2022
By Ray Brewer

Cannabis lounges are coming to Nevada; what will they look like?

Customers browse products at Planet 13 Las Vegas dispensary Monday, July 25, 2022.

Clark County Commissioners will vote Tuesday on an ordinance allowing the lounges to operate across the valley.

19 December 2022
By Grace Da Rocha,
Bryan Horwath

No request is too big or too small for the heroes of the hospitality industry

Concierge Paola Crow, a 2022 Hospitality Hero winner, poses in the lobby of the Cosmopolitan Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Hospitality Heroes is a Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority program which honors service industry workers.

When Paola Crow started in the concierge industry in the late 1990s, she’d often thumb through her Rolodex searching for a phone number to assist a guest. And when customers arrived, she’d hand them the itinerary of events on carbon copy paper.

17 December 2022
By Ray Brewer

Report shows strong Las Vegas visitor numbers in October

Tourists are shown at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas Saturday, April 17, 2021.

Nearly as many visitors came to Las Vegas in October as did during the same month in 2019, according to a report by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Just over ...

29 November 2022
By Bryan Horwath
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