The house always has an edge, and the edge many Strip casinos have today is extensive convention space. And Treasure Island Las Vegas plans to increase its edge with a $6.5 million 12,500-square-foot expansion of its convention space.
It was too early to light up the giant letter “W,” some 13,500 pounds of sheet metal, lights and wiring lifted atop the large video sign of the SLS Las Vegas Friday morning. The letter was placed there to advertise the SLS’s relationship with ...
Hurricane Matthew may be on the other side of the country, but that doesn’t mean Las Vegas isn’t being affected. Airlines canceled hundreds of flights today and Friday as the hurricane pelted the Florida coast with high winds and heavy rain. The Fort Lauderdale airport shut down this morning, and farther north the ...
Ally DeVilla used to keep to herself when the River Regatta came to town, but after seeing the mess along the Colorado River after this year’s event, she knew she couldn’t stay quiet anymore ...
Businesses typically try to keep graffiti off their walls, and remove it when it does sneak on. Not the Quin Hotel, in Midtown Manhattan. It commissions graffiti ...
After more than a year of meetings, the group Gov. Brian Sandoval created to identify and vet tourism-related projects is zeroing in on its recommendations. The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee has offered a glimpse of ...
The airline industry and some airport managers are intent on improving the luggage-tracking rate by looking beyond the 30-year-old baggage bar code. They are adopting ...
Americans comprise the bulk of Las Vegas’ 40 million-plus annual visitors, but international tourists are much more lucrative per person, as they stay longer and spend more money. But lately, this segment of the economy has …
Bullhead City officials will decide whether the Bullhead City River Regatta will continue next year after large amounts of trash were left along the Colorado River last weekend. “Locals are fed up with ...
Plans to expand and renovate the Las Vegas Convention Center took a big step forward today when, after months of analysis and debate, tourism officials approved a recommendation for the $1.4 billion undertaking. In a unanimous vote ...
A list of top summer travel destinations has Las Vegas ranked third among the 50 most popular U.S. cities, trailing only Los Angeles and San Diego. The list, published by online travel giant Travelocity, used ...
TripAdvisor’s 2016 Summer Vacation Value Report ranks Las Vegas as the world’s top summer vacation city. The list, which factored booking interest on the travel reservation company’s website along with ...
Security lines at airports are getting longer — much longer — and wait times could reach epidemic levels when air travel peaks this summer, according to airlines, airports and federal officials. A combination of fewer ...
It's a crowded world after all — at least in Orlando's hotels and theme parks. Tourism officials announced Monday that the number of visitors coming to Orlando last year jumped 5.5 percent to more than 66 million visitors. That figure sets a record for ...
