Tourism

Fire and water in paradise

A burned area is seen near the Cathedral Rock picnic area Wednesday, July 24, 2013 as a result of the recent fire on Mount Charleston.

I had just loaded up the car to visit one of Southern Nevada’s favorite getaways — Mount Charleston — when I heard the radio announcement from the National Weather Service. Moments later, my cellphone came to life, too.

12 August 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Speeding Las Vegas-bound motorists learning to brake a bad habit

Nate Peterson is a Nevada Highway Patrolman taking part in a "Zero Tolerance" program to stop speeders whizzing into Las Vegas from California. The average speed for vehicles pulled over is 95 mph, 25 mph over the posted limit. A Lamborghini was clocked a few years back going 187 mph. (John M. Glionna/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Call it the Vegas itch. For many motorists headed here from Southern California, the obvious scratch is to gun the engine down that impossibly long incline on Interstate 15 across the Nevada border into Primm, adrenaline pumping, answering Sin City’s dizzying siren call.

9 August 2013
By John Glionna, Los Angeles Times

Tourist attractions recognized as Nevada standouts

Nevada State Museum building at the Springs Preserve.

Three Southern Nevada tourist attractions have been recognized as standouts in the Nevada Tourism Commission’s Discover Your Nevada popularity contest.

5 August 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Al-Qaida messages prompted U.S. terror warning

A man walks through a hole that pedestrians use as the shortest way to get from Tahrir Square to the American Embassy in Cairo, April 8, 2013.

The United States intercepted electronic communications this week among senior operatives of al-Qaida, in which the terrorists discussed attacks against U.S. interests in the Middle East and North Africa, U.S. officials said Friday.

2 August 2013
By Eric Schmitt, New York Times News Service

Tag, you're it: British Airways now offering self-service bag tagging

British Airways has become the third airline at McCarran International Airport to offer passengers self-service bag tagging for its international flights through London.

30 July 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Bus driver who ignored Arizona flash flood may be charged

A tour bus lays on its side up against a bank of a wash, Sunday, July 28, 2013, near Dolan Springs, Ariz.

Authorities are looking into whether a tour bus driver bound for Las Vegas violated what's popularly known as Arizona's "Stupid Motorist Law" when he drove into a flooded wash after a trip to the Grand Canyon's west rim.

29 July 2013
By Felicia Fonseca and Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Hindsight after Asiana crash

Would you change your flight plans if you found out your airplane’s pilot or co-pilot had minimal experience?

29 July 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

International traffic flies high at McCarran, helping keep passenger counts steady for first half of 2013

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013, photo, a Southwest airliner comes in for a landing as a row of Allegiant Air jets are parked at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

McCarran International Airport showed modest gains in passenger traffic in June, bringing the half-year total to nearly even with last year.

26 July 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

High-speed rail goes off track

XpressWest executives recently acknowledged news that critics of the project have been waiting for: A review of the company’s $5.5 billion federal loan application to build a high-speed rail line between Southern California and Las Vegas has been suspended.

22 July 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Culinary Union letters aim to secure better contracts but could backfire and cost jobs

The Culinary Union's sit-down strike on the Strip attracted the attention of hundreds of news outlets.

When Las Vegas' largest labor union sits down every five years to hash out new contracts with the city's major resorts, it's often a cordial affair. Insiders have compared negotiations between the Culinary Union and its two biggest partners, MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment, to a Thanksgiving dinner or a friendly waltz. But despite the overt coziness, the Culinary, which represents about 60,000 bartenders, maids and food servers, pulls no punches. The union has a track record of using guerrilla tactics to pressure resorts into inking contracts that increase worker wages, subsidize health care benefits and guarantee full-time workweeks.

15 July 2013
By Ed Komenda

For Southwest, no comparison

When you have a choice of airlines to fly, how do you decide which to take? Many travelers are loyal to specific companies and do everything they can — even rent cars and drive miles out of their way — to use their favorite carriers. But that can be expensive.

15 July 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas visitor count flat in May

A tourist takes advantage of the misters at Mon Ami Gabi at Paris Las Vegas on Saturday, June 29, 2013.

Las Vegas saw about as many visitors in May as it did during the same month last year, although gambling was up on the Strip.

11 July 2013
Associated Press

Southern Nevada's economy is improving but is far from fully recovered

A house is shown for sale in Henderson.

Southern Nevada’s economy will continue to improve this year and next but will faces hurdles in real estate, finance and tourism, according to a new economic forecast for the region.

11 July 2013
By Eli Segall

In anticipation of merger, US Airways changes locations at McCarran Airport

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

US Airways will relocate this week from the A Concourse to the D Concourse at McCarran International Airport. Starting Wednesday, US Airways flights will arrive and depart from McCarran’s D gates. Ticketing and baggage will remain in Terminal 1.

8 July 2013
By VEGAS INC Staff

Opportunity for tourism

If resorts have learned anything about social media, it’s that it can be one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to publicize a property.

8 July 2013
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