Tourism

Company preparing to sell tickets for Las Vegas party train

The "X" Train by Las Vegas Railway Express.

A company developing a casino party train from Los Angeles to Las Vegas will launch a travel booking operation next month to sell tickets.

18 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Sin City? Blog says the title rightfully belongs to St. Louis, not Las Vegas

The Gateway Arch overlooks the Mississippi River and downtown St. Louis, Mo., on Aug. 20, 2010.

Las Vegas newbies often call this neon paradise by its clichéd nickname. But how does Sin City stack up against debauchery in other major cities?

18 June 2013
By Ed Komenda

Vegas shows off its attractions

As I sat in my seat at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts last week, watching an entertainment lineup that included Terry Fator, Clint Holmes and a band of Cirque du Soleil acrobats, I couldn’t help wondering: How much would a show like this cost if it were presented to a regular tourist audience?

17 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Book your next event here: Las Vegas is home to almost a dozen top convention hotels

An event management company has published a list of the top 100 resorts for meetings in North America, and nine Las Vegas properties made the cut.

16 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Developer of Grand Canyon Skywalk dies of cancer

David Jin designed and built the Grand Canyon Skywalk on the Hualapai Indian Reservation.

David Jin, the developer of the Grand Canyon Skywalk on the Hualapai Indian Reservation at Grand Canyon West, has died after a four-year battle with cancer.

14 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Heller's immigration bill amendments aim to help Las Vegas tourism

Nevada Sen. Dean Heller is being widely praised in the tourism community for submitting two amendments to the Senate’s immigration bill to better define and streamline a proposed entry-exit system for the country’s top 10 airports for international travelers.

13 June 2013
By Karoun Demirjian

If you and your kids have to be stuck in an airport for a while, McCarran is a good place to be

A sculpture titled "Desert Sunrise" by Rob Fisher Sculpture, LLC is seen during a preview of McCarran's new Terminal 3 Saturday, June 2, 2012.

A subsidiary of TravelAdvisor.com has listed McCarran International Airport among the top 10 U.S. airports for layovers with children.

13 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Travel, tourism trade show feeling 'the Las Vegas effect'

It's been a record-breaking IPW so far, and if Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter has his way, all the records set this year will be shattered again in 2020. The U.S. Travel Association announced today that IPW — a gathering of travel and tourism companies that meet with buyers and distributors in a trade-show setting — will return to Las Vegas in 2020.

11 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas tourism chief’s salary hits $409,000

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s top executive is getting an 8 percent pay increase and a 40 percent bonus that will take his annual cash compensation to $409,704 a year.

11 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Partnership designed to bring more international tourists to Las Vegas

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has signed a trade promotion partner agreement with a division of the Commerce Department to share resources to attract more international tourists.

11 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

VIDEO: Stuck on sweltering plane in Las Vegas, passengers break into song

Despite the sweltering heat, cooler heads prevailed when a plane full of people stranded at the Las Vegas airport Sunday showed their frustration not through angry words but with a song.

11 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Number of tourists hitting Las Vegas in April flat at 3.34 million

Tourists pass by the Flamingo with Caesars Palace in the background Thursday, April 28, 2011.

Visitor volume in Southern Nevada was flat in April, but a 6.9 percent increase in average daily room rate has some analysts encouraged.

10 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Don’t squeeze the tourists

As appealing as it may sound for Majestic Realty and the state to build an off-campus football stadium using money generated from new taxes on taxi customers or rental cars, it’s a horrible idea.

10 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

MGM Resorts joins forces with Hyatt

An exterior view of the Bellagio Monday, March 11, 2013.

MGM Resorts International has been busy forming business partnerships with travel agencies.

5 June 2013
By Ed Komenda

Auctioneer of collector cars wheels to Reno, says it won't backfire on Las Vegas event

Classic cars are displayed in the parking lot of the Mandalay Bay after a classic car parade on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The annual parade serves as a kick-off to the Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas auto auction at the Mandalay Bay.

Representatives of Barrett-Jackson, a large collector car auctioning operation based in Scottsdale, Ariz., say the company’s expansion to Northern Nevada’s Hot August Nights classic car event won’t hurt attendance at its Las Vegas show.

5 June 2013
By Richard N. Velotta
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