Tourism

Grading my Las Vegas business predictions for this year

In baseball, you have to be successful only one at-bat out of three to be considered for the Hall of Fame. If I were a professional baseball player, I would have had a pretty good year when predicting the top stories of 2012. Here’s my scorecard on those predictions.

24 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

X Train aims to make a party of the Southern California-Las Vegas trip

The "X" Train by Las Vegas Railway Express.

Michael Barron sees them all the time on business trips: party people who start celebrating their arrival to Las Vegas before the plane touches down at McCarran International.

21 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

By the numbers: A look at New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas

Crowds watch and react to the fireworks display above the strip on New Year's Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011.

After 14 years, Las Vegas residents may take fireworks over the Strip on New Year's Eve for granted. But plans for this year's "America's Party" fireworks show have been in the works since the sparks settled from New Year's Eve 2011.

20 December 2012
By Ron Sylvester

High-speed rail not just for tourists

Dr. Robert Lang, of Brookings Mountain West at UNLV, made the case last week that as soon as the XpressWest high-speed rail line is operational, millions of Inland Empire business people will have better access to McCarran International Airport than to Los Angeles International.

17 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Joe Downtown: Airstreams the next boutique hotel for downtown?

What if you could rent out a sleek Airstream recreational vehicle for the night as a hotel room? The idea to put an Airstream park in downtown Las Vegas is being one kicked around by the Downtown Project.

12 December 2012
By Joe Schoenmann

Big league baseball, soccer games coming to Las Vegas

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors on Tuesday approved two measures that will bring professional sports teams to Las Vegas for exhibition games. The board also agreed to sponsor a special event to bring visitors to Mesquite.

11 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Sandoval names 2 Las Vegans to state boards

Gov. Brian Sandoval has named two Las Vegans to state boards. Brian Ayala, president of Ayala’s Concession Group, an airport retail concession business, has been appointed to the Nevada Commission on Tourism.

10 December 2012
By Cy Ryan

Economists: Las Vegas poised for steady, sustainable growth

If Las Vegas and Southern Nevada can limp through the next two years, the region could see long-term economic growth rivaling the days before the Great Recession.

10 December 2012
By Ron Sylvester

How air travel molded Las Vegas

If you’re still looking for a stocking stuffer for the history buff or aviation geek in your life, check out the recently published book by UNLV Academic Assessment Director Daniel Bubb, “Landing in Las Vegas.”

10 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Southern Nevada visitor volume up to 3.52 million in October

Tourists pose in front of the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

October visitor volume in Southern Nevada increased by 2.9 percent over the same month last year to 3.52 million, the second-highest monthly total for tourists this year, officials said.

7 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Online travel contest rewards Canadian for his Vegas sensibility

Showgirl Jennifer Autry and Elvis impersonator Brendan Paul pose for a photo with contest winner Jeff Paul during an event to honor Paul who won an Expedia.ca contest Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 at the Neon Museum.

Before accepting his prize at the Neon Museum Thursday night, before sliding on a yellow Expedia.ca T-shirt under his black dress shirt, before all the excitement of traveling to a place he had never been, Jeff Carson was stuck in Manitoba, Canada, waiting for a plane that had been covered with ice.

7 December 2012
By William D'Urso

App will help travelers explore Nevada's rural attractions

The results of a fire three years ago are still seen at the Cold Springs Station gas pumps on Highway 50 outside of Fallon, Nev. Tuesday, August 9, 2011.

You’re driving along U.S. 50, the so-called “Loneliest Road in America,” and you’re wondering: Where would be a good place to have lunch in Eureka? And what are some of those just-off-the-road attractions around that only the locals seem to know about?

6 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Nevada tourism officials see Brazil as promising new market

It isn’t every day that you’ll have a person proclaim in a public meeting that she lost her virginity in Nevada. But that’s what happened — sort of — at Tuesday’s Nevada Tourism Commission meeting.

5 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Tourism officials focus on tech innovations, international market

Increasing international visitation and taking advantage of technological innovations to increase the number of tourists visiting the state dominated the conversation at the opening day of the lightly attended Governor’s Conference on Tourism on Tuesday.

5 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

A battle of the brands?

It is going to take a little longer for us to find out how the Nevada Tourism Commission plans to brand the state and what its new advertising tagline will be.

3 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta
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