Tourism

Las Vegas tourism continues a slow but steady ascent

Tourists pose in front of the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign in this file photo. Officials expect large, but not abnormal, crowds for Memorial Day weekend.

Visitation to Las Vegas remained status quo in September. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority today said 3.4 million tourists visited the city for the month, a 1.8 percent increase from a year ago. For the first three quarters of 2012, visitation was up by the same percentage, to 30.1 million. At the current pace, visitation would fall just shy of the LVCVA’s goal of 40 million tourists for the year, but a good turnout for the National Finals Rodeo in December could put the total over the mark.

8 November 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Greyhound launches 5-hour, Las Vegas-Los Angeles bus route

Express bus service to and from Los Angeles is returning to the Las Vegas market this week with the launch of a new Greyhound Express route on Wednesday.

5 November 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Hogs welcome at Grand Canyon

They say you can tell if a motorcyclist is happy when you see the bugs in his teeth. I’m sure I had a few in my grill when I joined a group of reporters on a picture-perfect day at the Grand Canyon trying out a new helicopter-Harley tour being offered.

5 November 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Even with slot machines, McCarran falls short as one of the best airports to kill time in

What airport comes to mind when you need to kill time during a long layover? Here’s a two-word hint: Slot machines!

2 November 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Potential taxicab strike could put Clark County in 'emergency situation'

Cab drivers hold an informational picket at the intersection of Convention Center Drive and Paradise Road in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center Wednesday, October 31, 2012. The drivers' unions are in a contract dispute with Frias Transportation and disagree with proposed changes in the companys seniority policies. They also say the company does not pay drivers fair wages.

Negotiators with the United Steelworkers union and the Frias Transportation Management group met today, a day after taxi drivers took to the streets in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center to call attention to stalled contract talks.

1 November 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Taxicab Authority considers measures in event of strike

The Nevada Taxicab Authority has scheduled an emergency meeting today to consider cab allocations to blunt the impact of a possible driver strike.

31 October 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Skancke to head Las Vegas economic development council

The organization that is coordinating Southern Nevada’s economic development strategy has named a longtime transportation expert its first chief executive.

30 October 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

MGM pairs with Royal Caribbean for customer rewards program

MGM Resorts International and Royal Caribbean announced a new partnership Tuesday that will allow people to use customer reward points for amenities offered by both companies.

30 October 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Passenger count at Las Vegas airport down 3 percent for September

An Allegiant Air jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

McCarran International Airport experienced its steepest month-over-month decline in passenger counts for the year in September, but it is still on track to serve more than 40 million passengers this year.

29 October 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Sandy cancels dozens of flights to Las Vegas, leaves tourists stranded

Hundreds of flights carrying people bound for Las Vegas were canceled Monday because of the threat of Superstorm Sandy, which began to pound the East Coast in the late afternoon. Almost 200 flights carrying passengers headed toward Las Vegas nonstop or via connection were grounded from Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

29 October 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Facing cash crunch, Prestige Travel now suing 33 casino and hotel companies

Bankrupt firm Prestige Travel Inc. of Las Vegas says it's quickly running out of cash and to preserve its funds has filed more lawsuits against hotels and casino companies.

26 October 2012
By Steve Green

Rise in international travel has been boon for Las Vegas, report shows

Locals take in the scene during an open house at the new Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 9, 2012.

International travel to the United States has doubled in the past 20 years and few places have seen a greater expansion than Las Vegas, the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program said in a report issued today.

24 October 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

LVCVA is flush with cash, signaling a healthier tourism industry

A view of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign in Las Vegas, Nevada September 10, 2011. STEVE MARCUS

While some are still awaiting a turnaround from the worst economic times they’ve ever seen, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is flush — so flush that the LVCVA board is being asked to increase the authority’s general fund budget by $10.6 million.

24 October 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Art Square opens downtown, heralded as 'next wave' of Las Vegas

Art Square developer Brett Wesley Sperry, at left, shows Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman the newely finished art center during it's grand opening, Monday Oct. 22, 2012.

Downtown Las Vegas welcomed its latest enclave for the city’s burgeoning art community with Monday night’s grand opening of Art Square. Art Square, in the heart of the Arts District, aims to bring together the creative and business communities to further the city’s redevelopment efforts downtown. Empty warehouses and a forgotten machine shop were transformed into 25,000 square feet of brightly lit art galleries, commercial spaces and a lush outdoor garden. The idea behind Art Square was born about a year ago.

23 October 2012
By Paul Takahashi

Riviera issues low-price guarantee for conventions, meetings

Riviera issues low-price guarantee for conventions, meetings

The Riviera hotel-casino said Thursday it is offering a low-price guarantee for conventions and meetings. The guarantee applies to meetings with room blocks of 100 or more on peak nights.

18 October 2012
By VEGAS INC Staff
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