Tourism

McCarran's new Terminal 3 begins ascent, but it almost wasn't to be

McCarran's new Terminal 3 is seen Saturday, June 2, 2012.

Sen. Harry Reid hasn’t seen the inside of McCarran International Airport’s new Terminal 3 yet. But if it weren’t for some of his political maneuvering during the Great Recession, there may not have been a Terminal 3 to see.

Art in McCarran's new Terminal 3 depicts airplanes, the desert and showgirls

Sheila Newcomb of Las Vegas poses for a photo with her daughter Lily, 6, in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection area during an open house at the new Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Terry Ritter's "Folies in Flight" artwork is seen in the background.

Four international flights arrive today at McCarran International Airport’s new Terminal 3. Passengers will be the first to walk through the 1.9 million-square-foot, $2.4 billion terminal. Besides gleaming gates, shiny carrousels and brand-new amenities, a dozen art pieces will greet the guests.

Business owners and executives weigh in with ideas for creating a diverse workplace

Business owners and executives weigh in with ideas for creating a diverse workplace

Diversity. It’s something most employers strive for but often find difficult to achieve. It’s a buzzword that gets tossed around workplaces but remains difficult to define. Most employers say they favor it, but fewer prioritize it. Diversity goes beyond hiring workers of different colors, ages, sexualities and abilities. To be truly diverse, a workplace needs to be full of people with different personalities, life experiences and worldviews.

Should McCarran airport be renamed for Las Vegas?

Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport

McCarran International Airport’s $2.4 billion Terminal 3 goes live this week. Outside of a handful of people who think T3 is a waste of money — and they really don’t know what they’re talking about — the 14-gate addition will be worth the investment as more foreign tourists and their dollars find their way to Southern Nevada. In the days ahead, hundreds of news stories will be published about McCarran all over the world. And therein lies a problem.

State tourism contract delayed over Democrats' concern

Democrats stalled a $3 million contract to promote tourism in rural Nevada, potentially delaying an advertising campaign to bring visitors to the state that is supposed to be rolled out for the fall and winter.

Nevada's effort to land Winter Olympics might be back in play

A view of Lake Tahoe near Reno in May 2011.

A landmark revenue-sharing agreement reached by the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic Committee last month is being hailed as a potential catalyst for one of the state‚s largest tourism opportunities.

Nevada's tourism efforts keep the state competitive

Despite its struggles during the recent recession, Nevada’s gaming economy received strong marks in a U.S. Chamber of Commerce study analyzing states' economic competitiveness. Nevada was praised for its efforts to attract international tourists.

Hispanic businesses help create demand that will help us all

A look inside Cardenas Market on Meadows Lane on Saturday, May, 28, 2011. Cardenas, which caters to the Hispanic population, is thriving in this down economy.

The rise in the influence of the Hispanic business community has not gone unnoticed in the tourism industry.

‘Right amount of wrong’ ads prove effective for the Cosmopolitan

A bellboy without pants. A stylish woman with a man packed in her steamer trunk. A guy using Queen lyrics as a pick-up line. Those startling, but memorable, images earned the Cosmopolitan two national advertising awards.

Tourism officials searching for new Nevada catchphrase

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

Representatives of the Nevada Commission on Tourism have started whittling a list of potential tag lines to attract visitors to the state. Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, who chairs the commission, said the phrases reviewed at Wednesday’s marketing subcommittee meeting could evolve.

Travel-dating website rates Las Vegas its No. 1 destination

Las Vegas is the city of love, ranking No. 1 in romantic travel destinations by MissTravel.com. The travel dating website gathered data from more than 100,000 members who have made more than 20,000 total plans to go on romantic trips throughout the U.S.

LVCVA wants workers to use vacation days for trips to Las Vegas

Tourists take an open top sightseeing bus tour of the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. The company is expanding and has  doubled it's Las Vegas workforce in the last four months, said general manager Chris Crompton. The Las Vegas operation has 65 employees, he said.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority wants office workers to use their vacation time to come to Las Vegas this summer.

Tourism officials: April drop in Las Vegas visitors result of calendar quirk

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

Las Vegas visitor volume showed a decline in April for the first time in 26 months, but Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority officials say it’s more the result of a calendar quirk than a cooling of the tourism economy.

Dogged for years by crime, downtown Las Vegas experiencing improvements

Downtown Las Vegas business owner Michael Cornthwaite stands in an alley Friday, June 8, 2012, that he says has been significantly cleaned up by locals and police over the past few years.

Michael Cornthwaite began work on the Downtown Cocktail Room seven years ago, at a time when the beggars and open-air drug dealers and prostitutes were still prevalent near his business at Fremont Street and Las Vegas Boulevard.

Another suspect arrested in tourist-shakedown case

Metro Police detectives arrested a Las Vegas man on Thursday in connection with the stabbing of an English tourist in May and participating in the Red Devil Fitness Spa criminal enterprise.