Tourism

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.

18 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

‘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.

16 June 2012
By Ron Sylvester

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.

14 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

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.

12 June 2012
By Brian Nordli

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.

12 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

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.

12 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

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.

11 June 2012
By Joe Schoenmann

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.

8 June 2012
By Brian Nordli

DesertXpress inks deal to add train link from Victorville to Palmdale, making travel to L.A. possible

Andrew Mack, chief operating officer of DesertXpress Enterprises, points out California high-speed rail routes during a news conference for the DesertXpress high-speed rail project March 25, 2010. A line from Victorville to Palmdale could tie DesertXpress to the California high-speed rail line.

A seamless high-speed rail system linking Las Vegas with downtown Los Angeles is the goal adopted today by representatives of DesertXpress and the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority. DesertXpress Enterprises already is trying to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Victorville, Calif.

7 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Taxicab Authority checkpoints to crack down on long-hauling

A sign warns taxis of a Taxicab Authority Police long haul checkpoint near the entrance to the airport tunnel exiting McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Friday, June 8, 2012.

The Nevada Taxicab Authority set up a checkpoint at McCarran International Airport today to discourage the illegal long-hauling of cab customers. Long-hauling typically occurs when drivers leave McCarran for a Strip or downtown resort by way of the runway tunnel.

6 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Obama visit to Las Vegas means no showgirls for Dutch airline

Virgin Atlantic Airlines' Richard Branson, dressed as Elvis Presley, poses with showgirls Pamela Boulden, left, and Kristy Brotherson at McCarran International Airport after Branson arrived on the first Virgin Atlantic nonstop flight from London to Las Vegas on June 8, 2000.

It’s a McCarran International Airport tradition when a new airline arrives: Showgirls and Elvis impersonators meet the first flight when it lands. Airport firefighters shower the arriving aircraft with a water arch.

5 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Economy starting to see recovery, albeit a slow one

A new UNLV report shows Las Vegas isn't expected to fully recover from the economic downturn for several years.

Southern Nevada’s economy is continuing its slow crawl out of the recession, with tourism and gaming leading the way and real estate and unemployment continuing to be a drag on sustained growth.

31 May 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Allegiant expands penetration into Hawaii

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

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air is continuing to grow its flight schedule to Hawaii, announcing plans Wednesday for nonstop trips between Monterey, Calif., and Honolulu.

31 May 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

UNLV's Singapore campus part of effort to preserve Las Vegas' status as gaming kingpin

Students from Singapore Janice Sou, center, 23, and Cheryl Toh, right, 23, learn the basics of dining decorum during an etiquette dinner at the Stan Fulton Building at UNLV on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

When a boom in her homeland's tourism industry prompted Foo Nyuk Xin to begin studying hotel management, the Singaporean student looked to Las Vegas as a learning ground. "It’s where they've been doing it for years, so there's no better place to learn how everything works," Foo said. "In Singapore, it's all new."

29 May 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Make no bones about it: Time has come for Fossil Beds National Monument

It’s time for lawmakers to act on establishing Fossil Beds National Monument in North Las Vegas.

28 May 2012
By Richard N. Velotta
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