Tourism

3 international airlines ready to begin nonstop flights to Las Vegas

The “international” in McCarran International Airport will be highlighted three times in the next two months, beginning with next week’s inaugural arrival of nonstop flights on Air Berlin from Dusseldorf, Germany.

4 May 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Mexican officials hit road to promote Baja tourism

Hugo Torres, the former mayor of Rosarito Beach, Mexico and an owner of a hotel there, is traveling the United States with a contingent from Baja California to promote tourism. Torres said even though crime fell to its lowest rate ever in Rosarito in 2010, U.S. residents still perceive it as a dangerous place.

Hugo Torres, the former mayor of Rosarito Beach, Mexico, is on a mission to “replace fear with facts” and again lure U.S. tourists to his beloved Baja California. Torres and Juan Tintos, Baja California’s secretary of tourism, were in Las Vegas on Thursday as part of their tour across the Southwestern United States, spreading the word that the Mexican state just south of San Diego is full of great spas, wineries, restaurants, beaches and other attractions.

4 May 2012
By Tovin Lapan

Where does Las Vegas rank among the world’s top vacation spots?

An aerial view of the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday, March 13, 2012.

Las Vegas has been named one of the world’s top 25 vacation destinations based on ratings from users of TripAdvisor. The travel review website on Thursday released its “Traveler’s Choice Best Destinations of 2012” list. Las Vegas ranked No. 17, above Bora Bora, Los Angeles and Honolulu but below Chicago, Istanbul and Beijing. London topped the list as the world’s best destination.

3 May 2012
By Delen Goldberg

Campaign to encourage U.S. tourism launches

How do you sell Times Square and the Grand Canyon? The Carolinas and California? Residents of Japan, Canada and the United Kingdom are getting a taste Tuesday of the United States' first-ever marketing campaign aimed at boosting tourism.

1 May 2012
By Samantha Komkamp, Associated Press

Tired of airline fees? Here are a few tips to get around them

A WestJet airplane takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

In their earnings conference call last week, Allegiant Air executives fielded an interesting question from analysts. Would the company consider initiating a fee for passengers to have a seat that reclines when the airline initiates its six-hour flights between Las Vegas and Honolulu? The executives said no, they wouldn’t, because none of the seats on the airline’s Boeing 757 jets recline.

30 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Bellagio Fountains make TripAdvisor list of most talked about attractions

The Bellagio Fountains.

The Panama Canal, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Harbor and the Bellagio Fountains. All made TripAdvisor’s list of "most talked about attractions." The travel website based its picks on attractions that received the most reviews over the past year.

28 April 2012
By Delen Goldberg

Traffic up at Las Vegas’ McCarran airport for March, 1st quarter

A US Airways jet is seen during a rainstorm at McCarran International Airport on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.

Passenger traffic continued to rise at McCarran International Airport in March, with international arrivals and performances by airlines known for charging high ancillary fees bumping totals 2.5 percent higher than last year.

26 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Earnings up 26.5 percent at Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel

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

With two key revenue streams still on the horizon, the parent company of Allegiant Air on Wednesday reported a 23.1 percent increase in revenue and a 26.5 percent increase in earnings for the quarter that ended March 31.

25 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Maverick Aviation expands its fleet of tour aircraft

Maverick Aviation Group has added three high-wing Cessna Grand Caravan 208 planes to its fleet of tour aircraft.

The Maverick Aviation Group says it has added three planes ideally suited to Grand Canyon air-tour flights to its fleet at Henderson Executive Airport.

25 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas Strip snubbed in voting for Nevada tourism gems

The Valley of Fire State Park.

Quick, name places in Southern Nevada that tourists love. The Strip, obviously, and Hoover Dam and its sidekick, the new O’Callaghan-Tillman Bridge, right?

20 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

With Allegiant shaking up Las Vegas-Hawaii air market, how will Southwest respond?

An Allegiant Air jet takes off from McCarran International Airport.

The skies over the South Pacific and the air routes between Hawaii and its ninth island, Las Vegas, will be filling up in the months ahead.

18 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

County to expand parking lot at Las Vegas welcome sign

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

The 10-space parking lot at the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign has become so popular that Clark County will spend $500,000 to add 20 more spaces. On the median of Las Vegas Boulevard South, near Mandalay Bay, the 53-year-old sign is ground zero for tourists, who flock to the Las Vegas icon to have their picture taken.

17 April 2012
By Joe Schoenmann

These couples defy tradition, opt for Friday the 13th weddings

Dixie Woodham and Christopher Dean, of Denton Texas, stand before the Grim Reaper, played by Ron DeCar, during a "Grim Reaper" themed wedding at Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel, Friday April 13, 2012.

Christopher Dean’s gold front tooth sparkled as he smiled and watched his redheaded bride in a white mermaid-style wedding dress walk down the aisle. The grim reaper would marry them, after creeping out of an upright casket. “ 'Cause death do us part,” said bride Dixie Woodham, as to why she desired a ghoulish-themed wedding on what is usually considered an unlucky day.

14 April 2012
By Gregan Wingert

LVCVA report provides snapshot of the prototypical Las Vegas visitor

Tourists walk on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, April 28, 2011.

The prototypical Las Vegas visitor in 2011 was a 49-year-old, white, married, Southern California man who has a college degree and earns $100,000 a year or more.

11 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas tourism numbers continue steady climb

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

Southern Nevada’s tourism numbers continued to climb in February, aided by the return of some conventions and trade shows, calendar shifts that landed shows in that month and an extra day courtesy of Leap Year.

10 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta
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