Tourism

Hotel rates as low as $14 right around the corner

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is about family, food and football, but it’s also the gateway to another Las Vegas favorite: heavily discounted room rates.

21 November 2011
By Dave Berns

Velotta: High-speed rail to Victorville, really?

A model of a DesertXpress station is shown on Friday, March 25, 2011, at the UNLV Science and Engineering building.

At a recent meeting discussing plans for DesertXpress' high-speed rail to Victorville, I found myself wondering why a room full of experts didn't question some of the flaws of the proposed system.

21 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Financial guru bids farewell to LVCVA

Brenda Siddall, vice president of finance, speaks at an LVCVA board meeting this month at Cashman Center.

It was one of those comic-relief moments of the monthly Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority meeting. Brenda Siddall, the LVCVA’s vice president of finance, faced the board and its chairman, former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, to talk about tax collections, financial forecasts and how tourism marketing was faring during the stormy days of the recession.

21 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas ski resort opens chairlifts for season

Snowboarders and skiiers hit the slopes as the Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort opens Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011.

Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort opened three chairlifts and one surface lift Friday morning for the winter season.

18 November 2011
By Aida Ahmed

Las Vegas to host Muhammad Ali birthday bash

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali attends the welterweight fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley on May 2, 2010, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is ready to have fun again. In announcing a three-year, multitiered destination innovation and leadership plan to the LVCVA board of directors, President and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter announced the city would play host to a birthday party for one of the most storied boxing champions in history, Muhammad Ali.

17 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Is switching time zones a bright idea for Nevada?

A view of Las Vegas at sunset near the Cashman Center.

We’ve been told over and over that there’s no quick fix for Nevada’s grinding unemployment and underwater mortgages. So how about an extra hour of daylight to brighten these dark days? From the Internet comes a provocative idea: Nevada should part ways with the Pacific time zone and join Arizona, Idaho and Utah in the Mountain time zone. On a day like today it would push sunset from 4:32 p.m. to 5:32 p.m. — ending the depressing late-fall phenomenon of leaving work at 5 p.m. only to find night has fallen.

16 November 2011
By David McGrath Schwartz

Las Vegas tour seller denies stealing competitor's trade secrets

A seller of sightseeing tours on the Las Vegas Strip is denying lawsuit allegations that it wrongly hired a competitor’s former workers and stole its trade secrets. One Stop Ticket and Tour Shop Inc. filed suit last month in Clark County District Court against Adventures International LLC.

15 November 2011
By Steve Green

Bankruptcy judge skeptical about Las Vegas Monorail plans

The Las Vegas Monorail train as it leaves the Convention Center Station, Monday Nov. 14, 2011

The Las Vegas Monorail was developed at a cost of $650 million — but based on its meager ridership and revenue levels it’s now worth just $16 million to $20 million.

15 November 2011
By Steve Green

Fodor's ranks Cosmopolitan among best hotels in the world

The Chandelier Bar at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Friday, Dec. 10, 2010.

The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas’ newest Strip resort, was named last week one of Fodor’s 100 best hotels in the world. The travel guide nominated it in the “new and worthy” category.

15 November 2011
By Delen Goldberg

LVCVA to unveil strategy to spur an economic rebound

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is ready to call the Great Recession history and initiate a multiyear, multilayered plan to spur growth in the city’s $36 billion tourism economy. LVCVA President and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter said he would present details of his destination innovation and leadership plan on Thursday.

14 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

WestJet partners could bring overseas passengers to Las Vegas

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

A flurry of code-share agreements negotiated by WestJet, McCarran International Airport’s busiest international air carrier, could lead to more overseas visitation from all over the world through Canada.

9 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Southern Nevada tourism continues its rebound

Southern Nevada tourism continued its steady climb as the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority today announced a 5.5 percent increase in visitation in September over last year.

9 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Why does Southwest gouge its Vegas-Reno passengers? Because it can

Southwest should be ashamed at how it has priced its flights between Las Vegas and Reno. Today, the base price for a one-way ticket from Las Vegas to Reno is $91. Make it a round trip and throw in the taxes and the ticket price is $203.

8 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Brand USA campaign unveiled

Brand USA campaign unveiled

Seeking to change travel trends of fewer foreigners visiting the United States, a public-private partnership launched Brand USA today, the nation’s first tourism marketing campaign.

7 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Brand that will sell U.S. tourism to be unveiled

After a two-year hiatus, the highly touted "What Happens Here, Stays Here" ad series is being relaunched to promote Las Vegas.

The brand message the United States will use to attract international tourists will be unveiled at the world’s largest travel show on Monday.

5 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta
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