Tourism

Grounded balloon ride set to resume flights over Strip

After being grounded for more than six months, the Cloud Nine balloon will return to the Las Vegas skies this week. The tethered helium balloon attraction, on the Strip across from Mandalay Bay, will be taking a test flight today and will reopen to the public by this weekend, Vice President of Operations Anita O’Connor said.

23 September 2010
By Amanda Finnegan

Las Vegas cabdrivers among best in U.S. — with exceptions, survey finds

Taxis wait at "the pit" for fares at McCarran International Airport. At any time, there are about 2,000 cabs on Las Vegas streets.

Las Vegas cabdrivers have been known to boast they provide tourists’ first impression of the city. The public appears divided on whether that impression is good or bad.

21 September 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Report marks recession's 2009 end, but Nevada recovery lags

Nevada Job Connect is shown in December 2008, months after the nation's economy began to sputter.

A report Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research found the recession ended long ago – June 2009, in fact – and the country has been in recovery mode ever since. Try selling that in Nevada, where the unemployment rate continues its unrelenting climb, reaching a record high of 14.4 percent in August.

20 September 2010
By Karoun Demirjian

Las Vegas executive named to board promoting U.S. tourism

The top executive of one of the world’s largest vacation ownership companies, Las Vegas-based Diamond Resorts International, has been appointed to the board of directors of a nonprofit corporation that will promote travel to the United States.

18 September 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Google, Nevada tourism officials partner for winter ad campaign

A sunset is shown on the south shore of Lake Tahoe in Nevada showing the Montbleu casino and spa in the foreground.

The Nevada Commission on Tourism, partnering with Google.com, expects to produce more than 8 million page views from its target demographic in an Internet winter tourism ad campaign that begins in November. The commission began working with Google late last year and will spend $835,000 of its $2.4 million media budget on Internet marketing in the current fiscal year.

16 September 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas sees largest monthly tourism gain since 2005

In another sign that the city’s tourism industry is improving, Las Vegas in July saw its largest year-over-year visitation increase since December 2005.

10 September 2010
By Amanda Finnegan

United’s strategy for Vegas unclear as merger approaches

The proposed merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines — both with a moderate presence at McCarran International Airport — appears to be on track. Buy that does it mean for Las Vegas?

10 September 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

McCarran travelers to get glimpse of airport of future

Travelers from an international flight wait in line at the passport check area at McCarran International Airport's Terminal 2 on Wednesday, April 23, 2010.

Travelers who use McCarran International Airport aren’t going to have to wait for Terminal 3 to open in 2012 to get a look at the airport terminal of the future.

10 September 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Successful Hollywood movies continue to sell Las Vegas

"The Hangover" actors, from left, Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Justin Bartha, appear in a scene at Caesars Palace's reception area.

Ever since “The Hangover” debuted in June 2009, people from all over the world have gone to Caesars Palace to book a night at the suite where members of a bachelor party woke up from a night of debauchery they couldn’t remember.

3 September 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Labor Day weekend outlook: More visitors, less spending

An aerial tour of the Las Vegas Strip.

The outlook for Labor Day weekend in Las Vegas appears much like that for most holidays since the Great Recession took hold — visitors will still flock to the city but they will spend less.

3 September 2010
By Amanda Finnegan

Governor’s Conference on Tourism could be last if it flops

Former Nevada Gov. Richard Bryan, who developed the first Governor’s Conference on Tourism more than two decades ago, will be honored at December’s revamped two-day event.

2 September 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

AOL Travel warns readers to steer clear of North Las Vegas

AOL Travel is telling its readers to stay out of North Las Vegas. In an Aug. 26 article titled “Safe and Dangerous Places in Las Vegas,” AOL Travel listed North Las Vegas as an area to avoid.

1 September 2010
By Erin Dostal

Southwest technology, boarding policies change behavior

A Southwest Airlines jet takes off from McCarran International Airport.

Southwest Airlines’ technological and policy switches have changed the way Las Vegas’ busiest air carrier boards its passengers at McCarran International Airport.

27 August 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Taxicab Authority plans for credit card transactions

The five-member Taxicab Authority today began working through questions as the local taxi industry gets closer to developing credit card processing regulations.

26 August 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Nevada sales declines ease in June, off 1 percent

CARSON CITY – The bar and restaurant business in Clark County in June improved, but the sale of building materials and vehicles slumped.

26 August 2010
By Cy Ryan
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