Copa Airlines, Panama’s leading air carrier, will begin nonstop flights between Panama City and Las Vegas in June, the city’s first international service to Central America and the first new air carrier in McCarran International Airport’s Terminal 3 era.
A National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge has ruled that a Las Vegas taxi company must allow a new union representation vote and ordered the company to rehire six employees it terminated for union activities.
The local taxi industry was running on all cylinders in 2011 with a double-digit increase in revenue for the 16 companies operating in Clark County, according to statistics released today by the Nevada Taxicab Authority. Eight other categories monitored by the authority also showed gains for the year.
The Nevada Taxicab Authority is finding that it’s getting more difficult to gauge just how many additional taxis it needs to allocate for special events as the economy improves. The board approved more cabs for the Super Bowl and Magic Marketplace fashion convention.
McDonald’s doesn’t have to disclose how much a consumer must pay, taxes included, to buy a Big Mac. And if you buy a brand new car at a local dealership, you won’t see ads that break down taxes or the cost of dealer prep, whatever that is. But the U.S. Department of Transportation is forcing airlines to fully disclose the total price of an airline ticket in rules that take effect Thursday.
Some people sell antiques and collectibles on eBay. Others try to move cars and trucks. Scott Mahalick is offering a 100,000-watt FM commercial radio station in Moapa, about 60 miles northwest of Las Vegas. “It’s a little unconventional, but this is Vegas, so I thought I’d give it a try.”
It isn’t often that you have to give up your driver’s license to attend a public meeting. In fact, it’s probably never happened — until Thursday. The state Board of Economic Development may have played fast and loose with the state’s open-meeting law when it conducted its January meeting at Switch Communications’ SuperNap facility.
Gov. Brian Sandoval is getting the vibe that companies looking to relocate or expand are taking a closer look at Nevada now that the state is overhauling its economic development policies. While the prospect of getting more attention from corporate relocation consultants is promising, Sandoval admitted Thursday that there’s no hard evidence yet and he’s going on what he’s heard from executives and other government leaders.
Tourism industry leaders from across the country applauded President Barack Obama today for signing an executive order and announcing initiatives that should increase travel to the United States.
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines reported a decline in fourth-quarter profits on Thursday but still beat analysts' estimates while contending with high fuel costs.
Southern Nevada is in the running to be the home of an expanding credit card debt-collection company that could eventually provide 2,000 jobs in a call-center environment. CFS II won approval from the Nevada Commission on Economic Development for sales and business tax abatements and sales tax deferrals.
What passengers will think of it remains to be seen, but there's no question that Southwest Airlines' plan to add seats to most of its Boeing 737 jet fleet will have a side benefit for Las Vegas and every other city the airline services.
While the Neon Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement and the National Atomic Testing Museum will never be mistaken for the Louvre, all three will be home to significant happenings in 2012.
Robert Kyncl, vice president of content at Google and one of the people who pushed Netflix from a DVD-by-mail operation to online streaming, made a convincing case in an address at the International Consumer Electronics Show Thursday that entertainment on the web is going to change radically in the next five years, just as it has in the past five.
A panel of CEOs at the International Consumer Electronics Show talked philosophically Wednesday about innovation and what they agreed to be a formula for success — a plan that would likely get high fives from residents of Nevada.
Thousands of people are in town this week to see how consumer electronics are born. Some of them took a little side trip to see where they go to die. U.S. Micro Corp., a computer recycling company formerly based in Smyrna, Ga., officially opened its new 130,000-square-foot plant and headquarters in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Governor to network with tech execs as part of economic development thrust
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
Gov. Brian Sandoval made his first visit to the floor of the International Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday and, like many visitors to the annual gadget showcase, saw lots of stuff he'd like to have.
The world’s largest semiconductor chip maker used the big stage of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Tuesday to announce plans to get into the smartphone business with a Chinese multinational company and an established American company.
On “Star Trek,” doctors were able to diagnose ailments with the quick scan of a tricorder. Now, the organization that developed the X Prize series is offering a $10 million prize to anyone who can develop a diagnosing tricorder.
Microsoft Corp. made its International Consumer Electronics Show swan song — or maybe it didn’t — on the eve of the kickoff of the 2012 show that begins Tuesday in Las Vegas, where more than 140,000 people will begin poring over thousands of gadgets and gizmos for four days. Latecomers to Steve Ballmer’s CES-opening keynote address were turned away from the packed ballroom.
The Nevada Taxicab Authority had a special meeting last week to reverse a cab allocation decision involving additional taxis during the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show and the Adult Entertainment Expo.
Consumer electronic trade press from around the world had their appetites whetted for gadgets great and small Sunday as the Consumer Electronics Association unveiled what it considers some of the best devices to be shown at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show.
The Nevada Taxicab Authority on Friday reversed an earlier decision on cab allocations for concurrent trade shows later this month, giving Las Vegas’ 16 cab companies the opportunity to temporarily add vehicles to their fleets.
Consumer electronics industry's premier trade show to kick off next week
Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012
North America’s largest trade show — the biggest consumer electronics gathering in the world — makes its annual appearance in Las Vegas next week with a gift to the city, courtesy of the convention calendar, and a touch of industry intrigue.
The Nevada Attorney General’s office has begun studying the U.S. Department of Justice’s surprising new interpretation of online gambling to determine what effects it might have on the state.
A new analysis says small businesses in Las Vegas are more likely to hire new employees now than a year ago, but wages in the sector are forecast to decline. Glenview, Ill.-based SurePayroll said hiring and wage data signal the end of nationwide downward trends heading into 2012.
President of Wynn and Encore working to maintain five-star experience
Monday, Jan. 2, 2012
Marilyn Winn had planned to change her legal name to Marilyn Spiegel three years ago after she got married. But when she was named president of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore, she knew a change was essential. Today, the confusion has been averted, and she’s officially Marilyn Spiegel.
Here at the Sun and its business publication, VEGAS INC, we like to look forward instead of backward. With that in mind, here are some of the top tourism news stories you’ll be seeing in 2012.
The case of a Swiss man who claims he was wrongly denied a $54.3 million slot machine jackpot points out some key differences in the way disputed jackpots are handled in Nevada and elsewhere.
Las Vegas-based Arcata Associates has been selected NASA’s 2011 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year. It’s the second time in four years that Arcata, a 32-year-old engineering services and information technology firm, has won the award.
A 3.9 percent increase in passengers at McCarran International Airport in November virtually assures the nation’s eighth-busiest airport will serve more than 40 million passengers this year — a benchmark offering further evidence of the Las Vegas tourism industry’s recovery. McCarran officials reported this morning that 3.3 million passengers passed through the airport’s gates in November.
Those witnessing last week’s Nevada Gaming Commission meeting got a sense that they saw history being made when the board unanimously approved the nation’s first regulations for online poker.
The Nevada Gaming Commission today allowed lenders and investors of the Las Vegas Hilton to pursue the appointment of a receiver to operate the property’s casino while a legal dispute plays out in court.
The Nevada Gaming Commission approved the nation’s first regulations for Internet poker play today, opening the door to the licensing of companies to offer online play within the state.
The Best Buy stores in the Las Vegas Valley have tested a store design and marketing concept that will now be used nationwide by the 45-year-old, Richfield, Minn.-based retailer. The concept is to provide one centralized runway to easily access products and displays.
A post by a local blogger suggesting that the Toyota Motor Corp. is considering building a manufacturing and distribution plant in North Las Vegas has generated some buzz, but economic development leaders statewide say they don’t know anything about it.
The Nevada Economic Development Commission today approved more than $350,000 in tax abatements for a new dietary supplement manufacturer locating in Las Vegas despite the company not meeting statutory requirements for tax incentives.
Stephen Cloobeck, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas-based timeshare company Diamond Resorts International, will be the subject of CBS’ “Undercover Boss” in the program's 2012 season debut. The episode is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. Las Vegas time Jan. 15.
By the end of this week, Nevada is expected to be the first state in the nation to have regulations in place for Internet poker play. It’s historic. It’s indicative of the state’s leadership role in the gaming industry.
I’ve always maintained that the Las Vegas Monorail had little chance for success because it has operated despite being incomplete. Critics have continually battered the 3.9-mile elevated work-in-progress transportation system because it doesn’t go where most people want to be.
You don’t have to be tech savvy to make your way around McCarran International Airport — but it helps. McCarran officials on Thursday reminded the public of some of the innovations at one of the nation’s most technologically friendly airports.
The security screening process at McCarran International Airport will get easier for customers of four airlines as the Transportation Security Administration opened its first TSA Pre-Check trusted traveler lanes Tuesday.
Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman hasn’t been in the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority limelight for six months, since his term as mayor and board chairman of the LVCVA came to an end.
The busiest air carrier at McCarran International Airport today announced plans to be the first customer for Boeing’s newest version of the twin-engine 737 jet.
Of all the bad lists Las Vegas is on top of and good lists of which it's left off, this one has to be the worst. Southwest Airlines announced it is transporting Santa Claus for visits to 21 airports and three other locations — but not Las Vegas.