When the Great Recession began to take its toll on Nevada in 2008, the tourism industry was one of the first to feel its effects. But the Nevada Commission on Tourism feels the time is right to bring the Governor’s Conference on Tourism back.
The state Gaming Control Board on Wednesday recommended approval of the licensing of a new company that will run the Herbst Gaming empire, which is expected to emerge from bankruptcy protection later this month.
Fifteen bucks will buy you a buffet dinner at a Strip hotel. Or, it can get you a one-way ticket on Allegiant Air between Long Beach, Calif., and Las Vegas.
The people elected this month to represent their constituents have begun learning their new jobs and getting familiar with some of the lower-tier issues that weren’t discussed in debates and pre-election news stories.
Count on Southwest Airlines being both juggler and juggernaut in the months ahead. The discount air carrier is by far the busiest airline at McCarran International Airport, with 44.1 percent of each day’s commercial flights.
We may soon learn how our newly elected officials in Carson City and Washington will side on issues that involve the big pillar of our economy, tourism. For instance, how will Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval come down on the duel between competing high-speed train proposals?
McCarran International Airport will be among a dozen major airports nationwide from which Travelocity.com correspondents will post real-time traffic and crowd congestion information during next week’s busy Thanksgiving travel period.
McCarran International Airport remains a holdout among the nation’s largest airports on a smoking ban, according to the latest survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Even with a decline in passenger numbers this year, McCarran International Airport is destined to remain the seventh busiest airport in the nation over the next five years.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority plans to refine its marketing and advertising strategy next month as experts zero in on the changing characteristics of typical Las Vegas visitors and how to reach them.
Buoyed by the success of its year-old London-Las Vegas route, British Airways will use a bigger aircraft on its daily flights beginning next summer. Airline officials announced today that beginning June 1, BA would use a four-class Boeing 747 jumbo jet on the route instead of the three-class Boeing 777 it currently uses. The change will add 124 seats per flight and add a first-class cabin of 14 seats. That’s a potential increase of 22,000 additional passengers a year.
If aviation expert Mike Boyd is right about the direction air transport is headed — and he usually is — Las Vegas should be in a good position with its strategy to attract more international flights.
The state Gaming Control Board recommended removing a man from the so-called “gray list” of denied applicants minutes after approving another recommendation that could land a new person to the list.
The state Gaming Control Board has recommended approval of the licensing of the companies that control the storied Tropicana hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Flight attendants at Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air have filed a petition with the federal National Mediation Board requesting representation from the same union that represents flight attendants at Southwest Airlines.
When the Travel Promotion Act was under consideration last year, every member of Nevada’s congressional delegation was on board to get the legislation approved.
DALLAS – Southwest Airlines has settled on a price point for its inflight Internet service: $5 per flight, regardless of the length of the trip. The company announced at its Media Day event today that it has 32 jets equipped with the satellite Wi-Fi system.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., the parent company of Allegiant Air, reported its second-best third quarter since 2005 and its 31st consecutive profitable quarter, but still didn’t meet executives’ expectations on revenue projections because of a late-summer dip in leisure travel and higher-than-expected fuel costs.
NEW ORLEANS – Seventy-two government agencies have cut their travel budgets because of environmental concerns, a top travel executive said, leading him to conclude that overzealous environmental policy could be the next roadblock facing the tourism industry.
NEW ORLEANS – United Airlines, the third busiest air carrier at McCarran International Airport, next spring will begin announcing details of how service will change with its merger with Continental Airlines, one of the airline’s executives said today.
After spending a good chunk of last week on assignments involving high-speed train developments, my biggest surprise was how supportive industry leaders are of the much-maligned DesertXpress proposal that would link Victorville, Calif., to Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s financial position declined in the 2010 fiscal year, but aggressive efforts to respond to the recession with pay and hiring freezes and other cutbacks is keeping the organization fiscally stable, the LVCVA board of directors’ audit committee was told Thursday.
The Nevada Commission on Economic Development has approved a tax-abatement incentive package for a Las Vegas-based company that is investing $120 million to expand its local operation.
Utah Sen. Bob Bennett today challenged high-speed rail backers to defy critics and continue their efforts to build a national transportation network because the end result would be a fundamental economic change for the country.
When Southern Nevadans go to the polls to pick a new governor next month, they’ll choose from two major candidates with similar views on taxes — neither says he’ll raise them — and on the diversification of Nevada’s economy.
Scott Smith, the mayor of Mesa, Ariz., recalled the day when he and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper first saw the U.S. Department of Transportation’s map showing preferred high-speed rail corridors in the United States.
Supporters of high-speed rail need to take an evangelistic approach to convert doubters and skeptics, speakers at the first-ever Western High Speed Rail Alliance conference agreed today.
Getting state leaders on track will be senator’s focus after election
Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010
If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is re-elected, one of his first tasks will be to lean on Nevada officials to shift their support for a high-speed train linking Las Vegas and Southern California from maglev to the more conventional DesertXpress.
For most of the more than 60 people attending, Wednesday night’s public hearing on the supplemental environmental impact statement for the proposed DesertXpress high-speed rail system was an exercise in frustration.
Officials outline federal loan guarantees company will pursue
Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that he would meet with Nevada’s new governor after the Nov. 2 election to convince transportation leaders to support the DesertXpress high-speed rail project. “I think they (the state) better join the team and work on something that is doable,” Reid said in an interview.
A Suwanee, Ga., airline with a major presence in Southern Nevada’s air tour industry will begin offering low-fare flights between Atlanta and Louisville, Ky., in December, the first step toward growing the company’s business plan of providing scheduled service in underserved secondary markets.
The going theory is that smoking bans lead to less business from gamblers. But ...
Monday, Oct. 11, 2010
Arizona Charlie’s executives make a point of listening to their customers. But when a large number of players at the locals casino near Decatur and Charleston boulevards suggested they wanted a smoke-free slot room, General Manager Ron Lurie had to think it over.
Arizona Charlie’s, the locals casino on Decatur Boulevard near Charleston, has long prided itself as a place with executives who listen to their customers.
Southwest Airlines’ newly announced spring schedule adds two flights to and from Las Vegas at a time when the airline is cutting its national schedule by 22 flights.