Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming, which operates three downtown Las Vegas properties and four locals resorts in Southern Nevada, said its earnings and revenue fell in the second quarter as customers spent less because of economic worries.
CEO says Station insiders have advantage in bid process
Friday, July 30, 2010
Boyd Gaming has abandoned efforts to acquire Station Casinos assets that will be auctioned next week, saying it would be pointless to pursue any of the 11 Station properties because Station insiders would have an advantage in the bid process.
Spirit Airlines, a Florida-based air carrier with four round-trip flights a day in and out of Las Vegas, will add a daily flight between McCarran International Airport and Chicago’s O’Hare International in November.
A company that has begun producing an authentic Irish beer in the United States aims to bring a successful formula to Las Vegas and turn it into a tourist attraction.
Delta Air Lines will stick its toe in the water on a new route with Saturday-only nonstop flights between Las Vegas and Hartford, Conn., beginning Oct. 2.
'Bags Fly Free' policy helped traffic, official says
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, the market leader at McCarran International Airport, rode an all-time-high quarter for revenue to become the fifth of six major air carriers to be profitable in 2010’s second quarter.
Airline plans to have 12 fewer daily round trips into McCarran starting Nov. 7
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Southwest Airlines will offer more than 1,600 fewer seats a day into the Las Vegas market in the winter months following a seasonal schedule change that takes effect in November.
Viad Corp, parent company of Las Vegas-based convention services contractor Global Experience Specialists, said the convention and meetings industry appears to be stabilizing after reporting that earnings narrowed in the company’s second quarter.
The company that has developed VEGAS.com into a leading travel booking website for the Las Vegas market has launched a similar site to guide travelers to vacation attractions in Mexico.
When gambling went from being a pastime largely offered by organized crime to a leading entertainment industry, academia took notice and wanted to study it.
Most permanent jobs would be based in Victorville, Calif.
Friday, July 23, 2010
When the DesertXpress high-speed train is built, there would be up to 700 permanent jobs at an operations and maintenance facility — in Victorville, Calif.
US Airways, the third-busiest air carrier at McCarran International Airport after being No. 2 in the market for more than a decade, reported a profit in its second quarter, the second highest since 2005 when the airline merged with America West.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., the parent company of Allegiant Air, reported its 30th straight profitable quarter, but earnings were off more than 25 percent from what they were a year ago.
Head of Nevada Council on Problem Gambling says efforts should focus on non-gaming amenities
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
t’s all right for casinos to market to customers with addictive gambling behavior as long as they focus on the property’s amenities and don’t push playing slot machines and table games, according to the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling.
Nevada’s congressional delegation is rallying behind legislation boosted by US Airways that could lead to additional flights between Las Vegas and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Bird’s-eye views of dam to draw pedestrians to bypass bridge
Friday, July 16, 2010
The spectacular new observation deck 280 feet above Hoover Dam should be finished in a few months, allowing tourists to get photos that had previously been possible only from a helicopter. The main purpose of the four-lane Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge is to route traffic off the dam, of course. But motorists will find it difficult, if not impossible, to get snapshots of its vertigo-inducing views.
Representatives of Southern Nevada’s taxicab industry today rejected a proposal from the Nevada Taxicab Authority to set cab fares at a flat rate of $20 from McCarran International Airport to the Strip.
Once NDOT completes its work on the widening of Interstate 15 from Blue Diamond Road south, Southern Nevada’s most important tourism conduit will be done in Nevada and leaders can turn their attention to other pressing transportation needs, the LVCVA was told today.
The state Gaming Control Board recommended approval of a slew of new licenses today from an all-star list of Southern Nevada’s biggest casino companies. In the process, regulators checked the pulse of the state’s dominant industry, finding it to be stagnant.
R&R Partners, the Las Vegas-based advertising agency contracted to produce print and television ads for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and the creators of the famed “What happens here, stays here” campaign, has won national and international recognition for some of its latest work.
Conventional wisdom suggests that a company new to town not try to take the growth curve too rapidly, especially during the worst economic downturn in recent history.
At next week’s meeting of the Nevada Taxicab Authority, board members will discuss one of the most vexing problems of the industry — the illegal practice of long-hauling.
Even in the heyday of Las Vegas growth, the concern was whispered in board rooms and government offices: Can Nevada continue riding a one-trick pony or does it need to diversify?
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and the Nevada Resort Association today filed a joint legal challenge to a recently filed initiative petition that would enact reform legislation similar to Arizona’s immigration law.
Matthew Schissler used to ponder moving his company to Las Vegas during his long drives from Southern California to the Las Vegas Convention Center, where he frequently attended trade shows.
Matthew Schissler used to ponder moving his company to Las Vegas during his long drives from Southern California to the Las Vegas Convention Center, where he frequently attended trade shows.
Solotech is a perfect example of a Canadian company that came to Las Vegas as a contractor, became an important niche business and, from its Southern Nevada base, has expanded to become a big player nationally with a local address.
Honolulu-based Hawaiian Airlines will begin twice-weekly nonstop flights between Las Vegas and Maui beginning in October, the company announced Wednesday.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and the Nevada Development Authority have signed a two-year agreement with options that allows the NDA to man a booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s entrance hall to recruit companies to the city.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority today renewed agreements with 12 offices that represent the city in 75 markets worldwide, placing the most emphasis on Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe.
There’s a new player in the Great Race to provide rail service between Las Vegas and Southern California. It has an interesting route proposal going for it, but it’s late to the party for money.
In the meetings and conventions business, one city’s tragedy can be another city’s opportunity. Las Vegas has picked up more than 30 meetings and conventions that were scheduled in hotels and convention centers in Nashville.
It’s time for readers to pull out their Los Angeles train score cards for the latest update on the Great Race to provide some kind of rail service to and from Southern California.
When the Internal Revenue Service sent agents to investigate Pure Management Group in February 2008, it didn’t look good for the company or the Las Vegas nightclub industry.
The Governor’s Conference on Tourism, the state’s largest gathering of tourism professionals, is back on the calendar after a two-year hiatus. The Nevada Commission on Tourism today reviewed a proposed agenda for the Dec. 7-8 event scheduled at the Peppermill resort in Reno.
Las Vegas maintained its grip as the top destination on the Tradeshow Week 200, a list of the leading conventions and trade shows staged in North America in 2009.
Las Vegas showgirls are commonly part of the welcoming party when new international flights begin at McCarran International Airport. When XL Airways France made its inaugural run from Paris to Las Vegas on Thursday, two Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority-hired showgirls greeting passengers on the first flight had a little competition for attention.
An executive for the M Resort who has served as vice president of operations for Harrah’s Entertainment was named the new president and CEO of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.