No decision has been reached on whether a scaled-down version of the Governor’s Tourism Conference will be held in December, but one thing is fairly certain: The conference won’t be held along with a larger event such as the Nevada Hotel & Lodging Association show.
No plane, no gain. That is the message on how important general aviation is to the local economy delivered last week at the Henderson Executive Airport by representatives of an organization boosting business aviation nationwide.
Entrepreneurs’ game, Two Cards High, passes Control Board hurdle
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009
When we last left mom-and-pop casino game inventors George and Stephanie Boutsifakos, their baby was being field-tested at Boulder Station, with no assurance it would survive its scheduled 90-day run. Sure, the game was getting rave reviews in a casino in South Korea, but locally two other casinos had yanked it off the floor. Go figure. Depending on how the Boulder Station trial went, the couple were on the brink of giving birth to a casino game that they had named Two Cards High. We can now move their story forward.
It’s Monday afternoon of a three-day weekend spent at a terrific resort, and the going-home traffic is brutal. It’s going to take hours longer to get home than it usually takes on this trip. No, this isn’t Interstate 15 heading for Southern California from Las Vegas. It’s Interstate 70 between the Colorado ski resorts and the Denver metropolitan area.
Fast trips between major cities are what planners in four states envision
Monday, Sept. 7, 2009
Imagine boarding a train in downtown Las Vegas and getting off at a Colorado ski resort just a couple of hours later. And just think of the millions of people across the West who might take a last-minute trip to Las Vegas to unwind if a train were available.
It’s been an important gathering in Nevada for nearly 25 years. Now, since Gov. Jim Gibbons has taken over as the state’s chief executive, the Governor’s Tourism Conference has evaporated. To be fair, it isn’t entirely Gibbons’ fault that economic hard times forced the cancellation of what would have been the silver anniversary conference last year.
If local boosters of NASCAR racing have their way, Labor Day weekends in Las Vegas will be dedicated to putting the finishing touches on preparing the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for a big night race.
It’s been an important gathering in Nevada for nearly 25 years. Now, since Gov. Jim Gibbons has taken over as the state’s chief executive, the Governor’s Tourism Conference has evaporated.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway must pass tough test in a bad economy: Find a sponsor for next year’s Cup race
Friday, Sept. 4, 2009
Local boosters of NASCAR racing would love for Las Vegas Motor Speedway to host a second Sprint Cup series race — this one, a night race after Labor Day.
McCarran International Airport will lose three flights a day from Southwest Airlines when the Dallas-based carrier, the largest operator at the Las Vegas airport, modifies its schedule in January and February.
Official says 10,500 construction jobs possible with $4 billion project
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009
The leader of the effort to build the proposed DesertXpress high-speed train between Las Vegas and Southern California said his company has launched a worldwide search for vendors and suppliers so that construction on the $4 billion project could begin by the end of March.
You’ve seen them in “Mission: Impossible” and the James Bond movies, those facial-feature scanners and fingerprint pads that give people access to high-tech secret stuff. Now, McCarran International Airport has such a gadget for people to get into the United States.
Backers of the DesertXpress train proposal will discuss it at a UNLV Transportation Research Center forum that organizers hope will be the first of several sessions on developing high-speed rail between Las Vegas and Southern California.
A wireless Internet-access company is betting that its fourth-generation citywide mobile service will be a hit with customers who want to be online while on the go.
To many, Southwest Airlines’ failure to acquire Denver-based Frontier Airlines out of bankruptcy was shocking. How could Southwest fail when its competition was a company that runs commuter airlines?
If there’s going to be a legal fight by the state to require online travel sites to pay higher room taxes, it’s not going to be started by the Nevada Commission on Tourism. It agreed the matter is not within the purview of the board.
A lot of the mass transit guys have it right when it comes to offering the enticing “all-access” deal on their transportation systems. Wouldn’t it be great if you could find such a deal for airline travel?
A VIP experience at a price everyday tourists can afford is what the Monte Carlo’s new hotel-within-a-hotel concept is attempting to deliver to guests.
Everybody knows that visitation numbers are down for Southern Nevada. But how are things going for the rest of the state, where the tourism industry is a matter of survival?
The Henderson Chamber of Commerce will energize its support for small businesses with a series of free workshops that will cover operations, banking and financial resources, human resources, sales management and marketing.
Southwest Airlines' surprising announcement last week that it wants to acquire Frontier Airlines is a great business strategy for McCarran International Airport’s busiest carrier, but in the long run could be a detriment to Las Vegans who fly to Denver and Colorado tourists who come here.
Goodman says edgy ads will drive Californians ‘bonkers’
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009
The Nevada Development Authority’s newest campaign to lure Southern California businesses to Las Vegas says if they stay there they can “kiss their assets goodbye.” The $1 million campaign breaks Friday in California and is the NDA’s latest attempt at enticing businesses. Similar previous campaigns have drawn heated responses from California government officials and business organizations and the new campaign is expected to get under the skin of loyal Californians.
Longtime gamblers have been saying it for months: If you want people to play in your casino during the recession, reduce the hold on your slot machines.
Viad Corp, parent company of Las Vegas-based convention services contractor GES Exposition Services, had a 58.1 percent decline in earnings over last year as the economy continued to batter business travel industries.
US Airways is closing its airline club lounge at McCarran International Airport, leaving only two of the hideaways that are considered a perk for loyal customers.
A small Las Vegas company and the 2-year-old Ward 5 Chamber of Commerce are jumping aboard Southern Nevada’s high-speed train debate with a forum on proposals to link Las Vegas and Southern California by rail.
It’s a typically wonderful summer morning in the Rocky Mountains where the temperature has hit about 70 and around 50 people are climbing off a bus after an hourlong drive from Denver.
Southwest Airlines Co. broke a string of three straight losing quarters by scratching out a small profit in the April-June period despite a downturn in travel.
One of the foundations of the tourism industry’s efforts to put heads in beds in Southern Nevada’s resorts is by developing, sponsoring and promoting special events. And although many of Las Vegas’ special events involve entertainment, even more revolve around sports.
Although his company is all about technology, if you ask Terry McGowan about its greatest assets he will start talking about how his employees work with their customers.