British Airways has become the third airline at McCarran International Airport to offer passengers self-service bag tagging for its international flights through London.
Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming, which operates locals properties the Orleans, Gold Coast, Suncoast and Sam’s Town, downtown’s Main Street Station, California and Fremont and a total of 22 casinos in eight states, reported its second-quarter earnings Tuesday.
Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment, which operates nine resorts in Las Vegas and a diversified portfolio of properties worldwide, reported its second-quarter earnings Monday. A loss of $212.2 million was an improvement of 12.2 percent from the second quarter of 2012.
Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn gave more details about his planned $4 billion resort on Macau’s Cotai Strip today, including its name — Wynn Palace. In a conference call to discuss the company’s second-quarter earnings, Wynn said the new property would have a floral theme with colorful floats adorning the resort and changing monthly.
Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts, which operates Wynn Las Vegas and Encore on the Strip as well as two properties in Macau, reported its second-quarter earnings Monday.
Lawyer Glenn Truitt stands downtown, passing out T-shirts and cigarette lighters to art fans and hipsters mulling about First Friday. The trinkets bear the name of Truitt’s law firm, Half Price Lawyers, and he is working to change the public’s perception about how a law office should represent clients.
Phoenix-based Viad, parent company of convention services giant Global Experience Specialists (GES) of Las Vegas, reported $249.3 million in revenue for the second quarter, up 1.1 percent from the second quarter of 2012.
McCarran International Airport’s information technology experts are continuing to investigate what caused Thursday’s computer network crash that slowed the printing of boarding passes and tickets and caused dozens of passengers on all airlines to miss their morning flights.
Roderick William Dee II has been placed on the state Gaming Control Board's Excluded Person List — the so-called Black Book with the names of people not allowed to set foot in a casino.
After years of record unemployment, Nevada finally is seeing job growth. Employment gains are slow but steady and point to the city and nation's continued recovery from the recession, experts say.
Las Vegas Sands, operator of the Venetian and Palazzo resorts on the Strip and properties in Macau and Singapore, reported its second-quarter earnings Wednesday.
Mirimar, Fla.-based Spirit Airlines, the fastest growing domestic air carrier at McCarran International Airport last year, reported its second-quarter earnings Wednesday.
Las Vegas-based International Game Technology reported its third-quarter earnings Tuesday. Revenue and earnings were up from the third quarter a year ago.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent company of Allegiant Air, reported its second-quarter earnings Tuesday. Revenue and earnings were up from the second quarter a year ago.
Caught in a political game, XpressWest appears to have little hope of gaining funding
Monday, July 22, 2013
XpressWest executives recently acknowledged news that critics of the project have been waiting for: A review of the company’s $5.5 billion federal loan application to build a high-speed rail line between Southern California and Las Vegas has been suspended.
Las Vegas-based Diamond Resorts International, a vacation home ownership management company with 296 destinations in 32 countries, completed its first trading day on the New York Stock Exchange on a positive note Friday after its initial public offering priced below its expected range.
Las Vegas-based Bally Technologies will acquire SHFL entertainment, the Las Vegas company formerly known as Shuffle Master, in a $1.3 billion deal announced today.
Website that breaks down airline amenities gets an incomplete grade for Las Vegas travelers
Monday, July 15, 2013
When you have a choice of airlines to fly, how do you decide which to take? Many travelers are loyal to specific companies and do everything they can — even rent cars and drive miles out of their way — to use their favorite carriers. But that can be expensive.
One glance at the Las Vegas Strip makes it clear that Southern Nevada is a center of creativity. New ideas, catchy phrases and eye-catching displays battle to attract attention. But the city also is a danger zone for thieves who hope to profit from that creativity by appropriating protected trademarks or concepts for their own use.
Randall Walker retired May 31 from McCarran International Airport, the nation’s seventh-busiest airport. He now is pursuing a career in aviation consulting.
When 300 of the world’s top Indian business leaders held a two-day branding and marketing seminar, they came to one of the nation’s most recognizable brands: Las Vegas. The fourth annual PowerBrand Glams – considered the Oscars of the Indian business world – arrived this week at the Venetian. Previously, the event had been held in New Delhi, Dubai and London.
The developers of Southern Nevada’s “other” water park — Henderson’s Cowabunga Bay near the Galleria at Sunset mall — say most of their slides have arrived, and they still plan a spring 2014 opening.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is once again weaving news headlines into an ad campaign, this time encouraging companies receiving information requests from the National Security Agency to say no and tell them “What happens here, stays here.”
Company transporting partiers from Southern California changes arrival point from the Plaza to allow for growth
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
The train that will bring partiers from Southern California to Las Vegas next year will deliver passengers to a new train station that will be built in North Las Vegas. Originally, the company planned to build a station at the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's five-member compensation committee today voted against recommending a five-year contract with the Service Employees International Union.
A U.S. map that depicts the most famous commercial brands emanating from the 50 states includes a surprise for Nevada: The state’s most famous brand isn’t a casino company. The map has a few no-brainers, but there are a few head-scratchers.
The Nevada Taxicab Authority rejected two requests. In one, the operators of Déjà vu Showgirls asked the authority board to discipline cab companies that they said diverted customers to rival nightclubs.
May passenger counts at McCarran International Airport were the highest for any month in 2013. The Clark County Aviation Department today said 3.8 million people passed through the gates of Las Vegas’ airport, a 2.6 percent increase over May 2012.
The Nevada Gaming Commission has fined a 79-year-old Las Vegas tavern owner $27,000 and suspended her gaming license for three months for allowing patrons to engage in sexual activities in public view. Commissioners said Judy R. Nelson failed to adequately supervise the employees operating her bar.
The long-standing debate over the issuance of restricted gaming licenses to slot parlors boiled over at today's Nevada Gaming Commission meeting in a heated policy discussion between Commissioner Randolph Townsend and Chairman Peter Bernhard.
The Nevada Tourism Commission was feeling a little better about TravelNevada.com 2.0 Wednesday after its brand consultant told members they’ll be tweaking the state’s tourism website after a lukewarm response to its mid-April debut.
It’s FAST. And it’s designed to help motorists go faster. FAST, the Freeway and Arterial System of Transportation, is the nerve center of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada’s traffic monitoring system. Thirty-five employees share space with the Nevada Highway Patrol and Transportation Department to manage the valley's streets and highways. They adjust traffic signal wait times to move cars more efficiently and notify motorists of freeway travel times.
A Florida roller coaster company wants to build a towering roller coaster in Las Vegas, but the project has a long way to go before becoming a reality. US Thrill Rides LLC filed an application in April with the Federal Aviation Administration to build a 650-foot-tall observation deck and roller coaster called the Polercoaster. The FAA is reviewing the application, agency spokesman Ian Gregor said.
People who travel to foreign countries get in a comfort zone when they see a Bank of America or Wells Fargo when they need to exchange currency or conduct other financial business.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air is raising its fees for changing a flight itinerary and will require passengers to give the airline a week’s notice for changes beginning in October.
Downtown Las Vegas’ Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health is going international, and experts in Las Vegas will collaborate on trials for the treatment for brain disorders in China and the United Arab Emirates by next year.
City’s best chefs and entertainers brought together for international travel show
Monday, June 17, 2013
As I sat in my seat at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts last week, watching an entertainment lineup that included Terry Fator, Clint Holmes and a band of Cirque du Soleil acrobats, I couldn’t help wondering: How much would a show like this cost if it were presented to a regular tourist audience?