After a respectable run at predicting the top stories of 2021, the crystal ball forecasts some of the ups and downs we can anticipate from gaming and tourism in 2022.
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Gilda Perez-Alvarado, global CEO of brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle’s hotels and hospitality group, spoke about hotel sales and construction and the tourism industry’s recovery at recent conference.
Every tourism indicator was higher in October than a year ago and some categories soared past October 2019 levels, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Roughly 300,000 visitors are expected to come to Las Vegas for the Thanksgiving weekend, potentially setting up a holiday weekend resembling a time before the pandemic.
UNLV’s Center for Business Economic Research hosted its annual economic forecasting event, noting Southern Nevada’s economy still remains vulnerable to surges in COVID-19 cases.
The company that operates the Strat says it hasn’t seen any effects — good or bad — from the opening of Resorts World Las Vegas in June.
Resorts World Las Vegas has acquired a 262-seat commercial airplane for private charter flights, the property announced Friday.
Sandra Douglass Morgan, the state’s first African American chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, was appointed to the board of directors of Allegiant Travel Co. on Monday.
The remodeling of the 8-year-old luxury boutique hotel will draw inspiration from kintsugi, the centuries-old Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted with gold,
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board will consider selling land at Las Vegas and Elvis Presley boulevards to finance convention hall renovations.
For hotels, resorts and the hospitality industry at large, the new era of higher-tech and lower-touch ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic is likely here to stay.
A strong second quarter by most resort, tourism, REIT and airline companies with ties to Las Vegas signals 3Q growth — if the pandemic doesn’t spoil everything.
Resorts World Las Vegas looks to fill its 3,500 rooms with a new marketing campaign featuring hotels.com pitchman Captain Obvious touring the new Strip resort.
The lack of convention traffic continues to keep visitation below 2019 levels, but the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority says it continues to climb steadily.
Commercial gaming revenue across the country this spring reached record levels, and 2021 is shaping up to be a banner year, according to the American Gaming Association.
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