Much like this time 12 months ago, it’s easy to hope that the new year will be substantially less awful than the last.
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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.
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.
The world-famous New Year’s Eve fireworks display on the Las Vegas Strip, sidelined last year by COVID-10 restrictions, is planned for 2022 with details coming Dec. 16.
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 Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors on Tuesday unanimously approved the sale of 10 acres of Strip-front property to a Chilean resort and real estate developer for $120 million.
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.
In addition to the restaurant, an expansion of the Nobu brand through its partnership with Caesars Entertainment includes a multimillion-dollar update for Caesars’ Nobu Hotel and plans for Nobu Hotels at Harrah’s New Orleans and Caesars Atlantic City.
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