While international traffic was strong in January, domestic counts were off for the month, the Clark County Department of Aviation reported.
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The downtown Las Vegas casino-resort will open 35,000 square feet of ballroom and meeting space on Sept. 1.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s compensation committee has recommended 4% pay raises in July for 240 workers affiliated with the union.
A $597.6 million project that was delayed by COVID-19 will start up next year after the massive ConExpo-Con/Ag construction trade show in March.
The National Confectioners Association’s Sweets & Snacks Expo is among several trade show additions and extensions announced by the LVCVA.
The towering north Strip hotel-casino will feature a pillarless ballroom spanning more than 105,000 square feet, one of the largest in Las Vegas.
The event planned at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center has attracted around 25,000 people with 5,000 brands and 16,000 retailers from 70 countries in the past.
More than 3,000 U.S. flights were canceled Monday at airports across the nation, including at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
Cowboy Christmas, the annual Western-themed gift show tied to NFR, kicked off Wednesday in Las Vegas after a yearlong hiatus.
More than 250,000 people attended the Cowboy Christmas gift show in 2019. Now, after a year’s hiatus, organizers are expecting another promising turnout.
Las Vegas visitation numbers tell the same story with hotel occupancy rates staying average, but resort operators managing to keep average daily room rates at their highest level in the pandemic era.
Travel industry leaders were still walking on air Tuesday morning thanks to news that fully vaccinated foreign nationals could again visit the U.S. starting November.
A large number of international attendees will make the U.S. Travel Association’s IPW an important gathering to show off Las Vegas to leisure and business travel buyers.
The passage of key legislation funding infrastructure should help the mining industry thrive, panelists agreed during the Monday kickoff address of the MINExpo trade show in Las Vegas.
The LVCVA has approved a contract revision giving employees more time on the COVID layoff call-back list. Next come discussions for employee vaccinations or testing.