The dog days of summer didn’t hurt visitation to Las Vegas, but room rates and revenue per room slipped in August, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Wednesday.
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As the Nevada High-Speed Rail Authority prepares for its inaugural meeting Tuesday, the five-member board already is hopelessly behind in meeting a deadline established by the enabling legislation.
It’s no wonder that Ana Maria Junqueira liked Caesars Palace, The Venetian and Bellagio so much when she visited Las Vegas last week. They reminded her of her favorite place in the world, Rome, where she lived for a year before she began a career as a writer.
Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport continued to soar in August as the Clark County Department of Aviation on Friday reported a 7.2 percent increase over a year ago, hitting 4 million passengers for the second straight month.
Construction continues on yet another over-the-top venue on the Strip.
With an eye toward clearing the way toward nonstop flights between China and Las Vegas, Rep. Dina Titus has co-written a letter to President Obama, encouraging him to discuss updating an air transport agreement between the U.S. and China with President Xi Jinping.
For 2,700 wedding specialists attending the annual Wedding Pro Convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center, it’s been four days of workshops, networking and the debut of the latest trends in the business of how to capture the nearly $90 billion being spent worldwide in weddings.
The state Transportation Board on Monday awarded a $35 million contract to upgrade the pedestrian bridges at the Las Vegas Strip at Tropicana Avenue, but the new escalators and other improvements won’t be completed in time for the opening of MGM Resorts International’s new 20,000-seat arena.
McCarran International Airport on Friday opened its arms to travelers celebrating the Mexican Independence Day holiday weekend, serving up performances by Mariachi Oro Del Rancho, a 19-member student band from Rancho High School. Mexico’s Independence Day, Sept. 16, is Wednesday.
The state of Nevada will close its Chinese-licensed tourism office in Beijing by the end of the year, but that doesn’t mean the state is abandoning efforts to market to the one of the largest tourism markets in the world.