The Chinese New Year, which begins Saturday, could have a greater importance on the local economy this year after Hainan Airlines in December launched the first direct flights between China and Las Vegas.
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McCarran International Airport served 47.4 million passengers in 2016 — just short of the previous record set nine years earlier, the Clark County Department of Aviation reported Thursday.
A new public board that will oversee the development of the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion and renovation met for the first time Thursday and got a quick history on preparations for the $1.4 billion project.
Despite a 2.6 percent fourth-quarter drop in net income, Southwest Airlines, the busiest commercial air carrier at McCarran International Airport, reported record annual earnings in 2016.
Donald Trump’s policy decisions on China, health care and infrastructure spending could have major consequences for Nevada, according to speakers Tuesday at Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Preview Las Vegas networking and forecasting event at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Vegas Golden Knights revved up the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce Preview crowd Tuesday with a vision of the team’s players hoisting the Stanley Cup before a frenzied T-Mobile Arena crowd. Then, said Knights President Kerry Bubolz, “We wanna have a big-ass party.”
Thanks to virtual reality technology, prospective visitors to Las Vegas will get a taste of the city from the comfort of a chair as a result of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s expansion of the use of the technology.
We’d laugh it weren’t so sad to see articles in some of the national travel publications touting “30 things you can do for free in Vegas.” Unless you plan to walk a ways to some of these attractions, they’re technically no longer free since you’ll have to pay to park near them.
Jennifer Dickerson’s divorce from her husband was finalized Thursday. A day later, Dickerson, 37, and fiancee Amanda Falzone, 34, became the 10,000th same-sex couple to obtain a marriage license in Clark County.
The arrival of Las Vegas’ National Hockey League franchise and the potential relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Southern Nevada present enormous retail prospects on everything from T-shirts to all forms of logoed merchandise.
Las Vegas remains one of the nation’s leading destinations for gay tourists and Nevada’s distinction as a “blue state” could play in its favor after a report indicated some LGBT travelers fear for their safety in red states.
Concrete, that bland and gray material poured to fill your driveway, can be used to create beautiful, colorful interior designs. That’s what this year’s World of Concrete (WOC) is hoping to chisel home to industry professionals.
If you thought having CES in town earlier this month was a big deal, wait until you see what conventions are coming in this week.
Qatar Airways has finally set a date for when it will launch service between Las Vegas and Doha, Qatar — but you’ll have to wait another year.
The “wedding capital of the world” is on the cusp of issuing its 10,000th marriage license to same-sex couples, and local businesses want to make sure the ceremony to come will be a lavish celebration.