Private investigators hired by the owner of a Southern Nevada taxi company secretly recorded ride solicitations on cellphone video, catching 10 contracted ride-hailing drivers accepting illegal rides for cash.
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County commissioners on Tuesday authorized money collected from the extra $14 per marriage license fee that began six months ago to be spent but at only a fraction of what the county clerk had sought.
Convention attendance soared in Las Vegas in January, boosting Southern Nevada visitation by 2.4 percent to 3.5 million people, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Friday.
Passenger counts at McCarran International Airport have begun in 2016 the way they left off last year — at near-record levels.
Back in the late 1990s, Nevada saw a golden opportunity with the expansion of China’s middle class and its willingness to travel internationally. Just over a decade later, Nevada is seeing another tourism opportunity.
The tourism industry finished 2015 strong with visitation indicators finishing ahead of 2014 in nearly every category.
The only news that may be better than McCarran International Airport reporting the third-busiest year in its history is that 2016 is projected to be even bigger.
An international marketing organization has named the state tourism commission’s director as one of its “Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Hospitality Sales, Marketing and Revenue Optimization.”
Southern Nevada saw a record 42.3 million visitors in 2015, according to preliminary statistics issued this week by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Las Vegas has broken its own visitation growth record, surpassing 42 million tourists with New Year’s Eve totals still uncounted.
Local Allegiant Air passengers returning from Wichita, Kan. — or arriving in Las Vegas for an early start to New Year’s Eve — ended up getting in a little later than expected.
Tourism experts say Sunday night’s Strip crash that killed an Arizona woman and injured 35 people won’t have long-term repercussions on visitation, but may come up as transportation leaders consider making Las Vegas Boulevard safer for pedestrians.
MGM Resorts International will spend $154 million to expand the Aria convention center by 200,000 square feet, which will include indoor/open-air spaces and a glass-enclosed venue offering views of The Park and the new Las Vegas Arena.
Aviation marketing leaders in Southern Nevada expect a 7.5 percent increase in passengers in the second quarter of 2016 with growth in domestic and international travelers, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors was told Tuesday.
An upscale car rental company serving 11 airports across the United States is coming to Las Vegas.