Airline passengers may groan at yet another airline fee — in this case, Allegiant Travel Co.’s new charge to place bags in overhead bins — but Wall Street unabashedly applauds.
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Always seeking new ways to squeeze revenue out of passengers, Allegiant Travel Co. has decided to charge passengers as much as $35 to store a bag in an overhead bin.
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. says it’s raising ticket prices to offset the high cost of jet fuel, and several other big airlines are following its lead.
The annual Visitor Profile Study shows that tourists’ spending on things besides gambling went up in 2011, continuing an upward trend that began taking shape in 2010. But the money tourists told researchers they budgeted for gambling declined when compared with 2010.
Steve Burnstine’s unhappiness about mobile bars dispensing booze near his two casinos has escalated into a full assault on how the Fremont Street Experience is governed.
Toby Keith stepped in front of the crowd, alongside Jon Taffer, president of Nightclub & Bar Media Group. Cameras clicked, Keith and Taffer smiled, and for about five minutes all eyes were on the two men. The publicity stunt marked the official opening of the 2012 Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show. For Taffer, Keith was worth his weight in gold.
Officials at McCarran International Airport will give the new $2.4 billion Terminal 3 a $600,000 coming-out party in June.
Since Share Nightclub and Ultra Lounge opened, Las Vegas’s first combination gay nightclub-strip club has attracted a steady locals clientele. Now its management wants more.
The plan to purchase the Mob Experience at the Tropicana Las Vegas out of bankruptcy received court approval Monday, but litigation will likely continue on several fronts.
Mexican passengers stare out the tiny airplane window, watching as an expanse of desert appears beneath them. Shrouded in baby blue skies dotted with soft, white clouds, the 747 draws closer, passing over master-planned neighborhoods, all part of the city’s larger grid pattern.