Visitors on Fremont Street can see something new under the Viva Vision canopy in addition to performers and souvenir kiosks: construction crews.
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Frontier Airlines will offer new nonstop routes from Las Vegas, the airline’s third largest market.
Marriott is pushing more heavily into home-sharing, confident that its combination of luxury properties and loyalty points can lure travelers away from rivals like Airbnb.
UNLV announced a partnership with Caesars Entertainment Corp. called Black Fire Innovation that will bring the university and local businesses together to test, develop and commercialize hospitality products and ideas.
“Vegas has definitely hit the saturation point with nightclubs,” said Noah Tepperberg, co-founder of TAO Group. “A lot of what’s coming online seems to be smaller venues.”
The downturn was attributed to a 15.4 percent decrease in convention attendance. Only 552,200 conventioneers visited the market in March compared with 652,400 a year earlier.
Las Vegas’ airport continued to see increased traffic in March with 4.4 million passengers travelling through its gates last month.
Two years after negotiations began, Allegiant Airlines and its dispatchers have come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement.
The company on Wednesday reported fuel costs down 6 percent, no maintenance cancellations over the past 120 days and a 5 percent increase in the number of departures.
Allegiant Air is looking south of the border for its next possible flight destination.
Just ahead of the sweltering summer heats return to the Las Vegas Strip, the long-running tram that shuttles guests between TI and the Mirage is back in operation.
The top marketing officer for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority resigned under a cloud this week without a financial separation agreement, knowledgeable sources said.
Construction managers for the Las Vegas Convention Center’s $935.1 million expansion say the project is on track for its scheduled January 2021 opening.
Adventure tourism — anything that involves exploration, travel or a certain degree of risk — is a fast-growing market.
Las Vegas needs to start preparing for the next generation of visitors, according to Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority president Steve Hill.