A product doesn’t have to have four wheels to be a part of this week’s Specialty Equipment Market Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center — but it helps.
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SEMA opens at the Las Vegas Convention Center Tuesday while the smaller Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo begins at the same time at the SandsExpo Convention Center. The four-day event, which isn’t open to the public, is centered around products associated with cars and trucks and as a result, Southern Nevada turnsinto a mini-Detroit for a week.
The 49,918-square-foot project will be built at 5701 Sky Pointe Drive, off Ann Road and U.S. Highway 95.
Fuel hedging is a strategy through which bulk fuel pricing is negotiated in advance of consumption which can occasionally result in an airline paying more than the market rate if prices fall. Southwest has had one of the most robust — and successful — fuel hedging strategies in the industry.
With a string of casinos along the Colorado River some 100 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Laughlin is popular with retirees who drive in and offers low-priced rooms, buffets and plenty of sunshine and open desert.
McCarran International’s beefed-up baggage claim, food offerings and security check coordination helped the Las Vegas airport take top honors in J.D. Powers & Associates’ 2018 airport satisfaction study.
Wyndham Hotels Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchising company, plans to expand its presence in Las Vegas as the economy and population in the southern Valley grow.
Police have obtained records under county grand jury subpoenas in their investigation of $90,000 in Southwest Airlines gift cards secretly purchased by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
American International Motorcycle Expo zoomed into Las Vegas on Thursday, marking its first visit to the Strip. It is expected to attract as many as 35,000 people over its four-day run.
Hawaiian Airlines isn’t worried about new competition on the horizon from the busiest commercial air carrier at McCarran International Airport.
A former Strip bellman and UNLV student is $10,000 richer and will get a free booth at the 2019 Global Gaming Expo trade show after winning a “Shark Tank”-inspired product innovation competition Thursday.
The committee making recommendations to Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Nevada Legislature on attracting events to the new Las Vegas stadium is leaning toward expanding the role of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Las Vegas Events, rather than forming of a new sports commission.
The new head of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority says he will take a fresh look at how the organization markets itself and advocates for tourism initiatives with an emphasis on new technology.
The NFL’s premiere game generally occurs in the first week of February, right around one of the sweet spots for some major conventions and trade shows.
NoMad opens Oct. 12 inside Park MGM. It isn’t the first Las Vegas hotel tucked inside another. Nor will it be the last.