President Donald Trump’s immigration and budget proposals threaten to hurt the nation’s travel industry, warned MGM Resorts International Chief Executive Officer Jim Murren.
Tourism
Thirty 10th-grade students from Las Vegas’ Core Academy will get a five-week up-close look at the tourism and hospitality industry beginning next week.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is expected to be able to proceed with its $1.4 billion expansion and renovation project using the “construction manager at risk” development method, thanks to an 11th-hour action by the Legislature.
A discussion on UNLV’s use of the 65,000-seat NFL stadium being built by the Oakland Raiders at Interstate 15 and Russell Road is on Thursday’s Las Vegas Stadium Authority board agenda.
The Raiders want to go low-profile until planning for a 65,000-seat domed stadium destined for 63 acres at Interstate 15 and Russell Road is a little further along.
A committee formed to advise the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s plan to expand and renovate the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday unanimously approved a recommendation to proceed on the $1.4 billion project.
The Nevada Division of Tourism and the Nevada Department of Education are collaborating again on TravelNevada’s “Discover Your Nevada” campaign encouraging state residents to visit attractions within the state.
A dip in convention traffic and one fewer weekend day in April compared with last year kept visitation flat for the month, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Wednesday.
Approval of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $1.4 billion expansion and renovation project cleared a significant hurdle Thursday with an oversight panel’s unanimous endorsement of the project.
It’s still early in the year, but the head of McCarran International said the airport is already on track to serve a record-setting number of airline passengers in 2017.
Las Vegas has about $15 billion worth of construction projects that are planned, proposed or under construction, Jeremy Aguero, a principal at Las Vegas-based Applied Analysis said on Wednesday, speaking at an event sponsored by the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance.
Gasoline prices and airfares are going up, but so are the number of visitors traveling to Las Vegas during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak on Monday dismissed the notion that robots will take over most human jobs and lead to mass unemployment anytime this century.
Emojis will be a big center of attention at this week’s Licensing Expo at Mandalay Bay.
GasBuddy.com reports the average retail price of a gallon of gasoline in the state has increased more than 7 cents in the past week, to an average of $2.82. That’s according to a survey of more than 1,100 gas outlets in Nevada.