Southern Nevada’s peaking tourism industry took time to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week on Tuesday with a rally at one of the city’s newest visitor magnets.
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The Las Vegas Monorail has inched a little closer to becoming a mile longer — to Mandalay Bay.
Southern Nevada’s tourism machine continues to churn on all cylinders with a 2.9 percent increase in visitors for March and double-digit percentage increases in several categories for the quarter, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said Thursday.
McCarran International Airport had its best March passenger totals in eight years, and the total count cracked the 4 million barrier for the first time in four month.
Cuba said on Friday it would lift a ban on Cuban-born citizens entering and leaving the Caribbean island by commercial vessels, opening the way for U.S. cruise operator Carnival Corp. to set sail for the country from Miami next week.
Voting ends Friday for a series of new “Welcome to Nevada” signs that will be placed this summer on highways leading into the state.
Hotels are getting more aggressive in their fight to get travelers to book reservations directly with them instead of through online travel agencies such as Expedia and Priceline.
Tourists are spending more money on their trips to Las Vegas, according to a new report by the Las Vegas tourism board.
Exotic supercars from Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Audi and Corvette are on the track, and everyday Joes and Josephines are at the wheel.
Las Vegas promotion officials will unveil a limited edition #WHHSH beer during a party Friday and Saturday at the Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs, California. The event will complement the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.
Clark County is moving ahead with plans to develop an elevated limited-access airport expressway along Paradise Road, Koval Lane and Tropicana Avenue.
A consultant hired by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Campus Improvement Authority says a domed stadium on 42 acres at Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane would not disrupt operations at McCarran International Airport. But a McCarran official said the FAA is still reviewing the stadium site.
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis will appear before a state committee later this month to discuss relocating the National Football League team to Las Vegas.
The overall number of tourists visiting France in 2015 rose marginally compared with the year before to reach an all-time high despite the two deadly attacks in Paris in January and November.
The overall number of tourists visiting France in 2015 rose marginally compared with the year before to reach an all-time high despite the two deadly attacks in Paris in January and November.
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