For the first time in 26 months, Las Vegas visitation fell. Total visitor volume in April was down 0.9 percent from the same month in 2011.
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An estimated 6,000 to 10,000 Las Vegas residents showed up Saturday for an open house showcasing McCarran International Aiport’s new Terminal 3.
Contractors claiming they are owed more than $350 million on Las Vegas’s defunct Fontainebleau resort went Tuesday to the Nevada Supreme Court in their battle to be paid something for their work.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s board of directors Thursday approved the organization’s fiscal year 2013 budget.
The plan to make singer Wayne Newton’s 52-acre ranch into a Graceland in the desert has stalled, with Newton and at least one associate graphically accusing each other of wrecking the deal.
Vegas Uncork’d by Bon Appétit transforms the Strip into a food wonderland from today through Sunday , with ticketed place-to-be parties and up-close-and-personal chef encounters.
Passenger counts at McCarran International Airport rose in March as upstart airlines continued a recent trend by filling in gaps left by some shrinking longtime market leaders.
CARSON CITY – Sorry, Charlie. Hoover Dam and the Strip aren’t that cool anymore. They don’t even make the Top 5 list for Southern Nevada in the state Tourism Commission’s Discover Your Nevada online survey of the state’s scenic treasures.
While long-haul international travel grew by 40 percent between 2000 and 2010, the United States market share dropped from 17 percent to 12 percent. U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., climbed aboard the U.S. Travel Association’s 2012 Vote Travel campaign tour bus in Henderson on Wednesday to talk about how he thinks the $1.9 trillion travel and tourism industry can again become a player.
February operating results for Las Vegas taxi companies provided ammunition for both sides in the ongoing debate about the condition of the industry.