Tourism

A Hawaiian island in the Nevada desert

A Hawaiian island in the Nevada desert

The restaurants aren’t always easy to identify. They often use the word “island” or the pidgin “da” in the title, and sometimes they stress secondary ethnicities, like Filipino or Korean. The menus might have sushi alongside staples like oxtail soup, kalua pork and macaroni salad.

21 February 2012
By E.C. Gladstone

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Allegiant, Southwest trim Las Vegas routes

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air is discontinuing service between Las Vegas and four destinations in April, citing declines in profitability due to higher fuel costs.

20 February 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

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Spirit Airlines’ future plans could spell success for Las Vegas

A Spirit Airlines jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

One of Spirit Airlines’ top executives made a somewhat cryptic comment to me when he came to Las Vegas recently to talk about his airline’s new crew base that had just opened and the new twice-daily service between McCarran International Airport and Mesa Gateway Airport in suburban Phoenix.

20 February 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

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New restaurant in Primm pays homage to ‘King of the Accordion’

Ramon Ayala poses by an image of himself during the grand opening of Ramon Ayalas Cocina and Cantina at Buffalo Bill's resort in Primm on Feb. 16, 2012. Known as the "King of the Accordion," Ayala is a Mexican-American musician that has recorded more than 105 albums.

Ramon Ayala, the “King of the Accordion,” first rose to fame in the early 1960s as a member of Los Relampagos del Norte, or "Lightning from the North."

18 February 2012
By Tovin Lapan

State targeting L.A., San Francisco and Phoenix in tourism ad campaign

The state will spend $2.8 million, most of it for television ads in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix, to attract tourists to visit Nevada in the spring and summer months.

16 February 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

LVCVA signs contract to develop one-stop tourism website

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved a contract with LV.com LLC to develop a website to let visitors bundle and purchase tourism products from a single site.

15 February 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

LVCVA budget to increase $18.8 million as tourism grows

Tourists walk along the Las Vegas Strip in this April 28, 2011, file photo.

After 22 straight months of increases in visitor volume percentage in Southern Nevada, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is finally seeing the payoff — an $18.8 million increase in its budget.

14 February 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Nevada expanding tourism program to reach more foreigners

The state is going to expand its tourism program to lure more visitors from such places as France, Brazil and South Korea.

14 February 2012
By Cy Ryan

Utah bid for 2022 Olympics OK with Denver, Lake Tahoe

The more the merrier. Organizers exploring the possibility of bringing the Olympics back to Salt Lake City say that's the kind of warm welcome they've received from officials pushing competing bids to hold the 2022 Winter Games at Lake Tahoe or Denver.

11 February 2012
Associated Press

‘Preview’ headliners upbeat about a Las Vegas comeback

Mayor Carolyn Goodman makes her entrance with two men dressed as boxers during Preview Las Vegas 2012 at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Las Vegas may have taken a powerful body blow when the economy was down for the count, but speakers of Thursday’s Preview 2012 say the city is making a comeback.

9 February 2012
By Gregan Wingert

Arizona tribe votes to take over Skywalk management

An aerial tour of the Grand Canyon.

A northwestern Arizona tribe has voted to take over management of the Grand Canyon Skywalk from the Las Vegas developer who built it.

8 February 2012
Associated Press

Spirit Airlines' Las Vegas crew base up and running

A Spirit Airlines jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

Spirit Airlines officially opened its Las Vegas crew base Tuesday, formally starting the process of making 200 of the company’s pilots, flight attendants and mechanics local residents.

7 February 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

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Las Vegas Monorail to shed more debt in latest plan

The Las Vegas Monorail train as it leaves the Convention Center Station, Monday Nov. 14, 2011

Las Vegas Monorail Co. proposed a new plan Thursday to emerge from bankruptcy that calls for the system to operate in the black later this decade and even to expand.

3 February 2012
By Steve Green

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Allegiant sustains profitability despite rising fuel costs

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent company of Allegiant Air, recorded its 36th straight profitable quarter Wednesday, but earnings continued to decline as a result of higher fuel costs.

1 February 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas Sands revenue, profits surged in late 2011, report says

Las Vegas Sands Corp. on Wednesday issued the first financial statistics from the Las Vegas Strip for the fourth quarter of 2011, and they confirmed tourism is rebounding in the city.

1 February 2012
By Steve Green
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