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Tourism
Some 70 new conventions of at least 500 attendees each are set to come to Las Vegas this year, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Longtime newsman Geoff Schumacher is leaving the business.
All the tourism officials were touting its economic benefits, but now they have proof.
This March, a handful of Las Vegas nightlife venues will have something to celebrate.
Las Vegas came in as the top destination for singles and No. 2 for couples in a recent TripAdvisor survey.
After a successful 2014 event, organizers of SHOT Show have decided to further commit to Las Vegas.
When all was said and done, 39.67 million visitors came to Las Vegas in 2013, down 0.1 percent from the 39.73 million people who came to the city in 2012, which was a record. The previous high was 39.2 million visitors in 2007.
Super Bowl weekend is expected to ring up some super numbers in terms of tourism. The game betweeen the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos is expected to draw 292,000 visitors, up 2.5 percent from last year.
Friday is the beginning of Chinese New Year, a 15-day celebration rich with tradition and festivities, and one of Las Vegas’ top three annual celebrations.
A sudden surge in domestic travel helped McCarran International Airport close out the year with a relatively strong 4.1 percent passenger gain in December.
Wynn Resorts Ltd., the casino company that expects to open its Wynn Palace resort on Macau’s Cotai Strip during the first half of 2016, reported fourth-quarter earnings Thursday that easily beat analyst expectations. And the company’s revenues from its two Macau casinos increased by double-digits.
The World Market Center is in the midst of the 2014 Winter Las Vegas Market, bringing together professional buyers and sellers of furniture, gifts and home décor.
Southwest Airlines Co. is expanding beyond the continental United States with flights to the Caribbean beginning July 1.
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