Sizewise, Las Vegas killed it.
Tourism
Cutting lines at airports used to be only for the rich, famous or very frequent fliers. But then airlines started granting fast-track access to anybody with the right credit card or who was willing to pay a few extra dollars — everywhere except in Las Vegas.
Recent images of a cruise ship limping back to port after an engine malfunction didn’t do the cruise industry any favors heading into the summer vacation season. And cringeworthy accounts from passengers who had to make do without power or working toilets for five days may have turned some travelers off cruising for good.
NEW YORK — Carnival Cruise Lines on Wednesday announced a $300 million program to add emergency generators, upgrade fire safety and improve engine rooms on all 24 of its ships.
Craig Cavileer is still baffled and frustrated. Majestic Realty’s former point man on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas stadium project can’t understand why UNLV dumped Majestic on March 26 as its private partner for a proposed $900 million, 60,000-seat domed stadium on campus.
The Las Vegas Club has stopped taking reservations for more than 400 guest rooms at its downtown hotel-casino, a statement issued Thursday by the hotel’s owner said.
There are signs of movement in the 6-week-old strike by Yellow Checker Star Transportation cabdrivers.
For the second straight month this year, Las Vegas visitation was down.
You say you frequently tweet on your mobile device while peering up occasionally as “WWE Monday Night Raw” plays out on USA?
Allegiant Travel Co. will eliminate most of its Hawaii flights in mid-August in what a company spokeswoman calls a “seasonal adjustment.”
The second day of testimony by former Las Vegas Sands Corp. consultant Richard Suen focused not only on what he said but on his sources.
CARSON CITY — A new “brand” announced Tuesday by Gov. Brian Sandoval and state tourism officials is short and sweet: “Nevada — A World Within. A State Apart.”
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s overall revenues are expected to rise in fiscal 2014.
Nevada’s average gasoline price is slowly sliding back down for the fourth week in a row.
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