Conventions scheduled for the Las Vegas area this week:
Tourism
Allegiant Travel Co., which is already battling the U.S. Department of Transportation in court over how airfares are displayed, may face a new front.
For visitors who think walking from Luxor to Excalibur is a little too, well, pedestrian, MGM Resorts International has come up its own version of rapid transit.
Sen. Harry Reid, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar held a private session Wednesday with Southern Nevada leaders on ways to boost tourism.
Airline passengers may groan at yet another airline fee — in this case, Allegiant Travel Co.’s new charge to place bags in overhead bins — but Wall Street unabashedly applauds.
Always seeking new ways to squeeze revenue out of passengers, Allegiant Travel Co. has decided to charge passengers as much as $35 to store a bag in an overhead bin.
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. says it’s raising ticket prices to offset the high cost of jet fuel, and several other big airlines are following its lead.
The annual Visitor Profile Study shows that tourists’ spending on things besides gambling went up in 2011, continuing an upward trend that began taking shape in 2010. But the money tourists told researchers they budgeted for gambling declined when compared with 2010.
Steve Burnstine’s unhappiness about mobile bars dispensing booze near his two casinos has escalated into a full assault on how the Fremont Street Experience is governed.
Toby Keith stepped in front of the crowd, alongside Jon Taffer, president of Nightclub & Bar Media Group. Cameras clicked, Keith and Taffer smiled, and for about five minutes all eyes were on the two men. The publicity stunt marked the official opening of the 2012 Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show. For Taffer, Keith was worth his weight in gold.
Officials at McCarran International Airport will give the new $2.4 billion Terminal 3 a $600,000 coming-out party in June.
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