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Virgin Hotels Las Vegas’ president ready to steer property into bright future

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas President Cliff Atkinson, a veteran of the hospitality industry who stepped into his current role about four months ago, said the property near the Las Vegas Strip is treating Formula One as it's "coming out party." Tuesday, November 13, 2023.

In August, Cliff Atkinson, a longtime leader in hospitality, stepped into the role of president of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, which was formerly the Hard Rock Hotel and is part of Hilton’s Curio Collection. With two major events on Las Vegas’ calendar — Formula One’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix in November ..

21 November 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

For Formula One fans in Las Vegas, the experience goes beyond the racecourse

Amber Meranda from Indianapolis and Chris Algera from Chicago pose for a photo showing their Formula 1 driver friendship bracelets during the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The pair hand out the bracelets, made by Meranda, to attendees during the race.

It was almost midnight Thursday when 12-year-old Ismael Amanullah and his family made it to the T-Mobile Zone at the Sphere. The family had arrived in Las Vegas ...

18 November 2023
By Grace Da Rocha

Plans in place to get resort workers to jobs on Strip during Formula One weekend

The Las Vegas Convention Center is opening up their convention parking lot off of Paradise Road, where Strip employees can park-and-ride into the Strip via Monorail or by Bus, Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Brian Ramos.

With Formula One road closures expected to cause heavy traffic later this week, the plan to get workers to and from Strip resorts is looking like a logistical jigsaw puzzle. The jumble of pieces include remote parking lots, shuttles ...

14 November 2023
By Grace Da Rocha

Vivid Seats strikes $240 million deal to buy Vegas.com travel site

The Vivid Seats logo.

The stands at Allegiant Stadium on a Sunday in September featured many fans wearing black and yellow. The Las Vegas Raiders were playing a home game, but supporters of the Pittsburgh Steelers had ...

7 November 2023
By Ray Brewer

Las Vegas prepares to host prestigious UFI Global Congress

Panelists, including Kai Hattendorf, foreground, CEO and managing director of UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, watch a new commercial from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) during a news conference at the Aria convention center Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. The news conference highlighted the 90th UFI Global Congress which will open at the convention center on Wednesday.

The UFI Global Congress, which brings together exhibition organizers and trade show operators, will run today through Saturday at Aria, where 500 industry leaders across 50 markets are scheduled to discuss trade shows and their destinations. About 20% of participants at the UFI Global Congress, now marking ...

1 November 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Culinary continues to raise specter of strike against Las Vegas Strip resorts

Secretary-Treasurer, Ted Pappageorge, speaks to the press as thousands of culinary union members picket outside of the Paris hotel and other MGM and Caesar properties in Las Vegas, Thursday, October 12, 2023 Brian Ramos.

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 is “putting the industry on notice” and prepared to set strike deadlines for workers at MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts if negotiations ...

24 October 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Officials making plans to get workers to Strip when Las Vegas Grand Prix in town

The Las Vegas Convention Center is opening up their convention parking lot off of Paradise Road, where Strip employees can park-and-ride into the Strip via Monorail or by Bus, Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Brian Ramos.

Marcus Lucas, a porter at the Mirage, leaves his home each day about one hour before his shift begins on the Las Vegas Strip. When the Las Vegas Grand Prix comes to town ...

16 October 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Visitor volume climbing, but Las Vegas airport keeps up high standards

A view of the baggage claim area at Harry Reid International Airport Thursday, May 20, 2021.

Harry Reid International Airport ranked third in passenger satisfaction in the “mega” category of airports in the recently released J.D. Power 2023 North America Airport Satisfaction Study. Airports nationwide are maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction, despite an ongoing influx of passengers, the survey found. Las Vegas in the study trailed ...

16 October 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Legislation aimed at cutting credit card fees could adversely affect Las Vegas tourism

A shopper pays for a purchase using a credit card. The Credit Card Competition Act of 2023 is designed to reduce credit card fees paid by merchants and spur more competition among credit card-issuing financial institutions. Some analysts warn, though, that credit card rewards programs, including those that help pay for travel, could be negatively affected.

Proposed federal legislation could reduce credit card fees paid by merchants and spur more competition among credit card-issuing financial institutions, but it might also cut into ...

15 October 2023
By Casey Harrison

Union picketers send message to Las Vegas Strip resort owners: Show us the money

Thousands of culinary union members picket outside of the Paris hotel and other MGM and Caesar properties in Las Vegas, Thursday, October 12, 2023 Brian Ramos.

The Las Vegas Strip was filled Thursday with the sound of thousands of Culinary Union members chanting mantras like “Las Vegas look around, Vegas is a union town” and drivers honking their horns in a show of support as local hospitality workers picketed for the first time in decades ...

13 October 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

New initiative at UNLV hopes to take lead in creating a safer Las Vegas

Robert R. Ulmer, Ph.D., Dean of the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, poses for a photo at UNLV Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.

Las Vegas has a concert about every weekend, casino acts nightly, a rapidly growing sports scene and a New Year’s Eve celebration that shuts down the busiest and brightest road in Southern Nevada. With November’s Formula One race and the Super Bowl in February, Las Vegas is only going to get busier ...

11 October 2023
By Grace Da Rocha

Culinary members to picket Caesars, MGM properties amid negotiations

The Culinary Workers Union local 226 holds a strike vote today at the Thomas & Mack Center Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023. The culinary and bartenders union is currently in negotiations with casino and hotel employers for the contracts of its members and will be able to call a strike, if needed, if the vote passes today.

Thousands of hospitality workers will picket outside eight Las Vegas Strip properties on Thursday after another week of negotiations with three major resort companies didn’t result in a new ...

10 October 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Exhibitors at Global Gaming Expo ready to ‘make the magic happen’ this week in Las Vegas

A view of the Konami Gaming booth during the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in the Venetian Expo Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

Even as gaming grows on both a national and global scale the energy of Las Vegas continues to make it the destination for a gaming convention like G2E ...

8 October 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Upcoming events to fetch billions in revenue for Las Vegas, tourism agency reports

Steve Hill, CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, talks to the media Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, about 15 blockbuster events coming over the next several months to the Las Vegas Valley. Hill estimates those 15 events will bring revenue of at least $10 billion to the area. Optimistically, it could reach $15 billion, he said.

Tourism chief Steve Hill made sure to stress that tourism officials and resort leaders aren’t slowing in their approach to book new events.

7 October 2023
By Ray Brewer

Frustrated by contract negotiations, Vegas hospitality workers consider strike

Members of the Culinary Workers Union rally along the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Las Vegas. The union rallied to support servers, dishwashers, cooks and bartenders who work at T-Mobile Arena and have been locked in contract negotiations for nearly a year with their employer, Levy Premium Food Service.

Several thousand union members are on the negotiating committees, and it will ultimately be their decision whether to recommend that members call a strike.

24 September 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver
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