Wednesday, July 9, 1997 | 10:28 a.m.
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* LAS VEGAS GRABS HONORS -- Las Vegas has been honored as the World's Leading Gambling Destination/Resort at the World Travel Awards. This is the fourth year Las Vegas has received the distinction. Las Vegas also was named Top North American Destination and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority was chosen for the fourth time as the World's Leading Tourist and Convention Board at the ceremony in New York City sponsored by the Travel Trade Gazette Worldwide and Tour and Travel News. Nominees and winners were selected by more than 500,000 travel agents and tour operators around the world.
* RESTAURANT NAME TOSSED -- An Asian restaurant in Henderson is changing its name and its attitude. The Pick Up Stix restaurant in Green Valley Town Center has broken away from a national franchise and re-opened as Toss Asian Cuisine. Toss President Hong Wong said the change will give the restaurant more flexibility on its menu and the ability to respond to customer requests faster. Toss is emphasizing low-fat dishes.
* NEW OFFICE COMPLEX -- A Salt Lake City-based company is opening a business center in Henderson. HQ Business Centers, the largest provider of turn-key executive offices, business and telecommunications services in the country, will open the 53-office Las Vegas Business Center in mid-August at 701 N. Green Valley Parkway. HQ is a network of about 200 business centers offering executive suites and private offices featuring high-speed Internet access, video conferencing, phone answering, word processing, desktop publishing and general administrative support.
Briefcase
America West Airlines has inaugurated nonstop night service between Las Vegas and Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport with round-trip fares starting at $298. Flight 350 to Washington leaves at 11:28 p.m., arriving at 7:03 a.m., while the return leaves at 8:20 p.m. and arrives in Las Vegas at 10:15 p.m. ... Bank of America is among seven banks participating in a $175 million loan syndication to the parent company of Valley Food Distributors of Las Vegas. BofA is participating with $20 million with NationsBank, Chase Manhattan, First National Chicago, US National Bank of Oregon, Fuji Bank and PNC Bank in the loan to JP Foodservice. ... Zions Bancorporation, parent company of Nevada State Bank, has announced a merger agreement with San Diego-based GB Bancorporation, operators of the 14-branch Grossmont Bank, in a stock deal valued at $173 million.
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