Tourism

Sandoval, Krolicki 'discover Nevada' with Valley of Fire tour: Monday, June 4, 2012; By Richard N. Velotta; Ramona Arnold will have a great story to tell her children and grandchildren when she looks back at her honeymoon in the American Southwest. Nevada’s highest-ranking elected officials served as her personal park ambassadors.

Allegiant expands penetration into Hawaii: Thursday, May 31, 2012; TOURISM:; By Richard N. Velotta; Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air is continuing to grow its flight schedule to Hawaii, announcing plans Wednesday for nonstop trips between Monterey, Calif., and Honolulu.

Economy starting to see recovery, albeit a slow one: Thursday, May 31, 2012; Economic Report: UNLV analyst says full potential won't be reached until 2017 despite growth in tourism, gaming; By Richard N. Velotta; Southern Nevada’s economy is continuing its slow crawl out of the recession, with tourism and gaming leading the way and real estate and unemployment continuing to be a drag on sustained growth.

UNLV's Singapore campus part of effort to preserve Las Vegas' status as gaming kingpin: Tuesday, May 29, 2012; Gaming:; By Ron Sylvester; When a boom in her homeland's tourism industry prompted Foo Nyuk Xin to begin studying hotel management, the Singaporean student looked to Las Vegas as a learning ground. "It’s where they've been doing it for years, so there's no better place to learn how everything works," Foo said. "In Singapore, it's all new."

Make no bones about it: Time has come for Fossil Beds National Monument: Monday, May 28, 2012; The R.V.:; By Richard N. Velotta; It’s time for lawmakers to act on establishing Fossil Beds National Monument in North Las Vegas.

Las Vegas expects big, but not abnormal, crowd for holiday weekend: Friday, May 25, 2012; By Kyle B. Hansen; While millions of Americans are still expected to take the highways for the Memorial Day weekend, the slight economic recovery of the past year isn’t expected to give a major boost to visitor numbers in Las Vegas. AAA says it expects 34.8 million Americans to travel 50 miles or more this weekend, a 1.2 percent increase from a year ago but an almost identical number to 2010.

Police: Bellagio employees foil robbery on casino floor: Monday, May 21, 2012; By Jackie Valley; By Las Vegas standards, the night was young when two men entered the Bellagio at 10:45 Saturday and made a beeline for the table games. The two weren’t there for traditional gambling, though.

Travel business rebounding as agents adapt to tech-savvy generation: Monday, May 21, 2012; By Richard N. Velotta; The Internet has become a game-changer for the travel industry. But it was also a job-killer. Thousands of travel agency professionals lost their jobs, and small mom-and-pop agencies either were absorbed by giant travel companies or disappeared.

Work on Wayne Newton's museum halted as legal allegations fly: Thursday, May 17, 2012; By Steve Green; Work on entertainer Wayne Newton’s museum in Las Vegas has stalled because of disputes between Newton and his partner, a new lawsuit says. CSD LLC, the company that teamed with Newton on the attraction, and two related firms filed suit against Newton and two of his family members.

Medical tourism could thrive if Las Vegas excelled at specialty care and treatments, panel says: Wednesday, May 16, 2012; By Richard N. Velotta; Building on the quality of health care in Southern Nevada is the most important element in developing a thriving medical tourism industry, an all-star panel of doctors agreed in a symposium designed to advance the concept.

Uncork'd elevates Las Vegas' taste: Saturday, May 12, 2012; FOOD:; By Delen Goldberg; For the foodies who flocked to Caesars Palace on Friday night for the culinary smorgasbord that is the Vegas Uncork’d Grand Tasting, the payoff was obvious: bellies full of gourmet wonders.

Visitor volume continues steady climb, latest numbers show: Thursday, May 10, 2012; TOURISM:; By Richard N. Velotta; Las Vegas visitor volume continued to climb in March despite a drop in convention attendance, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Thursday.

LVCVA boss rewarded for reaching goals: Tuesday, May 8, 2012; TOURISM: Raise, bonus still make his earnings lower than national average; By Richard N. Velotta; Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter is in line for a 4 percent pay increase and a performance bonus of nearly $80,000.

Valley of Fire emerges as Southern Nevada's top tourist attraction in poll: Tuesday, May 8, 2012; Attractions:; By Richard N. Velotta; Thousands of people have confirmed what many Southern Nevada residents have known all along — that Valley of Fire State Park is one of the state’s tourism treasures.

3 international airlines ready to begin nonstop flights to Las Vegas: Friday, May 4, 2012; By Richard N. Velotta; The “international” in McCarran International Airport will be highlighted three times in the next two months, beginning with next week’s inaugural arrival of nonstop flights on Air Berlin from Dusseldorf, Germany.