Saturday, August 4, 2007

Tourism and Gaming (In Business Las Vegas)

If the professionals who market Las Vegas tourism didn't have enough to worry about, now they're going to have to protect the city's good name from the likes of the National Basketball Association, which, in case you haven't heard, has a gambling problem.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

The folks from Tuna are on the way to Vegas (Houston Chronicle)

Once the small-town characters from Texas hit town, Sin City may never be the same.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

The trouble with nuclear waste (Fortune via Yahoo! Finance)

The drive to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository from the Energy Department's office in Las Vegas takes about two hours. It's a freaky ride, past fast-growing Pahrump, Nevada, now a bedroom community for Las Vegas; past Nellis Air Force base, where unmanned spy drones -- Predators and Raptors -- fly test flights; past the gunnery range and the old atom bomb test site.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Banking and Marketing (In Business Las Vegas)

In case Las Vegas travelers weren't already bombarded enough by billboards, talking signs along the Strip and cab toppers, Monster Media, the leading provider of patented interactive advertising systems, recently announced two new ad campaigns for the valley.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Las Vegas executives stay tethered to offices (In Business Las Vegas)

Las Vegas is often praised for its easy access to world-class vacation destinations, such as the Grand Canyon, Utah ski areas and California beaches.

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New Allegiant service to Phoenix not likely for Rapid City (Rapid City Journal)

Allegiant Air, the low-cost carrier that flies between Rapid City and Las Vegas, announced it is adding Fort Lauderdale and Phoenix to its schedule of destinations.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Thursday August 02, 2007 - 14:36 EST (Rolling Good Times)

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Despite a second quarter where robust revenue didn't translate into increased earnings, Las Vegas Sands Corp. executives were jubilant Wednesday.

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Las Vegas Sands reports Q2 results (Casino City Times)

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), today reported second quarter financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Airline heading here adds 2 cities (The Huntsville Times)

Low-fare airline Allegiant Air plans to establish bases at two new leisure destinations - Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. But the Las Vegas-based carrier isn't saying yet which cities will receive the new nonstop service.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

TopTenWholesale , Nielsen Business Media Forge Strategic Media Partnership for the ASD/AMD Trade Show Las Vegas (PRWeb)

- Information superhighway, premier trade event for general merchandisers bring largest concentration of market players together - (PRWeb Aug 2, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/U3VtbS1FbXB0LUNyYXMtU3F1YS1UaGlyLVplcm8=

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TopTenWholesale , Nielsen Business Media Forge Strategic Media Partnership for the ASD/AMD Trade Show Las Vegas (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

- Information superhighway, premier trade event for general merchandisers bring largest concentration of market players together -

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Boxing: Hatton agrees to fight Mayweather (Guardian Unlimited)

Boxing: Ricky Hatton's dream fight against Floyd Mayweather will take place on December 8 in Las Vegas after his father confirmed contracts had been signed.

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Cenzic's Contest Deadline Approaching: Don't Miss Prize of a Lifetime (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Cenzic Inc., the leading provider of application security assessment and risk management solutions, is holding a security contest for a chance to win a trip to the SANS Network Security Conference in Las Vegas, September 22-30. The contest includes travel for two from anywhere in the continental U.S., 10 nights at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, and one full admission to the conference, including one ...

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Rider has sights on Vegas (The Parsons Sun)

OSWEGO Saddle bronc rider Clayton Zibell, 25, of Wann, Okla., said he doesnt just see the Labette County Fairs rodeo as a fun event, but as a building stone for his ultimate goal making it to the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world championship in December in Las Vegas.

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Las Vegas Sands Misses Estimates (TheStreet.com)

Profits fall as expenses rise.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Airline plans to bring service to Williams Gateway (BizJournals)

The expansion of Allegiant Air's route system will add regularly scheduled service to Mesa's Williams Gateway Airport in late October and make it part of a network that stretches from Las Vegas to Florida.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Las Vegas Sands Profits Slide (TheStreet.com)

The results miss analysts' estimate.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Las Vegas Sands Corp. Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Las Vegas Sands Corp. , today reported second quarter financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Theme Park Searches Peak In July (WebProNews)

Searches for amusement parks hit their peak every July, says Hitwise, and this year was no exception, with most searching for parks close to home because of gas prices. Not only did they peak, but they were the most searched-for travel destinations. The only top 10 destination sending traffic to travel websites that wasn't theme park related was "las vegas." Over half of visits funneled ...

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Black Hat conference goers deal with insecurities (CNET)

Security experts gather in Las Vegas at the annual security conference, which has been "supersized" to handle more people, topics--and controversy.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Travelzest raises 1.5m, to continue with acquisition of niche travel operators (eyefortravel.com)

The company is building a portfolio of companies offering travel and holiday experiences, which use the Internet as a key distribution channel.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

TripUp develops social travel application Couch Swap for Facebook platform (eyefortravel.com)

CouchSwap is TripUps first product launch since its recent acquisition by travel search company Sidestep, Inc.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

The trouble with nuclear waste (CNN Money)

The drive to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository from the Energy Department's office in Las Vegas takes about two hours. It's a freaky ride, past fast-growing Pahrump, Nevada, now a bedroom community for Las Vegas; past Nellis Air Force base, where unmanned spy drones -- Predators and Raptors -- fly test flights; past the gunnery range and the old atom bomb test site.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

The trouble with nuclear waste (Fortune via Yahoo! Finance)

The drive to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository from the Energy Department's office in Las Vegas takes about two hours. It's a freaky ride, through fast-growing Pahrump, Nevada, now a bedroom community for Las Vegas; past Nellis Air Force base, where unmanned spy drones -- Predators and Raptors -- fly test flights; past the gunnery range and the old atom bomb test site.

Read More...

[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

The trouble with nuclear waste (CNN Money)

The drive to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository from the Energy Department's office in Las Vegas takes about two hours. It's a freaky ride, through fast-growing Pahrump, Nevada, now a bedroom community for Las Vegas; past Nellis Air Force base, where unmanned spy drones -- Predators and Raptors -- fly test flights; past the gunnery range and the old atom bomb test site.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Summer Airport Travel Woes (KHON 2 Honolulu)

Cancelled flights, delays, and missed connections all increase during the summer months because of the heavier travel load. On Monday night the Floyd family, ten strong patiently waited for a flight to Las Vegas.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

SideStep partners Silverjet, expands its luxury travel search offering (eyefortravel.com)

The travel search companys customers planning to fly from London Luton to New York or vice versa will now be given the option of enjoying a private jet experience on an all-business-class airline, alongside other flight options including mainstream carriers and budget airlines.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Apps security to dominate Black Hat (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)

Black Hat kicks off this week in Las Vegas with a big shift in focus from Internet viruses to application security.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

What's the USA's most-visited city? (USA Today)

Not New York or Orlando, as many might think. It's red-hot Las Vegas, according to a comprehensive new study by Forbes Traveler.com. The study took into account visitors reported by tourism bureaus and hotel stays recorded by Smith Travel Research....

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Dynamic Leisure Corporation Gains Marketing Rights to Rail Europe's Travel and Tour Packages (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

TAMPA, Fla.----Dynamic Leisure Corporation , a leading wholesaler and online technology-based leisure travel packager, is pleased to announce it has signed a contract to become a sales sub-agent of Rail Europe, Inc. .

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Got a yen for some last-minute travel? Let the deal pick you (MENAFN)

Got a yen for some last-minute travel? Let the deal pick you

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Black Hat gears up in Las Vegas (ZDNet UK)

Security conference takes up more space at Caesars Palace as it tackles topics from hacking the Vista x64 kernel to digital forensics

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Monday, July 30, 2007

Black Hat 'supersizes' in Las Vegas (CNET)

Taking up more space at Caesar's Palace is no gamble for the security confab as it tackles topics from the Vista x64 kernel to digital forensics for the feds.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Travel for a Cause with KN Karen Neuburger(R) (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.----KN Karen Neuburger, the lifestyle brand best known for sleepwear and comfort-inspired lifestyle products, announced a fall KN GetawaysSM travel package supporting The Breast Cancer Research Foundation on October 18-22, 2007, at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Arizona.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Recruiting subplots emerge during summer camps (USA Today)

Now at the endpoint of the July evaluation period, it's time to discuss the summer's dominant themes. Beginning on July 6, college coaches packed their bags and their golf bags, while no one was looking and embarked on furious travel schedules.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Travel brands most at risk from user generated comments (eyefortravel.com)

The report, which polled the views of a representative sample of 698 UK adults aged 18-35 (conducted online by YouGov), shares that in the case of travel brands almost six out of 10 (58 percent) acknowledged that negative comments would lead to them abandoning a purchase.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Band takes lead in wooing LA film crews (The Press-Enterprise)

Inland tribes have long advertised their slot machines and table games as a nearby gambling alternative to Sin City. Now, some are using the same logic to attract Los Angeles-based film crews looking for casino views, and at least one is aiming to be more than a Las Vegas impersonator.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Fall travel sales can get you to the Rockies or New York (Anchorage Daily News)

In Estes Park, Colo., visitors from all over the world are streaming into Rocky Mountain National Park.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

$300 million renovation for Luxor (Baltimore Sun)

Las Vegas' pyramid-shaped Luxor hotel-casino is getting a multimillion-dollar makeover.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

THE RUMBLE (New York Post)

Lee playin cards right Knick getting cozy with poker-tour stunner David Lee showed up in Las Vegas at the Knicks voluntary big man minicamp earlier this month with his steady girlfriend, Sabina Gadecki, whos very familiar with Sin City...

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Maui hot spot has an 'anything goes' aura (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

LAHAINA They say that what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas. That might be true of Lahaina, as well. Unless somebody spills the beans. One woman stayed in Room 627 of the Lahaina Shores condominium, whose owners encourage renters to leave comments in a guest book.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for Las Vegas Travel]

iVillage: Consumer Smarts: Travel Scams (MSNBC)

How mad would you be at your husband if he chose a travel agent who would scam you out of your dream vacation to Hawaii? Dont even go there with me! It happened to one Las Vegas family. He and is buddies had great trips to sports events at great hotels for great prices.

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