Tourism and Gaming (In Business Las Vegas)
One of the great things about living in Las Vegas is that because we're a place that everybody wants to visit, whether it's to see shows, eat in celebrity-chef restaurants or gamble, they somehow have to get here....more...Orbitz Worldwide First Online Travel Agency to Help Travelers Ride the Vegas Strip on One Rail (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHICAGO & LAS VEGAS----Orbitz Worldwide, a leading global online travel company, today announced a distribution partnership with the Las Vegas Monorail Company. Orbitz Worldwide will be the first online travel agency to offer its customers the convenience of booking Las Vegas Monorail service on its Orbitz and CheapTickets websites....more... Kerkorian sticks as cash rolls in (Las Vegas Sun)
Here's why Kirk Kerkorian is holding off on the rare chance to acquire some of MGM Mirage's most prized assets: A new business strategy is swiftly unfolding on the Las Vegas Strip - one so bold and convincing that the billionaire dealmaker and MGM Mirage's majority shareholder wants a piece of the action....more... How to find cheap airfares (Rocky Mountain News)
How do you turn up that elusive, jaw-droppingly low airfare? It's all about using the Internet to your advantage. Rocky Mountain News airline reporter and avid traveler Chris Walsh reveals his secrets to landing thrifty fares....more... Jeff Simpson says good times make a strike unlikely, at least in one set of Culinary negotiations (Las Vegas Sun)
Now that Harrah's Entertainment has reached a deal with its 15,000 Culinary Union workers, the pressure is building on MGM Mirage to reach its own deal with the union representing 21,000 MGM Mirage maids, food-service workers and porters....more... Thumbs up and thumbs down (Carroll County Online)
Times copy editor Brandon Oland honeymooned in Las Vegas in April with his wife Michelle. Here is what he liked and did not like about his time on The Strip:...more... Monday June 11, 2007 - 17:00 EST (Rolling Good Times)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- At an age when his contemporaries either have retired, gone bust or passed on, billionaire financier Kirk Kerkorian is still refining the art of the deal....more... Priceline.com drops booking fees for its Summer Flights Sale (eyefortravel.com)
The company shared that every flight and itinerary is on sale, except for those purchased through priceline.com?s Name Your Own Price service....more... 21 Stocks to Make You Rich (Kiplinger Magazine via Yahoo! Finance)
Five-star money managers reveal their best investment ideas....more... |