Funds: Leisure and luxury are the magic words (International Herald Tribune)
The Aim Leisure Fund, managed by Mark Greenberg, returned almost twice as much as the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index during the past year as consumers around the world spent more on travel, liquor and entertainment....more...Upping the ante (Smoky Mountain News)
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is placing a $650 million bet that visitors to Harrah?s casino and hotel are looking for amenities akin to those that are becoming standard across the gaming industry....more... Las Vegas Travel (Daily Times of Nigeria)
Discount Las Vegas Vacation Package Las Vegas travel . Discount vacation packages for all budgets - rooms start at $43. See pictures and check availability here....more... Casinos, hotels bet on Macau (USA Today)
The biggest gamblers in Macau aren't the guys lining up at the blackjack tables and slot machines. They're the casino and hotel owners betting billions that they can transform this backwater on the edge of the Chinese mainland into the Las Vegas of the East....more... Welcome to fabulous Glasvegas (The Scotsman)
FORTUNE may smile on Glasgow this week, or, perhaps, fate will glower. The hopes of the city now rest on the decision of five men who have already gathered in a nondescript board room in central London and picked a winner. Or, if the critics are to be......more... Golden Nugget Earns AAA Four-Diamond Award for 30th Consecutive Year (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LAS VEGAS----For the 30th consecutive year, the Automobile Association of America presented the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino with its coveted Four-Diamond award, a record number of years for any lodging establishment in the state of Nevada....more... Are gamblers getting shortchanged? (USA Today)
Remember when you didn't have to drop a lot at gaming tables to get your hotel room comped -- or at least deeply discounted? When cocktail waitresses materialized to take free-drink orders within moments after you sat down to play?... ...more... Macao casinos risk cuts to credit rating (International Herald Tribune)
Las Vegas Sands, Galaxy Casino and other Macao casino operators risk credit ratings cuts because of their "aggressive" investment in the city, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Tuesday...more... Vegas for low rollers (The Charlotte Observer)
If hotel rooms in Glitter Gulch seem outrageously expensive, we have only ourselves to blame....more... |