http://vacationlasvegasblog.com Las Vegas Travel Tips - Las Vegas Vacations Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:24:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Las Vegas City Council today unanimously approved moving a location for a planned commemorative for American veterans from Huntridge Circle Park to Heritage Park along North Las Vegas Boulevard in a city's downtown area.The council decided to dedicate about 1.5 acres of Heritage Park for a development of a ... http://vacationlasvegasblog.com/lasvegas/city-votes-to-move-las-vegas-veterans-memorial-to-downtowns-heritage-park/ A report shows tourism continued to improve in June in Las Vegas, with the 16th straight month of increases in visitors and average hotel room rates. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority released a report Wednesday that shows visitor numbers grew 7 percent and average daily room rates jumped 13 ... http://vacationlasvegasblog.com/lasvegas/las-vegas-tourism-numbers-continue-to-rise/ Las Vegas offers a lot of bang for your vacation dollar, especially when you find a package deal that combines airfare and hotel. There's lots of competition among airlines for Vegas, which keeps fares low. When those fares are bundled with hotel rates, you can save even more. Along with bundling, the ... http://vacationlasvegasblog.com/lasvegas/grabbing-a-deal-on-vegas-vacation/ If you’re looking for the cheapest place in the U.S. to get a cheese pizza and a dry martini and then jump into a taxi ride to a four-star hotel for the night, Las Vegas is your destination. The Sin City topped the list of value vacations ... http://vacationlasvegasblog.com/lasvegas/market-watch-names-vegas-cheapest-summer-vacation-spot/ The quickie wedding, long a Las Vegas tradition for romance-besotted tourists, may be the latest casualty of rough economic times. Fewer couples have been pledging their love in Sin City as the number of visitors has fallen and some couples postpone marriage or shun it entirely. “If you don’t have ... http://vacationlasvegasblog.com/lasvegas/i-dont-the-decline-of-las-vegas-quickie-weddings/ A recent USA Today poll showed 71 percent of travelers expect to spend more on transportation as well as 44 percent devise to spend more for food, lodging as well as party this summer than they did last year. With vacation budgets on the rise, travelers want to get the ... http://vacationlasvegasblog.com/lasvegas/las-vegas-experiences-for-100-or-less/ Talk about rolling the dice and expecting a big payoff. Sir Philip Green, the owner of Arcadia Group, parent company of Topshop, is gambling that Topshop’s latest collection, Dress Up, will have him in the chips when the retail chain’s flagship store opens in Las Vegas next March. The retail outpost ... http://vacationlasvegasblog.com/lasvegas/topshop-rolls-the-retail-dice-in-las-vegas/ Las Vegas bills itself as the entertainment capital of the world, but it should promote another strength that gets virtually no attention — its specialization in green architecture and construction services. So says the co-author of a study released today by the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington on the nation’s ... http://vacationlasvegasblog.com/lasvegas/clean-energy-is-las-vegas%e2%80%99-sleeping-giant-study-says/ On any given summer Sunday, a line forms as early as 7 a.m. and stretches through the Hard Rock Hotel. Patrons are dressed in their Sunday bests—barely-there bikinis and sky-high heels or board shorts and white tanks—waiting to worship at the mecca of the daylife scene, Hard Rock’s weekly Rehab ... http://vacationlasvegasblog.com/lasvegas/pool-party-trend-paying-off-for-vegas-resorts/ The Las Vegas strip shines with self-promotion and promises to deliver the "wow" factor. Las Vegas is a traditional vacation destination, but now they are hopping to attract a new kind of visitor, one who makes their travel plans through social networking. Want to know what's going on inside all the hotels? ... http://vacationlasvegasblog.com/lasvegas/nbc-las-vegas-goes-social/