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ABC News and Hotels.com list best US cities for hotel deals
Oct 22nd, 2009 at 10:00AM:
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On most trips, your two biggest expenses will be your transportation and your accommodation. You don't have much control over the price of your flight, but you can balance out that cost by picking a destination where you are more likely to score a deal ...The green fairy flies Virgin America
Sep 22nd, 2009 at 12:00PM: The green fairy flies! Following the US re-legalization of absinthe (it was banned for 96 years), Le Tourment Vert has become the First Absinthe in the Sky on Virgin America. To celebrate their collaboration, Le Tourment Vert and Virgin America have teamed up with the Palms Resort in Las Vegas to bring us the Suite Surrender Giveaway: the winner gets a round-trip flight to Vegas to kick it in ...Las Vegas restaurant week serving up the best food, for a great cause
Aug 27th, 2009 at 2:30PM: From August 31st till September 6th 2009, many of the finest restaurants in Las Vegas will be participating in a yearly charity event to raise money for the local food bank, Three Square. If you happen to be in Vegas, this is your chance to eat some amazing food, and support Three Square. The list of participating restaurants is impressive, and they have all put together prix fixe menus for a ...Eight of the best value hotels in Las Vegas
Aug 19th, 2009 at 2:00PM: If there is one thing the global economic meltdown has actually helped with, it is bringing prices of travel down to its lowest level in years. Even some of the luxury hotels in Las Vegas have not been able to escape the clutches of the recession, which means ultra-luxury has become affordable for everyone. Here are the top 8 hotel deals in Las Vegas, as selected by Oyster Hotel Reviews. After ...Guaranteed green in Las Vegas
Aug 18th, 2009 at 4:00PM:
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You may hope to find a lot of green in Las Vegas, and there's one way to ensure you can at least say your stay involved a lot of green: stay --and play -- in an eco-friendly hotel and casino.
Harrah's Entertainment (parent company to Caesars Palace, Flamingo, Bally's, Rio), has ...Las Vegas Hard Rock hotel shows how to throw an opening party
Aug 7th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Yesterday, we showed you photos of the newly renovated Paradise Tower at the Las Vegas Hard Rock hotel and casino. It goes without saying that when a hotel like the Hard Rock plans a party, it knows what it is doing. The party was held at the Rehab pool area, and if you were not one of the hip people shown in the photo above, then you can still experience your own "day at the beach party" during ...Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel - first ever Paradise tower before/after photos
Aug 6th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Remember our little quiz yesterday where we asked you to guess the hotel? One of our commenters guessed correctly when he said it looks like the Las Vegas Hard Rock hotel - pretty impressive! The good looking room was just one of 490 in the newly renovated Paradise Tower, which opened with a massive party (more on that later). Rooms in the paradise tower are all outfitted with 40" Sony flat ...Some hotel futures at risk
Jul 26th, 2009 at 12:00PM: The number of hotels defaulting on their loans surged 125 percent in May and June this year. Travel is down (no shit), which has an obvious effect on the top line. When there's no money coming in, it's hard to send cash out to meet some pretty hefty obligations. So, if none comes in, none can go out ... and defaults start to rise.
Some high-profile properties have defaulted already, including ...Mexican airlines grounded after safety violations and unpaid bills
Jul 23rd, 2009 at 2:30PM: It's one thing when the recession leads to higher prices and a general doom and gloom in the travel industry. But when the economic downturn actually starts jeopardizing aviation safety, it's a pretty serious issue. In Mexico, the aviation sector has been in a real double nightmare - the economy sucks and they had to deal with the swine flu outbreak. The Mexican government recently grounded their ...The newest hidden cost in travel: taxes
Jul 7th, 2009 at 5:00PM: Cities and states are pumping up their coffers at the expense of visitors. Unemployment has led to a fall in income taxes, and with consumer spending off, sales taxes aren't bring in what they did in the past. So, municipalities have had to look elsewhere.
And, travel is a great place to start!
How can a city or state raise money without incurring the wrath of its own voters? You guessed it ...Daily Travel Deal - Las Vegas MGM Grand getting close to paying you to stay
Apr 21st, 2009 at 1:00PM: This was bound to happen sooner or later - Hotels in Las Vegas are so desperate happy to have you come and stay with them, that the deals are better than ever. Short of being comped, this deal at the MGM Grand is one of the hottest out there at the moment. Starting at $48, you get a night at the hotel, $35 in dining and activity credits, a 2 for 1 spa pass, 2 VIP passes to Studio 54 or ...Jaunted founders launch Vegaschatter.com
Apr 20th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Our friends over at Jaunted and Hotelchatter are up to no good again, this morning kicking off Vegaschatter.com, a sister blog that will cover all things Vegas. Why Las Vegas? According to one Mr. Mark Johnson, the founder of SFO Media, "Las Vegas has always been one of the world's most popular travel destinations, and for years the city was in dire need of a daily travel web publication that ...Chattanooga, Portsmouth among top art destinations in the U.S.
Apr 18th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Who thought that Tennessee and New Hampshire would be some of the top towns in the country for art lovers. AmericanStyle magazine just issued the results of its twelfth annual arts destinations poll. Some spots are predictable. Others, like Chattanooga, will just blow your mind. This is the first year Chattanooga made the list, shooting all the way up to second in the mid-sized city category. If ...Momentum around meeting cancellations
Apr 14th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Meetings and conventions aren't just falling ... they're actively being canceled. While it's easy to write this off as the erosion of a wasteful corporate perk, it translates to genuine financial crisis for the travel industry. Over the past six months, 402 conventions and meetings have been canceled in Las Vegas alone. According to the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, this ...Daily Travel Deal: $31 Vegas Strip Hotels
Apr 14th, 2009 at 3:00PM: One of the few great advantages of a smaller tourism market this year is that markets that rely heavily on vacationers are slashing prices. Many hotels and casinos in Vegas are hurting for business, which means that when you and I show up on the strip we can reap the profits. The Excalibur in Las Vegas is a prime example. Prices for this three star property just dipped to as low as $31/night, some ...Photo of the Day (2.21.09)
Feb 21st, 2009 at 4:00PM:
If you've been to the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, then you might recognize this exhibit. You know, the one that hangs from the ceiling of the lobby as you walk in? Dale Chihuly's "Fiori di Como" (or "Flowers of Como" -- as in, Lake Como in Italy) is a glass masterpiece that covers a 70 x 30 foot area with over 2,000 colorful glass elements. It's one of many cool sights to behold in the City of ...Take advantage of the pain in Vegas - Four Seasons for $149/night
Feb 8th, 2009 at 5:30PM: One thing is clear in this bad economy - one person's poorly booked hotel, is another person's chance to stay in luxury for under $150. The Las Vegas Four Seasons is clearly feeling the pain more than ever - if you book a room as part of their "Vegas Escape" rate plan, you can snag yourself a "moderate room" for just $149 a night. This insanely low price is available from February 20th till the ...Feathers fall to floor for "Folies"
Jan 19th, 2009 at 10:00AM: "Les Folies Bergere" is about to come to an end. The topless review, which has called the Tropicana hotel and casino home for 49 years is about to take its stripping off the Strip. The show will close on March 28, 2009, in order to make room for something new ... though no details have been released. Ron Thacker, president of the Tropicana has not explained the decision, saying only that his ...In Las Vegas, sin and forgiveness are side by side
Jan 1st, 2009 at 2:00PM: It might be called Sin City, but that doesn't mean that it is a complete place of moral decay (sorry). There are churches of the Catholic denomination located right on the Las Vegas Strip. The most noticeable one is Guardian Angel Cathedral, which located next to the newest of the Wynn casinos. It is actually not preaching fire and brimstone to the tourists who descend upon the city throughout the ...
