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LVCVA Visitor Study Reveals Who’s Really Coming to Town – Vegas Seven

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In this week’s Green Felt Journal, I look at the numbers in this year’s LVCVA Visitor Profile Survey: The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority recently released its 2015 visitor profile study. This report, based on interviews with Vegas visitors, charts the behavioral and demographic shifts in the population of those who come to town. […]

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LVCVA’s Unconventional Approach to Global Business | Vegas Seven

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In this week’s Green Felt Journal, I take a look at what the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is actually going to do with the Riviera site: Construction on the Global Business District is expected to begin in the next couple of years and unfold over the next decade. If executed along the lines

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Split-level in Vegas Seven

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It’s Thursday, which means another Green Felt Journal column in Vegas Seven. Here’s the crux of what I call the “split-level strategy”: So casinos are pursuing a “split-level” strategy that harks back to the 1970s and earlier—keeping prices low for bargain hunters while pursuing high-end play at the baccarat tables. It’s not the mid-1980s approach

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2009 is history

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…at least as far as the LVCVA is concerned. The December and year-end visitor numbers, minus the gaming figures for now, was just released. Here are some highlights from the executive summary: December: Visitor volume up 1.5%, room inventory up 6% compared to December 2008. 2009 (total): Visitor volume down 3%, room inventory up 6%

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Quote of the Day, 01/04/05

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“We need to educate international tourists before we get to the branding or experience of Las Vegas because if they don’t know what Las Vegas stands for it will fall on deaf ears.” –Terry Jicinsky, senior vice president of marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Read the whole story here: Las Vegas

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