Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp. soared Thursday after the casino operator reported impressive fourth-quarter gains because of its growth in China. THE SPARK: The company reported after the market closed Wednesday that it fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 35 percent, based largely on its expanding business in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.
HARTFORD, Conn.-- Connecticut's tourism advertising campaign has been honored by an international marketing group. The Hospitality, Sales and Marketing Association International gave the campaign three Adrian Awards announced Tuesday night, including a gold for television creativity.
NASSAU, Bahamas-- Voters in the Bahamas on Monday overwhelmingly rejected a referendum to legalize gambling for citizens of the archipelago off Florida's east coast, where locals were already barred from betting in casinos at the islands' tourist resorts.
MADRID, Jan 29- Global tourism is proving resilient in the face of an economic slowdown, with tourist numbers growing at close to pre-crisis levels in 2012 and expected to increase by almost as much this year, the UN World Tourism Organisation said on Tuesday.
CHARLESTON, S.C.-- A new South Carolina tourism season is approaching, and the director of the state tourism department predicts this is the year the $15 billion industry returns to pre-Great Recession levels.
Jan 28- Visitor arrivals to Hong Kong in December rose 15.1 percent from a year earlier to 4.78 million, data from the Hong Kong Tourism Board showed on Monday.
HELENA, Mont.-- The Montana Department of Commerce says it is awarding grants to 17 local tourism-related events in 12 communities around the state. The agency's tourism office says that a total of $200,000 is going to events in Big Sky, Chinook, Ekalaka, Glasgow, Great Falls, Hamilton, Hardin, Helena, Kalispell, Missoula, Polson and Virginia City.
NEW YORK, Jan 16- Healthy hotels, wellness tourism and the holistic medicine system Ayurveda are expected to be the among the top spa trends in 2013, according to a report that tracks the $73 billion global industry.
HONG KONG, Jan 9- A $2.5 billion Macau casino planned by MGM China, the Chinese arm of U.S. gambling giant MGM Resorts International, received government approval on Wednesday, sending shares of MGM China to an 18- month high.
HONG KONG, Jan 9- A new $2.5 billion Macau casino planned by MGM China, the Chinese arm of U.S. gambling giant MGM Resorts, received a boost on Wednesday after the government formally approved the project in its official gazette.