Hospitality insiders hope the return to a mask-free Las Vegas will help usher the comeback of thousands of jobs and businesses that have yet to return.

This weekend people from all around the world are in Las Vegas to enjoy both the NHL All-Star Game and the NFL Pro Bowl.

Nevada hit ten straight billion-dollar months—a streak that continues to grow.

This weekend Las Vegas becomes the first city to host two All-Star games in the same weekend. It’s brought the NHL and NFL stars, and with it thousands of sports fans.

A UNLV hospitality expert says Las Vegas travel for the Christmas holiday and New Year's Eve is still strong, despite threats from the omicron variant that could put a damper on travel plans.

All around the Las Vegas valley you can feel the holiday spirit, as restaurants, hotels and businesses prepare for guests who plan to celebrate Christmas and New Year in town.

Some would say the food that defines Nevada is the casino buffet. A heightened perception of contagion risks and other pandemic-linked obstacles have led to the permanent closure of some buffet restaurants. However, KUNR’s Lucretia Cunningham spoke to UNLV Assistant Professor Amanda Belarmino who says the buffet made a major comeback over Thanksgiving and is eager to see how the industry will fare this holiday season.

Tourism industry leaders, both locally and nationally, are becoming nervous about how the Omicron variant of COVID-19 could affect tourism so soon after the United States reopened its borders to resume international travel.