In The News: William F. Harrah College of Hospitality

Las Vegas Review Journal

The apparent cyberattack that hobbled MGM Resorts International this past week is the latest in a string of high-profile security breaches to befall Las Vegas casinos in recent months.

Yahoo!

Room reservations and sportsbooks were still dark across swaths of Las Vegas on Friday as the community trudged through its fifth day of a battle against hackers who struck the city’s biggest hotel chain.

NBC News

Online MGM room reservations were down, and sportsbooks didn't have much action in the resort community.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Hotel room rates for Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend have fallen by nearly 60 percent in some cases since they were first posted last fall. But an industry expert says that does not necessarily mean interest in the event is failing to meet expectation.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Las Vegas hosts millions of visitors every year either for business, pleasure or a bit of both, but no visitor is looking for bed bugs although they can pop up in hotel rooms across the valley.

Las Vegas Sun

In 2014, due to a need for better health care in Las Vegas, the state Legislature approved the creation of a new school of medicine at UNLV, now called the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. The school was founded with an intended focal mission of caring for the Las Vegas community.

Scaling Coach

Stowe Shoemaker has served as an advisor to numerous hospitality service providers over the course of his career including IGT, British Airways, Accor, Hilton, Landry’s, and Hyatt. He has published two marketing textbooks and his newest book, Hospitable Healthcare: Just What the Patient Ordered!, introduces hospitality principles to the healthcare industry.

Fox News

Tourism driven cities like Las Vegas are facing staffing shortages as the city grows and industry workers are not returning post pandemic

Eat This, Not That!

Take it from the pros: there's nothing quite like a fast and convenient taco, and these spots do it right.

Nach Welt

Hotels have adjusted their housekeeping policies post-Corona lockdowns, with various brands moving to an opt-in model that offers daily housekeeping only to guests who request it. At least one operator is reversing course.

Casino.org

In the Oscar-nominated 2003 movie “The Cooler,” William H. Macy portrays a downtown Las Vegas casino employee whose job is to reverse winning streaks. Bernie Lootz — get it, lose?— has such extraordinary bad luck, all he needs to do is sit next to a guest experiencing good luck and it stops.

Axios

Requests for tips are becoming more common, tips themselves are getting larger, and consumers from coast to coast are confused about the new rules.