VEGAS.com

Vegas.com LLC

Type	Private company
Industry	Online Commerce Hotel booking Travel booking Ticketing
Founded	1998
Headquarters	Henderson, Nevada, USA
Key people	Steven McArthur, CEO Jim Gibson, Officer on Board of Managers [1] Howard Lefkowitz was the original CEO and built the company to the national brand it eventually became. [2]
Revenue	Not disclosed
Net income	Not disclosed
Number of employees	Not disclosed
Website	www.vegas.com

VEGAS.com, LLC is a destination-specific Online Travel Agency (OTA) founded in 1998 and headquartered in Henderson, Nevada. VEGAS.com provides extensive travel content and books discounted travel products including hotel rooms,^[3] air-hotel packages, show tickets, tours, dining, golf, and other activities exclusively for the Las Vegas destination. VEGAS.com was one of The Greenspun Corporation's family of companies.^[4]

History

www.Vegas.com was previously operated by The Las Vegas Sun, a newspaper distributed in Las Vegas.^[5] In 2005, in a Chicago Tribune article, Vegas.com was ranked among the 50 most popular travel websites.^[5]

Souvenir stores

The company also operates five souvenir stores in Las Vegas, in partnership with Marshall Retail Group.^[6]

See also

• Vegas.com 500

References

1. "Executive Biographies". Vegas.com. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
2. http://www.vegas.com/about/press/bizpresshoward.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. Yancey, Kitty Bean (December 10, 2004). "Vegas poised to raise the stakes in new year". USA Today. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
4. Stutz, Howard (November 28, 2012). "Las Vegas Sun parent realigns management". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
5. Frommer, Arthur (September 11, 2005). "50 most popular travel sites have hidden gems". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
6. "Inside Business: Vegas.com, partner open souvenir shops". Las Vegas Review Journal. May 21, 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

• Sharkey, Joe (October 28, 2003). "Business Travel: On The Road; A Web Site That Can Handle Most Problems in Las Vegas". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
• Sharkey, Joe (October 31, 2006). "Staying Close to the Heart and Spectacle of Las Vegas". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
• Sharkey, Joe (December 5, 2006). "Memo Pad". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

Further reading

• Wyland, Scott (February 16, 2010). "Decision pits county against city on '.vegas'". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
• Wyland, Scott (February 16, 2010). "County backs vegas.com for Web domain". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
• Spillman, Benjamin (March 31, 2008). "Vegas.com partners with Mexico.com". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

External links

• Official website