Amanda Belarmino

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Assistant Professor of Hospitality

Expertise: Management, Revenue, Hospitality, Consumerism

Biography

Amanda Belarmino is an expert on revenue management, strategic management, and the influence of social and cultural movements on consumer behavior.

Belarmino has 20 years of management experience in casinos, hotels, and restaurants. Prior to joining UNLV, her job titles included property revenue manager and senior training specialist with Caesars Entertainment, and reservations and revenue manager at the Plaza Las Vegas.

She is frequently called upon by local and national media to provide her expertise on the hospitality industry’s response to cultural movements, including the coronavirus pandemic, inflation, and tipping. Her work has been published in journals including Current Issues in Tourism and the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.

Education

Ph.D., Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston
M.S., Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston
B.S., Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management, Cornell University

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Amanda Belarmino In The News

Impact of Live Sports on Vegas Gaming Spend

Gaming & Leisure Magazine

When I think of the Super Bowl in Las Vegas, the first word that used to come to my mind was ladders. Ladders everywhere. In 2004, I remember walking through the casinos and seeing ladders everywhere as casino employees took down screens and TV sets because the NFL had declared that there was size limit for the type of screen on which you could show the Super Bowl. No one at that time could imagine the same city would one day host the Super Bowl.

Experts: 3 Times To Tip — and 3 Times Not To

GoBankingRates

Whether you’re dining at a five-star restaurant, lodging at a hotel or getting a haircut, there’s a section on the bill reserved for leaving a gratuity. Tipping practices have changed in recent years, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic when business owners increased tipping recommendations as a way to retain their employees without having to raise prices.

Will Strip resort closures change the hotel market?

It’s been a year of change in the Las Vegas hotel industry. Two hotels opened at the end of 2023, adding thousands of hotel rooms to the largest hospitality market in the country. Recent developments on two sides of the Strip, however, will quickly take those gains away from the market’s total room inventory. The Tropicana, a Rat Pack-era property, closed on April 2. And just a few weeks ago, hotel operators revealed they will close The Mirage this summer for a three-year renovation that will culminate in a newly designed hotel.

Hope for Eastside Cannery reopening kept alive after latest gaming license extension

When driving down Boulder Highway, you can't miss the line of casinos, especially the Eastside Cannery. It's been closed since the pandemic, but this week, there's a renewed hope it'll reopen.