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Liquor & Gaming New South Wales (L&GNSW) and UNLV’s International Center for Gaming Regulation (ICGR) conducted the inaugural regulatory program in Sydney earlier this month. The program was informed by feedback from regulators across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore and focused on international best practice in gaming regulation. The course also provided opportunities for participants to share knowledge and learnings from their respective jurisdictions to help improve gaming regulation and collaboration across the Asia-Pacific.

On Thursday, SLS officially reverted to The Sahara Las Vegas, the iconic brand that evokes Rat Pack-era hipness. The north Strip property is in the midst of a $150 million rebranding that will allow it to reconnect with its past — as well as with a Las Vegas audience for whom the name “SLS” didn’t really evoke anything at all.

The SLS Las Vegas is returning to the hotel-casino’s roots. After operating under the name SLS for five years, the property is circling back to the iconic Sahara name, starting Thursday.

Kylies Fung has been with McCarran International Airport for four years, one of which was as an intern as she attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Like many, she never thought about a career in airports nor did she ever think that her schooling in hospitality management would be applicable to this environment. But soon after joining LAS, she recognized how her education prepared her for her role in the non-traditional environment of airport concessions.