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. 

Leaders of today are facing a multitude of challenges. They need to create a triple bottom line, finding economical, environmental, and socially sustainable solutions. Moreover, leaders are not only expected to see a strategy through; they also need to reimagine and re-examine the workplace for their employees. In this episode, Dr. Kweisi Ausar discusses the relationship between workplace spirituality, organizational justice, and mental health.

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.

There's no experience like a Las Vegas experience, and Hospitality Heroes make it all possible.

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.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) and the Vegas Chamber worked together to recognize this past year’s Hospitality Heroes at a reception at the William H. Harrah College of Hospitality at UNLV.

The achievements and character of the following winter 2021 graduates reflect the extraordinary work that goes on day in and day out in Southern Nevada’s institutions of higher learning.

After the announcement of the establishment of a new eSports Technical Advisory Committee in Nevada, Yogonet spoke with one of its newly appointed members, Dr. Brett Abarbanel, Director of Research for the UNLV, International Gaming Institute, who provided an accurate description of the current panorama of eSports gambling and the reasons for the creation of this new committee.

Kweisi Ausar is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He conducts research on workplace spirituality and other topics related to human dynamics in organizations. Dr. Ausar is focused on empowering individuals to transcend undesirable, dysfunctional, and harmful conditioning by cultivating spiritual competencies that are designed to increase mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.

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.

Led by the Las Vegas Strip, Nevada casinos are on a formidable roll -- with gaming revenue of at least $1 billion for seven consecutive months.

Tourism leaders locally and nationwide are getting jittery about how the COVID-19 omicron variant could affect tourism so soon after the United States opened its borders to restart international travel.