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Department of Events, Sports, Entertainment, and Tourism Management News

Our department is dedicated to developing well-rounded professionals who deliver exceptional customer experiences in the fast-paced food and beverage and event management industries. This involves managing operations across various hospitality segments, such as sports and entertainment, conventions and banquets, restaurants, and hotel-resorts. With required internships and work hours, our students graduate with valuable real-world experience.

Current Events, Sports, Entertainment, and Tourism Management News

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To finish, film tourism will be a massive profit driver along the United States in 2026. Los Angeles, New York City, and Atlanta will reign supreme as the leaders in the booming film tourism sector.

FoodDrinkLife

In early June, government officials in Sardinia announced a new ordinance that restricts the use of umbrellas at Punta Molentis Beach for everyone between the ages of 10 and 65. But tourists and residents alike push back, pointing out Sardinia is one of the few beaches where anyone could create a shady spot in the sand.

PBS

Women’s sports in Las Vegas are no longer sidelined. They’re part of a growing business that is attracting new teams, new investment, new fans and new players. We look at the growth of women’s sports and how it’s becoming big business.

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The third edition of the Sports, Entertainment and Innovation Conference (SEICon), which is co- hosted by UNLV and Syracuse University, brought together a broad cross-section of the sports and entertainment industries at the Bellagio.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

In a city known for hospitality, it's imperative to create the best atmospheres for dining, and that includes picking the best tunes. That's why a professor and sommelier are teaming up at UNLV to teach an elective course: "The Aesthetics of Music and Wine."

Good Housekeeping

If your rice routinely turns out sticky, gluey, or oddly clumped, the problem may not be your pot, your ratio, or your stove—it may be what you didn’t do before cooking. Rinsing rice is one of the most debated steps in the kitchen (and hotly debated on social media), but experts say this simple rinse can make a noticeable difference in texture and, in some cases, nutrition and food safety. So what actually happens when rice meets water?