75 years of legalized gambling
Las Vegas celebrates 75 year of legalized gambling this year. Nevada legalized gambling on March 19, 1931 to boost tourism and to replace the tax base lost when the silver mining business went south.
At first gaming took place in small establishments and saloons downtown but in 1941 the first Las Vegas strip hotel opened its doors, the El Rancho Vegas. It was soon to be followed by the Last Frontier and the Desert Inn.
Beautifully decorated resort hotels and gambling casinos featuring top-name entertainment as we know them today came into existence after World War II. Bugsy Siegel opened the Flamingo in 1946 and in 1951 the Gaming Board was created.
Topless Showgirls debut on the Strip with "Minsky's Follies" in 1957 and in 1959 Betty Willis created the famous "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign. During the 1960's Howard Hughes starts the "corporate takeover" of the Strip, new casinos where built and the existing properties where bought removing the mob's stronghold on the gaming industry in Las Vegas.
During the two decades to follow Gambling becomes "gaming" and a legitimate business and some of the gaming companies have stock traded on the market.
During these 75 years of legalized gambling Las Vegas has grown from a small town with a population of 8,400 to a population of almost 480,000..
London Hotel Map - Find Hotels Near London Underground Stations Using Google Maps
London (ContentDesk) May 25, 2006 -- With hundreds of hotels in London, how does a traveller find one in the right location? TubeHotels.com (www.tubehotels.com) uses London Underground stations as points of reference to create maps of London hotels. The site is equally useful to both London residents as well as tourists with detailed maps of hotel locations relative to Underground stations.Upon finding a hotel in the right location, users can view hotel descriptions and photos to ensure that the hotel meets their requirements. Having found the right hotel in the right location, TubeHotels helps users find the right price by linking to several hotel reservations companies allowing quick price comparison to get the best deal.Ben Jackson, Managing Director of Pint Of Milk Ltd, the company behind TubeHotels, said: Too many hotel and travel web sites are competing for the same customer with the same offering. It is time for companies...
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Lake Champlain Chocolates Introduces New Holiday Gifts
Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced its holiday line of chocolate gifts for Christmas and Hanukah.
Made in small batches from the finest all-natural ingredients, Lake Champlain Chocolates are carefully crafted by chocolatiers who are fanatical about creating chocolates with the honest individuality, charm, quality, and freshness which are synonymous with the spirit of Vermont.
Maintaining its tradition of award-winning seasonal packaging in unique shapes, LCC again brings customers one-of-a-kind chocolate gifts for the holidays."Consumers are looking for ?grab & go' gifts -- ready-to-give right off the shelf," said Allyson Brown, Director of Sales for LCC.
"Our holiday gift boxes offer the perfect solution for shoppers short on time and eager to impress."Three stacked boxes of chocolates make up the Tower of Treasures -- the 18-piece Holiday Chocolates of Vermont, the Pecan Caramel Cluster Gift, and the Mint Coins...
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Hilton Head Island
Hilton Head Island was the first ecologically-planned destination in The United States. Light pollution ordinances are in effect across the island to protect the habits of the loggerhead turtles which sometimes confuse the lights of dwellings and street lights with that of the ocean. Protections are in place to protect the beautiful live oaks and palmetto trees which cover the island. Salt marshes, beaches and lagoons remain in pristine condition across the island. While modern conveniences such as shopping malls and five star hotels are widely available; care has been taken to blend these structures into the native ecology as much as possible.The 2.5 million travelers who arrive annually to Hilton Head Island find an infinite variety of activities and reasons for visiting.
Whether they are searching for a world class golf vacation, relaxing on the miles of sandy beaches or enjoying the gentle sway of palm trees in unspoiled nature, a stay on Hilton Head Island is sure to pleasethe...
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Asian Travel Giant Goes Global
June 8, 2005 -- Must Group, Asia's largest online travel company re-launched their global travel brand earlier this month. The Web site is called www.VoyageNow.com and boasts over 63,000 hotels listings in 174 countries and 13,755 cities around the world. Must Group has already earned a global reputation as a specialized online Australasian hotel retailer. While fully intending to continue to grow in this market, the company felt they were ready to take the global leap. VoyageNow has been operating online since 1998 and has already achieved a turn over of $80 million USD from 1.5 million room bookings, but, until now, its core focus has been to build its extensive list of hotels around the world and negotiate the best possible prices for its customers.
Ready and able to tackle the ever growing global online travel market, VoyageNow have committed to a multi-million dollar advertising budget and plans to spend most of it in...
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