VEGAS.com
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Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Online Commerce Hotel booking Travel booking Ticketing |
Founded | 1998 |
Headquarters | , USA |
Key people | Howard Lefkowitz was the original CEO and built the company to the national brand it eventually became. [1] |
Revenue | Not disclosed |
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Number of employees | Not disclosed |
Website | www.vegas.com |
VEGAS.com, LLC is a destination-specific Online Travel Agency (OTA) founded in 1998 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.[contradictory] VEGAS.com provides extensive travel content and books discounted travel products including hotel rooms,[2] air-hotel packages, show tickets, tours, dining, golf, and other activities exclusively for the Las Vegas destination. VEGAS.com was one of The Greenspun Corporation's family of companies.[3] It is now owned by Remark Holdings[4], the publicly traded company formerly known as Remark Media. [5]
History
www.Vegas.com was previously operated by The Las Vegas Sun, a newspaper distributed in Las Vegas.[6] In 2005, in a Chicago Tribune article, Vegas.com was ranked among the 50 most popular travel websites.[6]
In 2015, Las Vegas-based Remark Holdings (then known as Remark Media) acquired Vegas.com with the goal of making it the "go-to booking destination for new millennial travelers."[7]
Souvenir stores
The company also operates five souvenir stores in Las Vegas, in partnership with Marshall Retail Group.[8]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.vegas.com/about/press/bizpresshoward.html.
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(help) - ^ Yancey, Kitty Bean (December 10, 2004). "Vegas poised to raise the stakes in new year". USA Today. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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(help) - ^ Stutz, Howard (November 28, 2012). "Las Vegas Sun parent realigns management". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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(help) - ^ "VEGAS.COM | Remark Holdings". www.remarkholdings.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ^ Inc., Remark Holdings,. "Remark Media Announces Name Change to Remark Holdings, Inc". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
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(help) - ^ Inc., Remark Media,. "Remark Media Acquires Online Travel Destination Vegas.com". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
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- Sharkey, Joe (October 28, 2003). "Business Travel: On The Road; A Web Site That Can Handle Most Problems in Las Vegas". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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Further reading
- Wyland, Scott (February 16, 2010). "Decision pits county against city on '.vegas'". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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(help) - Wyland, Scott (February 16, 2010). "County backs vegas.com for Web domain". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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(help) - Spillman, Benjamin (March 31, 2008). "Vegas.com partners with Mexico.com". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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