The Lucky Dragon has a new owner: Don Ahern, owner of construction-rental company Ahern Rentals, has purchased the foreclosed Las Vegas hotel and casino for US$36 million. Lucky Dragon closed less than two years after it opened just west of the Las Vegas Strip on Sahara Avenue. Ahern plans to re-name the property and re-open it as a non-gaming hotel, with the casino floor turned into convention space and conference rooms.
Salt Lake Airport hotel gets wings: The US$3.6 billion redevelopment of Utah’s Salt Lake City International Airport (where a completely new airport will open in 2020) will now have a 28-story convention hotel. The 700-room property, expected to break ground later this year, will have more than 62,000 square feet of additional meeting space and is set to open in 2022.
Have we met? Discover Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico’s newly established Destination Marketing Organization has debuted a brand campaign called “Have We Met Yet?” which draws inspiration from Puerto Rico’s cultural and natural offerings and at its essence, focuses on the hospitable nature of its people. Following extensive research that showed that Puerto Rico’s brand identity was neutral in the minds of travelers, this new campaign is this next phase of Discover Puerto Rico’s brand repositioning process, enabling the Island to fully capitalize on its tourism product offerings.