In The News: William F. Harrah College of Hospitality

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

August 28th is National Red Wine Day! Bianca Holman visits UNLV’s Dr. Murray Mackenzie to learn all the ins and outs of the drink.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

It’s the perfect drink to sip on while enjoying a steak dinner or a delicious chocolate tart. We’re talking red wine! Aug. 28 is National Red Wine Day, and we’re celebrating in style.

CDC Gaming Reports Inc.

A series of studies led by the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ said regular slot players can’t tell the difference between the house edge from one game to another.

KNPR News

A series of studies led by UNLV researchers says regular slot players can’t tell the difference between the house edge from one game to another.

World Casino News

The long-held myth that casino patrons are somehow able to detect slot machine payout percentages has reportedly been shattered by a pair of researchers following the completion of a nine-month study involving two pairs of machines in Australia.

Yogonet Gaming News

Black Fire Innovation was announced last month as a partnership between the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ (UNLV), Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Gardner Company that will bring the university and local businesses together to test, develop and commercialize hospitality products and ideas.

Asia Gaming Brief

Caesars Entertainment has announced a partnership with Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ (UNLV), to create a technology hub where new gaming and hospitality concepts will be developed and tested in a 43,000 square-foot space.

Hotel Business

Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ (UNLV) and Caesars Entertainment have partnered to deliver a technology hub designed to assist innovators with testing and showcasing new gaming and hospitality concepts.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Starting in August, the Plaza hotel will offer 100 upgraded rooms and suites that come with energy efficiency updates, new decor and Amazon Echo Dots that let guests communicate with hotel staff.

CleanLink

IEHA, a Division of ISSA, and the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ (UNLV) William F. Harrah College of Hospitality (HCOH) have agreed to partner on research to assist hotel housekeepers. The organizations will work together to further shared goals of research-driven education for directors of housekeeping in hotels, casinos, cruise ships, and similar venues worldwide.

Market Screener

The UNLV Gaming & Hospitality Education Series is the newest concept in continuing education. Featuring six episodes centered on emerging hospitality and gaming industry trends, each one explores the most critical topics faced by hospitality professionals in all roles, and at all levels.

USGNN

The new Harrah College of Hospitality building on the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ campus features glass on the façade and throughout the interior spaces, allowing light to brighten the learning environment. USGlass spoke with representatives of companies involved in the project from design to installation.