Las Vegas

Gun battle on Las Vegas Strip like a scene from action movie

23 Feb 2013

It was like something out of a violent action movie, with bullets flying from a black Range Rover at a grey Maserati as the luxury vehicles raced down the Las Vegas Strip, the city's main...

Chinese tech firms pump up volume at CES show in Las Vegas

13 Jan 2013

Chinese high-tech companies have showcased some of the most eye-popping gear at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, bidding to reverse their lack of global brand recognition.

Wynn forms subsidiary to develop hotels outside Las Vegas

8 Jan 2013

Wynn Resorts Ltd will form a new subsidiary to develop hotels and casinos outside Las Vegas, to be headed by Gamal Aziz, the former president and chief executive of MGM Hospitality, chairman Steve...

Promoter apologises for Guns N' Roses poster

7 Nov 2012

A Las Vegas resort criticised for a suggestive ad promoting Guns N' Roses is apologising for the flap and changing the artwork.

Poker king Greg Merson wins US$8.5m prize in Las Vegas

1 Nov 2012

US poker professional Greg Merson emerged victorious from a 12-hour final session to claim the World Series of Poker's biggest title and a US$8.5 million first prize.

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Asians spinning the wheel

Astute Asian investors are taking a big gamble, putting their money and faith in one of the most dire real estate markets in America, one billed as the entertainment capital of the world which has...

Tourists' Grand Canyon trip ends in bus crash

A charter bus carrying foreign tourists back to Las Vegas from the Grand Canyon has crashed on an Arizona highway, killing the driver and injuring more than 20 passengers, six seriously.

HK film boss Charles Heung may face casino probe

A gambling credit transfer of US$100,000 for a Hong Kong film company executive could be investigated by casino regulators in America because of his alleged triad links.

BRITAIN

Britain's Prince Harry caught in the nude in Las Vegas hotel suite

Pictures of a naked Prince Harry cavorting with a nude young woman in a Las Vegas hotel room were published on a US website yesterday

The photos are a potential embarrassment to Harry, the...

The Tonno opens doors for fun to suit all types of taste

To Hong Kong's partygoers, Wan Chai is the place to get wasted while Central is the place for clubs and lounges - the usual higher-end stuff. With the opening of The Tonno, a 35,000 square feet,...

Inside story

Gilded mirrors line the walls of the reception area, a complete lion skin, with head attached, acts as a carpet, a grand wrought-iron staircase sweeps up towards the fitting room.