Destination Management Companies Compete in First "Las Vegas Monorail Spy Game" to Celebrate National Tourism Week.

Las Vegas-Based TBA Global Earns First-Place in Debut AdVenture Vegas Competition

LAS VEGAS -- The adventure-seeking spirit of Las Vegas was on full display during AdVenture Vegas' debut "Las Vegas Monorail Spy Game" competition, pitting the city's top destination management companies (DMCs) in a head-to-head race in celebration of National Tourism Week. Top industry participants, who promote Las Vegas by profession, successfully utilized the Las Vegas Monorail to infiltrate the inner sanctum of the world-famous Las Vegas Strip and worked together following a trail of clues to sniff out actors portraying real, live spies in this first-of-its-kind adventure.

 
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Jennifer Robison LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL  

By JENNIFER ROBISON

REVIEW-JOURNAL

Investing in the future just got a little easier for employees of the Alan Waxler Group.

The company, which provides hospitality services ranging from charter transportation to models for trade-show booths, unveiled its first-ever retirement benefit in December. Open enrollment in the company's new 401(k) plan began on Jan. 1.

"We just felt this was another way of attracting and keeping good employees," said Bill Riska, the company's finance director. "Our employees are very enthused about it. Very few of them that I've spoken to had a 401(k) in their previous jobs, so they're excited to see an opportunity for them to save."

COPYRIGHT 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal

Byline: Hubble Smith

Sep. 28--Tourists, newlyweds and corporate executives can cruise Las Vegas in style these days, riding in a rare 1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II that's been added to AWG Charter Services' luxury limousine fleet.

The Rolls Silver Cloud will be available for $125 an hour with a two-hour minimum, AWG owner Alan Waxler said. It's been rented a couple times since becoming available two weeks ago.

"This vintage vehicle needs a lot of love and attention," Waxler said. "Every time it goes out and comes back in, our mechanic goes through it completely."

Byline: Jennifer Robison

Feb. 4--It was a small piece of advice that led to big business for Housing Helpers.

The company, which helps new Las Vegans find apartments and furnished corporate rentals, relies on walk-in business at its East Tropicana Avenue location, said owner Don Twining. Perhaps a 480-square-foot sign out front listing the company's specific services would drive in more customers. The reader board, a recommendation of counselors at the Nevada Small Business Development Center, cost Housing Helpers $50,000. But in the 18 months since the sign went up, it has brought in about $100,000 in new business, Twining said.

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Byline: Jane Lasky Business Travel Report

Our pilot let his passengers know it was a sweltering 115 degrees in the Nevada desert when we landed in Las Vegas. Fortunately, when I deplaned I did not discover how hot that extreme number registers since no outside air was able to get to me as I walked from the jetway.

What I did discover was how far away I was from baggage claim.

I walked and walked and walked in an effort to retrieve my luggage. Moving sidewalks were in place in terminal C, but they weren't working because of construction. To make it worse, I was carrying a heavy handbag containing bottled water. As it turned out, my extra efforts did not go unrewarded.

Hubble Smith   

By HUBBLE SMITH

REVIEW-JOURNAL

It was a tough year for Alan Waxler, whose ground transportation business depends largely on the health of Las Vegas' convention and tourism industry.

Waxler, president and chief executive officer of AWG Charter Services, said corporate business travel has tumbled with the slowing economy and people are holding onto their money a little more tightly.

"It's just been a very interesting last 24 months with all the stuff going on, a little reality check with September 11," he said.

Waxler was among several business executives who were asked by the Review-Journal to list their New Year's resolutions, either personal, business or both.

"To be a better leader for my staff," he said from Florida, where he was on vacation. "I've always got to improve. Nothing really dramatic."

ALAN WAXLER; President and chief executive officer of Alan Waxler Group High-end transport service takes corporate leaders for a ride

Hubble Smith   

By HUBBLE SMITH

REVIEW-JOURNAL

From the destination management business that Alan Waxler started in 1990, he realized there was a niche in Las Vegas for a transportation company that catered to high-level corporate executives.

They're presidents and vice presidents, chief executive officers and chief financial officers, top salesmen and managers. They're the kind of people who expect to be treated with an air of importance and respect, and often demand a great deal of personal service and attention.