Desert Boom Hotels Sprout in Las Vegas
Las Vegas undergoes a mega hotel expansion as the Mirage fuels nightly eruptions and a wave of new resorts. By 1992 hotel rooms are set to rise to 85 000 90 000 with Excalibur adding 4 032 rooms surpassing nine of the world’s ten largest hotels. Don Payne notes an unprecedented boom.
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Vegas calls more than high rollers
Midwest travelers can save on a Las Vegas trip with two for one air and hotel deals from Cedar Rapids departure points. Off peak travel Sunday through Thursday lowers costs at Ballys and Caesars Palace, with show tickets around 25 dollars and meals from two to seven dollars for breakfast to dinner.
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High-Tech Travel Dreams Spark 1990s Vacation Imagery
The piece envisions a 1997 trip powered by a credit-card sized SmartCard storing passport visa airline and hotel data. John Q Tourist books flights hotels and visas online uses a high tech Dulles airport experience and navigates Acapulco with a multilangue GPS style system, foreshadowing future travel tech.
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