VEGAS.com, LLC is a destination-specific
Online Travel Agency (OTA) founded in 1998 and headquartered in
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
. VEGAS.com provides extensive travel content and books discounted travel products including hotel rooms, air-hotel packages, show tickets, tours, dining, golf, and other activities exclusively for the
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
destination. VEGAS.com was one of
The Greenspun Corporation The Greenspun Corporation (TGC) was a privately owned corporation that manages the Greenspun family assets. The company was founded by Hank Greenspun and was based in Henderson, Nevada, Henderson, Nevada.
Subsidiaries
* American Nevada Corporation ...
's family of companies. It is now owned by Remark Holdings, the publicly traded company formerly known as Remark Media.
History
Vegas.com was previously operated by ''
The Las Vegas Sun
The ''Las Vegas Sun'' is one of the Las Vegas Valley's two daily subscription newspapers. It is owned by the Greenspun family and is affiliated with Greenspun Media Group. The paper published afternoons on weekdays from 1990 to 2005 and is now ...
'', a newspaper distributed in Las Vegas.
In 2005, in a ''Chicago Tribune'' article, Vegas.com was ranked among the 50 most popular travel websites.
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In 2015, Las Vegas-based Remark Holdings (then known as Remark Media) acquired Vegas.com with the goal of making it the "go-to booking destination for new millennial travelers." Remark Media paid a reported $15.5 million in cash and $9.5 million in stock, with $10 million in future stock options and up to $3 million depending on Vegas.com's performance in the following three years.
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Souvenir stores
The company also operates five souvenir
A souvenir (), memento, keepsake, or token of remembrance is an object a person acquires for the memories the owner associates with it. A souvenir can be any object that can be collected or purchased and transported home by the traveler as a m ...
stores in Las Vegas, in partnership with Marshall Retail Group.
See also
* Vegas.com 500
References
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External links
* {{Official website, http://www.vegas.com/
Companies based in Las Vegas
American travel websites