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Publisher and CEO of LasVegasAdvisor.com Anthony Curtis is interviewed by USA.com about the implications of the recent shooting incident on the Las Vegas Strip.
February 21, 2013
“Crime never helps a destination that depends on visitors,” said Henry Harteveldt, a travel industry analyst with Hudson Crossing. “But most travelers are also smart enough to put things in context, and I think people will realize (Thursday’s incident) was not something that targeted tourists.”
That said, “visitors will demand a strong feeling of security, especially in a destination like Las Vegas, which has been built on the idea of letting people take their guards down,” adds tourism consultant Troy Thompson.
Indeed, says LasVegasAdvisor.com president Anthony Curtis,while every big city has crime issues, “Vegas is absolutely a place where that kind of thing is elevated, because you’ve got people walking around with lots of cash in their pockets, partying and not paying attention to their surroundings.” read more »
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Las Vegas Advisor CEO Anthony Curtis is interviewed for NBCNEWS.com Travel regarding the record number of visitors attracted to Las Vegas in 2012.
Feb. 18, 2013
The increase was brought about by “a combination of the economy getting marginally better and room rates remaining very low,” said Anthony Curtis, president of LasVegasAdvisor.com, an online newsletter. “Room rates are still below the figures from four years ago.”
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Canada’s Globe and Mail talks to author Matt O’Brien, author of Huntington Press’ internationally acclaimed bestseller, Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas.
Jan. 18, 2013
“Vegas has built up a reputation as one of the meanest cities towards the homeless,” says Matthew O’Brien, a writer who runs a charity called Shine a Light that provides help to the people living there.
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National restaurant blog Eater.com reviews Huntington Press’ Eating Las Vegas 2013.
Monday, Dec. 3, 2012
Bouchon is out, out, out of Eating Las Vegas 2013: The 50 Essential Restaurants, the sometimes biting, oftentimes carefully thought out dining out guide put together by competing restaurant critics John Curtas, Max Jacobson and Al Mancini.
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December, 2013 issue of trade publication Las Vegas Food & Beverage Professional reviews Huntington Press’ Eating Las Vegas 2013.
The 50 Essential Restaurants 2013
Features 11 New Entries – Plus Three New In The Top 10
Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants (Huntington Press, December, 2012) accomplishes what no other restaurant guide has, compiling the opinions of the city’s three most respected critics (John Curtas, Max Jacobson and Al Mancini) to create a reference book that lists their agreed-upon “Essential 50″ restaurants in Sin City. more than just a list of restaurants, as each entry receives a thoughtful and candid description from all three authors. The guide also includes a 44-page specialty guide dedicated to “Additional Recommendations” – from beer to buffets and from Sunday brunch to sushi – plus everything else in between. The contentious (and ever-popular) “Vetoes” section pits author-against-author, a literary version of a free-for-all food fight.
But it’s much more than just a list of restaurants, as each entry receives a thoughtful and candid description from all three authors. The guide also includes a 44-page specialty guide dedicated to “Additional Recommendations” – from beer to buffets and from Sunday brunch to sushi – plus everything else in between. The contentious (and ever-popular) “Vetoes” section pits author-against-author, a literary version of a free-for-all food fight. read more »
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Los Angeles Times food writer S. Irene Virbila reviews Huntington Press’ Eating Las Vegas 2013 for the Daily Dish feature.
Jan. 4, 2013
“Eating Las Vegas 2013″ is just out. The third edition of the savvy guide to Vegas dining has three very different critics — John Curtas (KNPR Nevada Public Radio), Max Jacobson (dining critic for Seven magazine) and Al Mancini (Las Vegas CityLife) — putting their heads together to come up with a list of the city’s 50 essential restaurants.
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Sin City’s top food critics name Vegas’s best high-end restaurants
Jan. 22 2013
Once known for buffets and cocktail waitresses, Las Vegas is now one of the world’s best places to eat. Sin City’s most dazzling eateries are set in the Strip’s hotel casinos, where the world’s top chefs have set up shop. These are Las Vegas’s Top 10 Restaurants according to the 2013 edition of the indispensable annual guidebook,
Eating Las Vegas. It is written with passion and authority by Sin City’s reigning triumvirate of dining critics: John Curtas, Al Mancini, and Max Jacobson (a frequent Guest Author here at Luxury Travel).
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USA Today Travel writer Kitty Bean Yancey reviews the 2013 edition of Huntington Press’ Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants.
December 1, 2012
What’s better than one food critic pointing the way to a city’s top restaurants?
Three, because when folk with sometimes different tastes agree, you have better odds of ordering a memorable meal.
For the third year, Las Vegas-based John Curtas, Max Jacobson and Al Mancini have cooked upEating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants — an opinionated guide to dining in what has become one of the restaurant capitals of the world with an ever-growing menu of dining options in all price and ethnic categories.
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Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard site reviews sports-betting documentary Life on the Line, distributed exclusively via LasVegasAdvisor.com
Feb. 5, 2013
“Filmmaker Isaac Feder invites viewers into a world that typically grants very limited access to the average sports fan and gambler. While he does manage to accomplish the “insider’s look” into this fascinating world, Feder’s film plays out more like a character study of the colorful band of miscreants who inhabit it. And that, perhaps, is Feder’s greatest accomplishment: gaining the trust of a group of people that, in playing the odds, typically trust very few.”
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Jan. 31, 2013
LIFE ON THE LINE, filmed entirely in Las Vegas, offers a detailed insider’s look at the world of sports betting and insight from some of the top sports handicappers in the world as they make their biggest bets on the Super Bowl.
“In Las Vegas alone, an estimated $100 million will be bet on the Super Bowl this year. LIFE ON THE LINE takes an unprecedented look at sports betting by focusing on the center of the gambling world during the biggest sporting event of the year,” said Director Isaac Feder.
Official trailers for the film are available this week on the
LasVegasAdvisor homepage. The documentary is also available for download for $4.97, visit Anthony Curtis’ Las Vegas Advisor at lasvegasadvisor.com for details.
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The Hollywood Reporter on Travel Channel’s introduction of seven new series, including “All Fork’d Up,” the new restaurant-travel series hosted by Eating Las Vegas authors Al Mancini and John Curtas.
Dec. 11, 2012
All Forked Up, from O’Malley Productions with Julie McCully as executive producer, follows Las Vegas food critics Al Mancini and John Curtas who can’t agree on anything. In six half-hour episodes, the culinary odd couple explores a new city by forcing each other to their latest wild food find that reflects their differences. The one that finds the dish that best reflects each city will win bragging rights and the loser has to pay up on a crazy side bet. read more »
