VEGAS.com, LLC is a destination-specific Online Travel Agency (OTA) founded in 1998 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. VEGAS.com provides extensive travel content and books discounted travel products including hotel rooms,[1] air-hotel packages, show tickets, tours, dining, golf, and other activities exclusively for the Las Vegas destination.
History
VEGAS.com was one of The Greenspun Corporation's family of companies, which include The Las Vegas Sun,[2] a newspaper distributed in Las Vegas.[3] In 2005, a Chicago Tribune article ranked Vegas.com among the 50 most popular travel websites.[3]
In 2015, Las Vegas-based Remark Media acquired Vegas.com with the goal of making it the "go-to booking destination for new millennial travelers."[4] In 2023, Remark Media (renamed Remark Holdings)[5] sold it to Vivid Seats, the online technology and event ticket marketplace.[6]
See also
- Vegas.com 500
Further reading
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References
- Yancey, Kitty Bean. Vegas poised to raise the stakes in new year USA Today, December 10, 2004, retrieved 16 November 2013^
- Stutz, Howard. Las Vegas Sun parent realigns management Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 28, 2012, retrieved 16 November 2013^
- Frommer, Arthur. 50 most popular travel sites have hidden gems Chicago Tribune, September 11, 2005, retrieved 16 November 2013^
- Richard N. Velotta. Vegas.com acquired by Remark Media ReviewJournal.com, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 20, 2015, retrieved 27 January 2025^
- Security and Exchange Commission. Form 8-K UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, April 6, 2017^
- Lauren Thomas. Vivid Seats Makes Big Bet on Las Vegas; Ticket marketplace is paying roughly $240 million in cash-and-stock deal for Vegas.com Dow Jones Company, November 7, 2023^