Travel Weekly's Las Vegas E-letter: June 12, 2007

FUNJET VACATIONS and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority have teamed up to offer a travel agent incentive. Through Oct. 31, based on a revenue-based point system, Funjet and the LVCVA will award a luxury car during a Funjet and LVCVA-sponsored celebration in Las Vegas in December in a random drawing of the top producing egents. Agents can earn points by booking Las Vegas air-hotel packages, car rentals and tours before Nov. 1 for travel through Dec. 31. Vacations priced from $500 to $800 are worth one point; $801 to $1,000, three points; and more than $1,000, five points. Agents receive one point for any Fashion Show Mall tour booked and one point for any Alamo Rent A Car booking.

TOP-PRODUCING Funjet travel agents will be welcomed to Las Vegas from Dec. 10 to 12; the trip includes roundtrip air, airport transfers, accommodations, a welcome cocktail party and a dinner where the car will be awarded to the winning agent. Opportunities to win prizes and to earn bonus points will be available each month. For example, through the end of June all bookings made at MGM Mirage Resorts for travel through the end of the year will earn double point value. The top-producing agent for June will receive a 42-inch, flat-screen television from the Excalibur Hotel and Casino. For more information on the contest, call (800) 558-3050 or visit www.vaxvacationaccess.com.

THE LAS VEGAS MONORAIL has reduced the fare for a one-day Summer Pass by more than 45%, from $15 to $8. The pass includes all-day transportation along the Las Vegas Strip, from the MGM Grand at the southern end to the Sahara at the northern end.

FORMER "BAYWATCH" STAR Pamela Anderson will be the assistant of Dutch illusionist Hans Klok for "The Beauty of Magic," a new show at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Theater for the Performing Arts. Klok has been performing magic since the age of 10 and has appeared on such television specials as "The World's Greatest Magic" on NBC and "The Masters of Magic" on ABC. For information on the show, call (702) 785-5555 or visit www.planethollywoodresort.com.

STAFF AT THE DOLPHIN HABITAT at the Mirage is awaiting with "baited" breath the arrival of a baby bottlenose dolphin. Mother Duchess and father Lightning are expecting the arrival any day now, following a normal 12-month gestation period. Animal care experts at the Mirage have been monitoring the mother closely and expect the birth to go swimmingly. For information on the Mirage's Dolphin Habitat, call (702) 791-7188 or visit www.miragehabitat.com.

Las Vegas Editor: Dean Blaine

Phone: (650) 348-1752

[email protected]

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