“In today’s always connected world, Wi-Fi is another vital tool that is essential to conducting business, and we pride ourselves in providing the best possible business environment for our visitors,” said Terry Jicinsky, senior vice president of operations for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), owners of the convention center. The convention center and its technology provider are developing a tiered system to provide wireless access to guests of the facility. The free basic Wi-Fi access will be available at all times in public areas. Visitors will also have the option of upgrading to a premium connection for more bandwidth for $12.95 per day. Exhibitor grade Wi-Fi access for tradeshow booths will continue to be provided at $99.95 per day. “The Las Vegas Convention Center welcomes thousands of visitors and exhibitors daily all of whom have differing needs and expectations - keeping them connected is our top priority,” said Mark Haley, president of Smart City Networks. “We are pleased to provide this new Wi-Fi service at the convention center enabling people to use Wi-Fi for their basic daily tasks, like checking email or surfing the web, for free.” Smart City Networks continues to explore offering similar Wi-Fi services at other facilities nationwide. The Las Vegas Convention Center is expected to be one of the first to activate the program in early 2012.

City.Mobi

Also in US today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to Las Vegas.

City.Mobi offers the most comprehensive mobile travel guides available, with over 800 cities in 200 countries listed. Each is developed by the City.Mobi team to combine into a single global travel directory.

However, each city retains its own mobile identity via a dedicated domain. Already on offer are Brussels.Mobi, Paris.Mobi, Sanfrancisco.Mobi and Sydney.Mobi.

LasVegas.mobi is the latest in this illustrious line up, offering click to call functionality – which means no scribbling down telephone numbers.

Most entries are also linked to websites where users can quickly access more detailed information if needed.

Other key features include information on accommodation, restaurants, attractions, entertainment, nightlife, shopping, and transport.

City.Mobi guides include user reviews and traveller utilities such as a translation guide, currency converter, news and local weather guide.