VIA KTNV The results are in. UNLV announces the winners of its global contest to help bring business back to Las Vegas after taking a hard hit from the pandemic. 13 Action News anchor Tricia Kean has the top innovators, including a look at a local entry...Read More
VIA WSJ Financial adviser Ana Raviña used to travel overseas almost every week of the year, hopping from one hotel to the next. As part of her job in international development, she regularly flew to Latin America and Africa. She also traveled widely around Europe to meet with donors, investors and clients. For many traveling professionals like her,...Read More
VIA SMART MEETINGS If someone reports sick after a gathering, a new AI-based system can trace contacts across four days and thousands of people in just four seconds. AI This week, UNLV Lee Business School awarded Volan Technology the coveted Lee Prize Nevada Innovation Award for its advanced solution for enterprise-scale, precise and private contact tracing software. The technology could enable hospitality operators to make dramatic improvements in virus prevention—and...Read More
VIA LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL Five teams of entrepreneurs have been awarded $900,000 combined to help the hospitality, entertainment and travel industries recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The five finalists of the Lee School Prize..Read More
PRESS RELEASE Today during a virtual Demo Day, the Lee Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship announced the winners of its prize competition aimed at addressing the urgent problems facing the hospitality, entertainment and travel industries resulting from COVID-19...Read More
