FOX 59 The hospitality and tourism industries have clearly been hit hard by the Coronavirus crisis. There are questions about how hotels, restaurants, sports and entertainment venues and airlines will come back from the pandemic. The Lee Business School at UNLV wants to know what you think will be the new normal. The school is...Read More
KMOV4 St. Louis’ tourism industry has taken a $500 million hit since early March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and still thousands of hospitality workers are out of work. However, a new local campaign and a worldwide competition, are just some of the creative ways the tourism industry is hoping to make a comeback.Read More
THE AGGIE Commercialization of innovation has become more and more relevant with researchers and medical professionals constantly thinking of ways to help the public through the innumerable challenges posed by COVID-19. In order to award and motivate such efforts, the Doris and Ted Lee Family Foundation developed the Lee School Prize Competition in collaboration with...Read More
FORBES Martin Luther King Jr. once wrote, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” If nothing else, the current pandemic has thrown down the gauntlet to challenge mankind. How will we answer the call to action? How will we emerge a greater and more complete community than we were...Read More
MONEY RADIO Business for Breakfast - Leith Martin, Executive Director, Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at UNLV talks The Lee Prize with hosts Ken Morgan & Mark Asher.Read More
RESTAURANT BUSINESS ONLINE Reopened neighborhood restaurants are attracting locals, but hotel and casino spots rely on tourism and conventions.Read More
FOX LA As Las Vegas begins plans to reopen, Eureka Casino’s Andre Carrier talks about the impact of COVID-19 on the Las Vegas economy and the search for solutions.UNLV’S Lee School of business is offering a $1 million prize for Innovation and entrepreneurship from individuals or companies with technologies or solutions that "better safeguard the...Read More
TRAVEL WEEKLY With a reopening of the Las Vegas Strip likely just around the corner, some of the market's biggest casino-hotels are preparing to welcome back guests as soon as state restrictions on gaming operations are lifted.Read More
TRAVEL WEEKLY The Lee School Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is accepting submissions from individuals or companies with technologies or solutions that "better safeguard the hospitality, food and beverage, entertainment or travel industries in a post-pandemic world."Read More
BENZINGA The hospitality, entertainment, and travel industries combine to put 330 million people to work and generate a global economic impact of $8.9 trillion. As economies slowly reopen around the world, a Las Vegas competition is looking for the most innovative ideas to "rapidly address" COVID-19 challenges...Read More
