Las Vegas is planning to recoup some of their losses in the next few weeks as the city gets ready to welcome those visitors that are coming in from other states to celebrate the holiday of thanksgiving! There will be plenty to do there that week and weekend and hotel rooms are booking up already so if you are planning to travel to Las Vegas and stay on the strip better book soon!

The hotels are seeing that the week of Thanksgiving will be a busy one. Many plan to stay at home and cook the big old turkey but others are using this time to get away for a little while and enjoy a mini vacation to the city of lights and gambling! There are some good deals to take advantage of but the prices are starting to go up already as it looks like it may actually be a sold out weekend!

There is also something important to note for all you deal hunters out there. The day after thanksgiving is called black Friday, that Friday is probably the busiest shopping day of the year and there are many good deals to be had! You can shop all the great stores on the strip and buy luxury items at a fraction of the cost that they would cost on a regular basis. But remember to book really soon as the hotel rooms and the deals are running out!

So all the winning is usually about getting to Las Vegas and then getting lucky and winning the big jackpot right? Not this time! Right now people have a great opportunity to win a great trip to Las Vegas in the Talk your way to Vegas contest from Expedia.

There are many places that you would like to visit. But if Vegas is on the list and you are a talker than this contest is right up your alley. This contest has contestants talking as fast as they can about why they should win a trip to Las Vegas and the winner of the contest will win their dream vacation to visit Vegas in comfort and style and some spending money as well.

There are quite a few contests with trip giveaways happening right now but this contest was such a success last year that bringing it back this year seems like the natural thing to do. It will be interesting to see how many people join the race this year as the contest is being advertised everywhere on the internet including Facebook and other social networking sites as well.

The Online travelling website is doing a great job at promoting themselves while also giving people something to look forward too. There are currently clips from the contest surfacing on youtube.com as well so if you are curious to see what an entry looks like you are free go look at it on the video website by completing a search. The lucky winner will enjoy their little trip and be able to do so without talking up a storm!

It has been a little bit of both up and down with this recession that has hit many countries in recent times. Las Vegas definitely felt a blow, especially several months ago when hotels were standing empty with tons of availability for days on end. This time of year brings a bit of the scare back as hotels are currently full of those that may be there for a convention but once the holiday season rolls around it will be interesting to see how much occupancy the hotels on the Las Vegas Strip actually receive.

The recession is far from over, say several analysts that have studied patterns in the economy very closely. And if this is true then the travel industry is always a good indictor to look at to see what the action is like among the companies in this industry. Las Vegas relies heavily on the their travel and tourism industry as it is a big provider of jobs and income into the state and city.

They holiday season will be a telling one. If this season proves to be a strong one or at least stronger than that of the holiday season last year than at least their will be hopes for the future and an indication that we are on the ups for the year to come. But until after the holidays and likely the first quarter of the 2010 calendar year we won’t know what to predict for the city as a whole all the business that are run directly out of it as well.