VEGAS.COM APPOINTS STEPHEN MCARTHUR AS THE NEW PRESIDENT

Stephen mc Arthur has been name as the new president of vegas.com. Following his excellent track record, Stephen has been known as a strategic thinker who can convert creative thoughtful strategy into actions and results. He has deep experience in sales, marketing, business development, corporate development, supply chain, supplier relationships, manufacturing and product development. Stephen was born on 17^th November 1951 in Mildura Harold Alexander and Gloria McArthur. He graduated from Ballarat Church of England Grammar School in 1969, and became a farmer. On 7 November 1980 he married Sophie Wajsman. In 1990 he began to be active in the Liberal Party, and in 1992 he was selected as the Liberal candidate for the state seat of Monbulk.
He poses a MBA at Havard University Bachelor's Degree Queen’s University of Belfast BS Queen’s University of Belfast Bachelor's Degree Queen's University Steven B. McArthur,
Steve served as the President of Classmates Media Corporation from November 5, 2008 to March 1, 2010. Mr. McArthur served as the President of Classmates Online Inc. at United Online Inc. from August 8, 2007 to November 5, 2008. He started his career as a Strategy Consultant at Bain & Company, where he founded Bain's Toronto office. He served as President of North American Leisure Travel Group at Expedia Inc., since July 2005.

James B. Gibson, who served as president and CEO of the company for the past two-and-a-half years, will continue serving as an Officer on the VEGAS.com Board of Managers. Gibson is the former three-term Mayor of Henderson, and served on numerous boards and commissions during his tenure as mayor, including the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Board of Directors, the Nevada Development Authority Board of Directors, the Las Vegas Events Board of Directors and the Regional Transportation Commission.

Under Gibson’s leadership, the Company signed an exclusive agreement with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to allow the LVCVA to use LasVegas.com as its primary domain. In addition, e-commerce functionality was integrated into the LVCVA site for the first time ever.

McArthur brings to VEGAS.com extensive executive leadership experience. He served as president of North America for Expedia, overseeing the company’s portfolio of North American brands including Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Classic Vacations and TripAdvisor. He also served as executive vice president of Web properties for AOL and as president of Classmates Media Corporation, a division of United Online

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