The story was broken by 8 News Now, which obtained a Southern Nevada Health District Complaint relating to one hotel and submitted public records requests to discover a further six had also experienced bedbug infestations over the past 20 months. Seven hotels were forced to seal off affected rooms so specialists could treat the problem by fumigating the mattresses and other areas to kill off the colony of critters.
Some of Las Vegas's most glamourous hotels lining the famous Strip have been hit by outbreaks of bedbugs, discovered when guests were bitten as they slept, over the past two years.
