have criticized the NPRI investigation because the agency receives funding from the Las Vegas Sands Corp., a private competitor of the tax-funded LVCVA. In 2009, R&R signed a new three-year $270 million contract with the LVCVA (with an option for 3 additional years beyond that). The previous contract had been for 5 years and $325 million. Between 2010 and 2011, R&R Partners expanded to six different locations, including Los Angeles. In 2012, R&R added Austin, Texas and Denver, Colorado to their list of markets. The "What Happens Here, Stays Here" ads were briefly pulled in 2012 in order to make room for the LVCVA's push to market LasVegas.com. The ads returned to the airwaves at the end of 2013. In 2014, R&R opened their first international location in Mexico City, bringing their total number of locations to nine (eight in the United States). In 2015, they again signed on to continue as the chief marketing organization for the LVCVA. Recognition and awards R&R Partners has won numerous awards for both the business itself and the ad campaigns it has created. Its "What Happens Here, Stays Here" campaign was called the "most effective" ad campaign in 2003 by a survey in USA Today. The campaign also earned R&R and the LVCVA the honor of being named Brandweek Grand Marketer of the Year in 2004. In 2008, the firm won an Effie Award for a television ad it created for the Southern Nevada Water Authority. In 2010, Advertising Age named R&R one of the best places to work in marketing and media. The firm won another Effie Award in 2012 for a commercial it created to promote the Valley Metro, the public transportation authority in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Also in 2012, R&R won the Internet Advertising Competition Award for Outstanding Achievement in Internet Advertising for their ad campaign for Boeing's new airplane. In 2013, the firm was named the top marketing agency in Nevada by Adweek. References External links Advertising agencies of the United States Companies based in Las Vegas