DesignerCon attracts more than 70,000 attendees each year and hundreds more artists and vendors.
Conventions
The massive World Market Center complex next to Interstate-15 has been open since 2005 and brings thousands of visitors to Las Vegas each year.
The CinemaCon trade show at Caesars Palace offered plenty of ideas for new revenue streams, along with the viral “Dune: Part Two” popcorn bucket.
Those massive movies were showcased during the annual gathering of the National Association of Theatre Owners at Caesars Palace.
The famous Las Vegas venue, which has already hosted U2 and booked a UFC sporting event, has landed its first business conference customer.
Boasting a new brand that drops the mention of malls, ICSC is scheduled to hold its retail real estate conference and expo in December.
In addition to the name change at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, the meeting space within The Venetian also is taking on a new name, The Venetian Convention Center.
The LVCVA’s board of directors accepted the recommendation of its compensation committee to give president and CEO Steve Hill a 4 percent pay increase effective in September.
LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill, who didn’t get a raise or bonus last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be considered for more compensation Tuesday.
After a competitive bid process. R&R was selected for the lucrative five-year contract, but it will get an assist from New York-based Grey Global for social media work.