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.
Global Gaming Expo is canceling its 2020 Las Vegas show.
The historic hotel will use an experienced new sales executive at the helm, and a partnership with a global group sales organization in place to grow the business.
After dozens of Las Vegas trade shows and conventions had to be postponed or canceled because of COVID-19, organizers have started offering virtual events in their place.
Clark County’s more than 200 licenced operators celebrated reopening properties Thursday, but the bigger question is whether they’ll be able to build on that success.
CES, Las Vegas’ largest annual trade show, is set to return to town in January.
LVCVA’s grim statistics reflect mandatory coronavirus closures, but June tourism shows early signs of promise.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is expecting half the room-tax revenue it received this fiscal year, leading to numerous cuts in the $206.6 million plan.
Resorts wish they could have more visitors like Cincinnati resident Tony Iori, who hopes Las Vegas will be like it has been so that he can travel here as often as he has.
The news — reported Thursday by American Public Media — is renewing social media speculation about whether the virus was circulating at the show in January in Las Vegas.
Luxury and JCK Las Vegas, which had originally been scheduled for late May and early June, had an indefinite postponement date that’s now pushed back to June 2021.