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AUGUST 19, 2019

Cvent Connect 2019 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cvent / Flickr Skift Take: Most planners still have a hard time sourcing and booking the right venue for an event. High costs and rude salespeople are only a couple of the obstacles they face despite new technology aimed to help ease the process.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Discover some of the top can't miss events in 2019 for AI and cybersecurity. We've compiled a list of the 20 can't miss events you should consider in 2019. 20 Can't-Miss Cybersecurity Events for 2019. Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2019. 2019's U.S. Which Cybersecurity Events Will You Attend in 2019?

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

“We have not been [here] before,” said MGM senior vice president of MGM Resorts International Mike Dominguez, in a recent Smart Meetings webinar , referring to the state of the hotel industry going into 2019. The post Mike Dominguez’ Predictions for 2019 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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JUNE 2, 2021

Las Vegas felt almost pre-Covid over the long holiday weekend as pandemic restrictions eased in Nevada and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidance on domestic travel to low risk for the fully vaccinated. That would be a 60 percent increase from the same weekend in 2020, but still 6 million fewer than in 2019.

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MAY 25, 2023

1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. 6 in 2019 Similarly, San Diego was able to move to the No. 7 in the 2019 listing Interestingly, Las Vegas slid to No. While Orlando, Florida retained the number one spot in North America from 2019, both Nashville, Tennessee (No. 7) in 2019, respectively.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Cody joined the company as director of golf operations at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas, where, in 2019, he hosted the PGA Cup, the Inaugural Women’s PGA Cup and the Senior PGA Professional Championship with Professional Golfers’ Association of America.

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APRIL 28, 2021

The innovative COVID Trace contact tracing mobile app developed by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services leverages Google and Apple’s Exposure Notifications System to embed peace of mind in every event. Also certified are Sands Expo Convention Center, McCarran International Airport and the soon to open Resorts World Las Vegas.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 28, 2021

The innovative COVID Trace contact tracing mobile app developed by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services leverages Google and Apple’s Exposure Notifications System to embed peace of mind in every event. Wide Open Spaces. All Together Now.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 12, 2019

International Literary Association Intensive: Nevada. For the ILA Intensive: Nevada — which drew K-12 educators, literacy specialists, and administrators from throughout North America — the challenge was to deliver an inspired and exceptional professional development experience with a limited operational budget. Becky Fetterolf.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 16, 2021

GDP in 2019. Attendance-based industries like sports, entertainment, and trade-shows have been hit especially hard by the ongoing pandemic, particularly those in Nevada, New York and California. It has a tremendous overall economic impact on the local, state, federal levels.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In September, Nevada Gov. Nevada implemented new guidelines that allow gatherings of up to 250 people or 1,000 total in four separate spaces under strict rules. In 2019, the firearms and ammunition industry was responsible for as much as $60.02 Taking Aim.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

The three-day experience, themed Make the Future, was about half the size of 2019 attendance in Toronto, but was the first major conference in Caesars Forum , the 550,000-square-foot conference center that was completed just as the world shut down. See also : Tales from Las Vegas: Jewelry Trade Shows and LVCC’s Comeback Convention.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The former Hyatt executive is based in Florida but predicted that she will spend more time traveling to Nevada. Some groups are smaller than they were in 2019; others are larger. Gleeson Smith has been on a “listening tour” with clients and 120 members of the global meetings and events sales team.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The next Digital Construction Week takes place at ExCeL London on 16-17 October 2019 ( www.digitalconstructionweek.com ). The next GEO Business takes place at the Business Design Centre in London on 21-22 May 2019 ( www.geobusinessshow.com ).

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Decibel Management

MAY 24, 2021

In 2019, during Donald Trump’s presidency he hosted an over-the-top 4th of July event featuring tanks, fireworks, and a military flyover at the Lincoln Memorial. The event creates a temporary city in a Nevada desert and features a 40-foot-tall burning effigy among hundreds of other elaborate art structures. Fun fact: they spend $1.4

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

De Tessan was most recently director of events at Grand Hyatt Denver and, in 2019, was named Hyatt Hotels’ Director of the Year for her feat of achieving 109 percent of the event sales yearly quota and customer service excellence. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Connect Your Meetings

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Others like it, designed as special events during conventions and meetings, are happening throughout Colorado , Nevada and California. As of early 2019, at least 10 states plus the District of Columbia had approved recreational use of cannabis products for adults 21 and older. They’re legal, profitable, unique and enjoyable.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 20, 2019

And as more and more states and countries decriminalize marijuana use and production (in the US it’s legal for recreational use in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and California), the list of yearly cannabis events is poised to grow. December 11, 2019. justaplant.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

2019’s power career conference hits Las Vegas on May 7-8 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino and Paris Las Vegas Hotel. Welcome to the 4th annual Smart Woman Summit! This event celebrates all women in the meetings industry (and the men who support them) with powerful opportunities for education, leadership and camaraderie.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The 3,000-room Cosmopolitan will extend MGM’s presence on The Strip after its sale of Bellagio, MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay properties to Blackstone in 2019, and Aria and Vdara properties to Blackstone in 2021. “We The post Cosmopolitan Sold, MGM to Take Over Operations, in $5.65B Deal appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Maddox guided the company during the licensing in Massachusetts and the opening in June 2019 of the Encore Boston Harbor. He very successfully led the company through what could have been one of the most disruptive business transitions in decades,” Wynn Resorts Board Chairman Philip G. Satre said in a press release.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

24 the company announced a deal to begin construction on a commercial hyperloop in Abu Dhabi in the third quarter of 2019. The multistate proposal, known as Great Lakes Hyperloop, is in the midst of a feasibility study of its own due to conclude in 2019. Virgin Hyperloop One’s DevLoop Test Site in Nevada. Likewise, on Oct.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

From the front lines in Reno, Nevada, Mark McMinn, vice president of meeting and event sales with Grand Sierra Resort , sees pent-up demand on the leisure side, but he is restricted when it comes to bringing attendees back to the ballroom. Mark McMinn. We need producers, not order takers.”.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2019, Yousfi was awarded the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International Top 25 Award. Read More : Conventions Return to Indianapolis and Las Vegas.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

A newly released Incentive Research Foundation 2019 Trends Study showed that incentive travel is an increasing priority in a world where acquisitions are creating bigger companies, and getting teams producing together quickly is essential to making the deal pencil out. It is not just the hotels that are joining forces.

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MARCH 1, 2023

For the first time since 2019, partygoers can enjoy 16-ounce drafts of green beers for only $10.95 The tradition of serving up emerald suds will be flowing through O’Sheas Pub at LINQ Hotel + Experience on the Vegas Strip ringing in the luck o’ the Irish. at the pub.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Skip the line at the Stars of Magic Theater and see the Magic of Christmas Show in Reno, Nevada. The Saint-Barthelemy hotel opened in 2019, but this is its first Cyber sale. At this resort, guests can snow tube, ice skate, build gingerbread towers, receive seasonal spa treatments and experience multiple escape rooms.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Lisa Vanderpump is opening Vanderpump Cocktail Garden inside the Las Vegas hotel in early 2019. “It Caesars Palace is partnering with reality television royalty. It has always been a dream of mine to see our brand in lights at the iconic Caesars Palace,” the Bravolebrity says.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

It is on budget and on schedule for a January 3, 2019 ribbon cutting. The $551 million Moscone Center expansion is nearing completion. The facility celebrated its milestone topping out on March 12 when the last beam was raised. The project includes expanding the convention space by 21 percent, adding more than 305,000 sq. of function space.

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JUNE 29, 2022

Even the biggest conferences are always looking for ways to improve.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

The ILA met its challenge of delivering an exceptional professional development experience on a limited operational budget by holding its Intensive: Nevada in 35 classrooms, the gym, theater, and cafeteria at Somerset Academy in Las Vegas. Tunnel Vision. Hacker Chicks. Battling PowerPoint.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

More : 2019 ASAE Preview: 8 Ways to Enjoy Columbus, Ohio. 10–12, 2019. Partnerships were the order of the week as ASAE drew 120 association executives for The Association Leadership Forum and SITE Young Leaders Conference brought 1,000 meeting professionals with the goal of advancing their careers. See you next time— Sept.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of MPI, announced locations for upcoming World Education Congress events: Toronto, Ontario, in Canada in 2019; Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas, in 2020; the brand-new Caesars FORUM in Las Vegas in 2021; and San Francisco in 2022. 10–12, 2019. 15–17, 2020. 9–11, 2021.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In 2019, he receives the ACM A.M. She an elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), a Fellow of ACM, a recipient of the 2019 IEEE PAMI Longuet-Higgins Prize, 2019 National Geographic Society Further Award Where to find her? Reach out to Andre NG and request him to speak at your AI & ML focused event.

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JUNE 7, 2019

Ready to attend a fintech conference in 2019? Below we list the 30 biggest and best fintech events for 2019 along with reasons why you should attend each one. Attendees to the 2019 event will learn about the "emerging business models, technologies, risks, and the changing face of financial services competition.". May 25, 2019.

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Bizzabo

MAY 22, 2019

Atlassian Summit takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada annually and is the company's biggest event of the year. The 2019 conference featured three full days of product training, certification opportunities, keynote speeches from top industry professionals, and plenty of chances to network with folks from all over the globe. Partner Day.

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JULY 8, 2022

MGM Resorts International took a major step in its own battle against climate change with the launch of its 100-megawatt solar array in the Nevada desert, enough to power an average of 27,000 U.S. MGM Resorts International Hits Sustainability Milestone. homes annually and produce up to 90 percent of MGM Resorts’ Las Vegas daytime needs.

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