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2019 40 Under 40: The In-Crowd

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Meet the “In-Crowd,” our 2019 Connect Association 40 Under 40. Lake Tahoe, Nevada. 37 • Director of Convention and Trade Show. Honorees must be under the age of 40 as of April 1, 2019. The post 2019 40 Under 40: The In-Crowd appeared first on Connect Association. Aquera Agee. Washington, D.C. Sarah Blose.

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Were Thousands of Vegas Memorial Weekend Visitors a Dry Run for Conventions?

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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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Epistemix and the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance announce partnership to safely reopen conventions and tradeshows in the U.S.

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Small and mid-size businesses rely on trade shows to drive their business by launching new products, generating leads, and entering new geographies,” said Hervé Sedky, Chairman of ECA. GDP in 2019. It then uses this synthetic population to model how to safely host a conference, trade show, or other large event during COVID-19.

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SHOT Show Aims for Hybrid Event in January in Las Vegas

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NSSF—The Firearm Industry Trade Association, which owns and sponsors SHOT Show, will decide by Dec. 1 whether the trade show will go on in January as planned. But it’s still a big “if” on whether the state will allow an event the size of SHOT Show. In September, Nevada Gov. Photos courtesy NSSF). Taking Aim.

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MPI WEC Marks Return to Large Industry Events

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See also : Tales from Las Vegas: Jewelry Trade Shows and LVCC’s Comeback Convention. 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.

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Meet Smart; Meet Responsibly in Las Vegas

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A recent study by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) showed that a majority of business travelers (74%) believe Las Vegas will be prepared to safely host in-person conferences, conventions and trade shows by the second half of the year. All Together Now.

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Meet Smart; Meet Responsibly in Las Vegas

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A recent study by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) showed that a majority of business travelers (74%) believe Las Vegas will be prepared to safely host in-person conferences, conventions and trade shows by the second half of the year. Wide Open Spaces. All Together Now.