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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Less than three weeks ahead of the IMEX America show, 53,000 employees at properties run by Caesars Entertainment, Four Seasons, MGM, Virgin, Wynn, and others will decide on Sept. The hotels are operated by Caesars Entertainment, Four Seasons, MGM, Virgin, and Wynn, among others.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Smart Meetings: What is the role of the Las Vegas Host Committee? Read More : Formula 1 Las Vegas Sees a Successful Inaugural Event We work closely with Clark County, the State of Nevada and other local jurisdictions and agencies to ensure we provide a seamless and unforgettable Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.

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APRIL 28, 2021

What does it mean to “meet smart” in a post-Covid-19 world? The recipe for a can’t-miss meeting starts with easy access and ample meetings and event space. The meetings and events pros in Las Vegas have been thinking about how to get everyone together safely for the last year, and they have developed some creative answers.

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APRIL 28, 2021

What does it mean to “meet smart” in a post-Covid-19 world? The recipe for a can’t-miss meeting starts with easy access and ample meetings and event space. The meetings and events pros in Las Vegas have been thinking about how to get everyone together safely for the last year, and they have developed some creative answers.

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MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. Top 10 Meeting Destinations in North America 1.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

Working with the United Kingdom-based sustainability consultant isla , a total of 92% of event waste was recovered by diverting it into recycling, composting or donation channels, meeting the threshold for a zero-waste event. The post New Report: IMEX 2022 Reached Net Zero Carbon Events Goals appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MARCH 30, 2023

How the meetings industry is celebrating #GMID2023 Destinations across the United States are showing just how much #meetingsmatter. This year marks the sixth annual Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), hosted by U.S. It’s so vital that it’s worth celebrating, read below see ways meeting profs are doing just that.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A near unanimous number of members from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, the largest labor union in Nevada, and the Bartenders Union Local 165 have voted to authorize a strike on the Las Vegas Strip, following tens of thousands of hospitality workers casting their votes at Thomas and Mack Center on the University of Nevada’s campus.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Getting everyone gracefully from point A to meeting B is one of the challenges event professionals wrestle with every day, even if those points are simply from airport to venue and back again. Read More : Meeting Profs Travel Report: Brightline Adds Orlando The 11.5-mile mile extension serves as a Metrorail link between downtown D.C.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

During her career of over 25 years in the hospitality industry, Henshall has worked with global leaders including Marriott, Hilton and Caesar’s Entertainment. In this role, she will oversee the areas of Northern California, Northern Nevada, Oregon, Washington state and western Canada.

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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. People meet to connect, communicate and improve their business. Conventioneers Return.

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JUNE 23, 2023

The Nevada native has been a part of the opening of more than 10 hotels and casinos in the Las Vegas area, including Bellagio and Aria Resort & Casino. Additionally, Beckwith has worked as special meeting and events manager at DBA Excelebrations and catering sales manager for Fine Catering by Russell Morin, both in Newport, Rhode Island.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

From new dining and entertainment options to upgraded meeting space and world-class sports infrastructure, the Smart Meetings team toured the latest and greatest while in town for Preview Las Vegas 2024 and sent back highlights to add to your next site visit. Event profs can count on 3,644 guest rooms and 550,000 sq.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Caesars Entertainment booth at IMEX America was a bright white beacon of light in the middle of the show floor. New leaders and a renewed commitment to the power of meetings was on display. 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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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

He has also served as vice president of finance for numerous Strip resorts and as president and CEO for the Goodwill of Southern Nevada. She has previously held roles in business development for Hilton Hotels and served as a National Sales Manager for Caesar’s Entertainment.

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MAY 2, 2022

Some 30 miles away, meeting professionals at the ubiquitous customer relationship software company Salesforce have taken a net-zero pledge and are brainstorming ways to keep business moving forward while prioritizing sustainability as a core value in everything from partnerships to customer data tracking and at its annual Dreamforce citywide event.

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JUNE 30, 2022

Many of the casinos and resorts operated by local tribes offer meeting and event venues, giving event planners the opportunity to contribute to the financial support of Native Americans. We’ll look at how some communities celebrate the beginning of July and what they have to offer meeting planners. of meeting space. Washington.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Koster is regional president for Caesars Entertainment ’s eastern division, encompassing the company’s Atlantic City resorts, Harrah’s Philadelphia and Horseshoe Baltimore. The post 8 Smart Moves in NYC, Los Angeles and Maui appeared first on Smart Meetings. John Koster.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Woodley is area director of events and event operations of Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino ; and Resort at Squaw Creek in Incline Village, Nevada. He also worked with Quorum Hotels, Milestone Hotels, Hershey Entertainment and Resorts and The New Sanno in Tokyo. Melissa Woodley.

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MAY 3, 2024

Throughout his 20 years of experience in hotel sales, meetings and events, he has led award winning sales teams at large North American hotel brands. He will be responsible for supporting WATG’s growth strategy in the Americas in gaming, entertainment, hospitality and residential sectors.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Clements was priorly sales and events coordinator at Main Event, a Louisville entertainment company. He’s also held managerial and leadership roles with Sewailo Golf Club in Tucson, Arizona, and The Revere Golf Club in Nevada. The post Smart Moves in Little Rock, Oakland and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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JUNE 19, 2023

Providing a successful and amazing experience for event attendees can often feel like an award-worthy performance for meeting professionals, and rightfully so, as the smiling faces of attendees funnel out of the venue chatting about the performance.

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APRIL 13, 2022

Some 30 miles away, meeting professionals at the ubiquitous customer relationship software company Salesforce have taken a net-zero pledge and are brainstorming ways to keep business moving forward while prioritizing sustainability as a core value in everything from partnerships to customer data tracking and at its annual Dreamforce citywide event.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Read More : Caesars Entertainment Elevates its Las Vegas Properties “We knew going into it, just because of where the race is located and its proximity to betting windows, that it was going to be a record handle for Caesars for a Formula One race,” Adam Pullen, Caesars assistant director of trading, told Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

Make plans to visit Smart Meetings in booth F933 and get yourself on the magazine cover. The People and Planet track will highlight tangible steps meeting professionals can take to reduce their events’ carbon footprints. Take part in Spread the Word Nevada. An Eco-friendly Focus. A Moving Initiative.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

Make plans to visit Smart Meetings in booth F933 and get yourself on the magazine cover. The People and Planet track will highlight tangible steps meeting professionals can take to reduce their events’ carbon footprints. Take part in Spread the Word Nevada. An Eco-friendly Focus. A Moving Initiative.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Highly anticipated in-person events like South By Southwest and Dreamforce have been canceled for 2020, leaving event planners scrambling to come up with online alternatives that can entertain and educate thousands of attendees, and grappling with questions like: How do you replicate the serendipity of networking online?

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JULY 29, 2022

year stint with Caesars Entertainment, where she most recently worked as senior vice president of sales, leading a team of 120 sales directors. In November 2020, we spoke with Messina about the opening of Caesars Forum and meeting in person again. Messina joins following a 4.5-year She’ll begin her new position in early September. “I

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Over the past decade, Nevada has added roughly 330,000 new residents and 250,000 new jobs across almost every sector, a rate higher than most other states in the U.S. We hope to make Las Vegas the birthplace of a new medium that changes lives of entertainment forever.” Not a bad 10-year stretch for us overall. million. “Our

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Gordon Ramsay’s sixth restaurant with Caesars Entertainment pays homage to the chef’s beginning. In November, Ramsay opened his sixth restaurant on a Caesars Entertainment property, Ramsay’s Kitchen at Harrah’s Las Vegas , which began taking shape during the height of the pandemic in the early spring of 2020. the next day!

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Las Vegas, Nevada. The numerous exciting attractions within and surrounding the city make it an easy choice for planners searching for a place to hold a conference in Nevada. The Entertainment Capital of the World welcomes 42 million visitors every year. image courtesy of [link]. image courtesy of [link].

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APRIL 16, 2021

business events industry, including meetings and business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) exhibitions, has been drastically impacted by the pandemic. The $396 billion U.S. The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) reported that the B2B exhibition portion of the industry shrunk by 80% in 2020 due to the pandemic.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The most coveted amenity in the meetings and hospitality world right now is…confidence. Confidence is turning out to be a scarce commodity as the weeks have dragged into months and meeting professionals are rebooking the rebookings. The meetings landscape is uneven. Meetings are so missed,” he reported. Kevin Edmunds.

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MAY 24, 2021

To put this in perspective, we rounded up some other extravagant events that didn’t cost nearly as much as Apple’s week-long business meeting. . 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. 2021 Oscars – $40 Million.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Before heading into what Area15 has in store for the future, let’s first take a look at what the entertainment district offers in the present. This space allows meeting profs to bring their wildest visual imaginations to life. The post Area15: A World of Wonder and Ample Event Space appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MARCH 1, 2024

.”’ Read More : Countdown to Super Bowl LVIII: Q&A with Las Vegas Super Bowl Committee Turner says the lesson for her and her team from watching Las Vegas handle the Super Bowl is the need to continually evolve and understand the needs of your customer, whether it’s the NFL, a large association or a corporate meeting.

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JUNE 24, 2021

of meeting and banquet space, including 50 meeting rooms and six ballrooms, one of which is a 23,000-square-foot, Strip-facing ballroom with floor-to-ceiling windows. The post Resorts World Las Vegas Opens Today—and Hilton Isn’t Stopping There appeared first on Smart Meetings. location for the LXR brand. Hilton Suite.

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