Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2022

The summer of 2023 will herald a new era of meetings in South Lake Tahoe with the arrival of the over $100-million Tahoe South Events Center. The events center’s projected date of completion is July 6, 2023. Once complete, the events center will offer meeting profs access to a 27,000 sq. of meeting space.

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APRIL 11, 2024

Its prime location on The Strip, coupled with these recent updates, positions Harrah’s as an ideal choice for event planners booking in Las Vegas. Meeting Space Harrah’s Las Vegas boasts 25,000 sq. of impressive meeting space, featuring the expansive 12,000 sq. This modern conference center offers 550,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

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. This is the first time Cvent has generated the list since the pandemic halted events. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. Las Vegas, Nevada 5.

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The Castle Group

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

With Labor Day symbolically closing out the summer season and ushering in fall – a prime meetings and convention time – organizations are trying to decide on the best approach to gathering given the ever-shifting COVID landscape. Just a few short weeks ago it seemed like “all systems go” again for the meetings and events industry.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The Nevada Senate has approved plans for a renovation and expansion to the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), home to thousands of business events, including CES®, the world’s largest innovation event, which draws 165,000+ attendees to Las Vegas annually. In 2015, the city was named the No.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2024

Its 399 suites feature views of Lake Tahoe or the Sierra Nevada mountains. of event space, including an indoor heated pool that has sliding doors to a patio. The property features W XYZ Bar & Lounge, which sits next to the renovated lobby; Re:fuel, a 24-hour market; and six event rooms.

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Smart Meetings

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. Plan with Confidence. Read more about how Las Vegas is welcoming the new era of business.

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Smart Meetings

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. Plan with Confidence. Read more about how Las Vegas is welcoming the new era of business. Wide Open Spaces.

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Smart Meetings

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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Smart Meetings

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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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Christy Loy Christy Loy, Meet Minneapolis Loy takes on the role of senior vice president of destination sales at Meet Minneapolis. Throughout his career, he has developed expertise across various sectors of the tourism industry, including convention and meeting sales and destination partner relations.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

With the hotel-workers strike in Southern California now more than 10 weeks old, another Unite Here chapter in another major meetings destination is prepared to vote on whether they too should bring a strike into play. Another big business event coming in: The 50,000-attendee Automotive Aftermarket Expo from October 31 to November 2.

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Smart Meetings

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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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Yesterday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board unanimously recommended to the Nevada Gaming Commission that it approve Hard Rock International’s licensure and acquisition of The Mirage Hotel & Casino.”. The post TWT: Mirage Isn’t Closing…Yet appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

We encourage every event planner to mark their calendars for the following 35 events and conferences in 2020. We know how hard it can be to find great events to attend, so we’ve made it easier for you. Attending these conferences will allow you to learn more about the events industry and meet other event professionals.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Sarah Blose, CMP, DMCP, 37, works in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, as an a ccount manager for Destination Tahoe Meetings & Events. As a 2019 40 Under 40 honoree, Blose discusses her passion for the events industry. I’m also honored to have played an integral part in three events that each won an ADMEI achievement award.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2022

This is your guide to all things green meetings, from sustainability efforts to tips on making your meetings more eco-friendly. The questions before us: In a world of rapid and increasingly cataclysmic climate change, could the return of F2F events and our drive for their continual growth contain the seeds of the industry’s decline?

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Skift

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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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2023

At the annual event, West Coast association professionals gather for an expansive tradeshow, business solution appointments, education programs and networking to close out the year with a festive twist. “Our This year’s Seasonal Spectacular took place from Tuesday, Dec. 12 to Wednesday, Dec. in their official welcome.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 3, 2021

He’s also worked as regional vice president of sales for Hyatt Hotels, as well as Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa, Grand Hyatt Denver, Hyatt Regency Orlando and Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe in Incline Village, Nevada. Before joining Innisbrook, Riggio was resort sales director for Disney Meetings & Events in Florida.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 19, 2021

The pandemic has been a very rough time for the nation’s destination marketing organizations , as it has for the hospitality and meetings industry as a whole. Tourism and San Diego Tourism Authority, and even one Nevada destination, Visit Henderson —participated in an hour-long Zoom road show this week. Keeping Eyes on the Screens.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 22, 2021

Do capacity limits for indoor meetings include event staff? A handful of event professionals recently shared their knowledge on PCMA’s Catalyst forum. For in-person events with a specific capacity number, does the capacity include the company’s event staff working the event?” Here in D.C.,

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Where better to celebrate the resiliency of the meetings industry than in Las Vegas , where 2 million sq. of meeting space was added since the beginning of 2020? Smart Meetings had its own bubble in the meeting center amid a whopping 250,000 sq. Meeting professionals who fly though the air together, do deals together.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 9, 2022

Spread the Word Nevada, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing childhood literacy, brought nearly 10,000 children’s books to Caesar’s Forum in four big boxes for volunteers to sort and prep. Mempin shared how the books provided by the program helped her “escape” the challenges she experienced as a young child new to Nevada.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 26, 2023

A trip that will take just over two hours brings new possibilities for increasing meeting attendance in both cities—and for offering more pre- and post-event opportunities. government, while a group of legislators from California and Nevada wrote a letter to the U.S. billion loan from the U.S.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 23, 2021

Proposed water restrictions in big meeting and incentive destinations underscore the need for planners to research conservation strategies at host properties as part of their sustainability efforts. Earth Day has come and gone, but the environmental issues affecting the meetings and events industry are persistent and shifting.

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Smart Meetings

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. Cities across the country are unveiling public transit upgrades that may take the pain out of pursuing post-event pleasure.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The future of events in Las Vegas looks bright Industry professionals from all sectors of the hospitality industry got together Jan. 24 at Las Vegas newest property, Fontainebleau Las Vegas, to discuss the success of last year’s major events and what lies ahead in the city in 2024. Post-F1 Recap “Who comes to an F1 race?”

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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. And as recreational marijuana achieves greater acceptance, cannabis events could become a regular part of many mainstream meetings, conventions and incentive programs.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 12, 2019

Instead of showcasing, as we’ve done in past years, extraordinary places, spaces, destination videos, F&B offerings, tech tools, and other bits and pieces that make the events world go round, we zoomed in on you. And second, what’s one new breakthrough shared or idea launched at your event that will help advance your field?

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Skift

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The trade show floor at IMEX America 2017, held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Toerisme Vlaanderen / Flickr Skift Take: Cameras don't always have to make people uncomfortable, especially if they're not being used for facial recognition. Isaac Carey Read the Complete Story On Skift.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 20, 2023

million square feet of meeting space and over 50,000 guestrooms. Our legacy began in 1937 when Bill Harrah opened Harrah’s Bingo Club, a modest establishment in Reno, Nevada. Over 200 of the channel’s “Bravolebrities” were present for meet and greets and multiple photo ops. What do you love about being a woman in events?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2022

We asked pioneering meeting planner Jackie James, World of Concrete group director, for tips from her boots-on-the-ground experience. Our audience needed the show; the industry wanted to meet,” she said. A number of factors, including the arrival of the Omicron variant, made the event smaller than it normally would have been.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 20, 2022

Read IMEX CEO Carina Bauer’s goals for the return to European meeting. IMEX initiatives and efforts in this domain may provide inspiration and a roadmap of ideas for those teams seeking to apply practices in their own conferences, meetings and events. Getting Centralized. Carbon & Choices.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The novel coronavirus outbreak has had a significant impact on the events industry, from venues and vendors to speakers and sponsors. As abrupt as it was, the shift to virtual programming hasn’t been all bad news for event managers; as HubSpot has shared, “Being online allows us to invite more people to be part of the INBOUND community.

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Smart Meetings

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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Unique Venues

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The mountain region of the United States is a wonderful place to hold events. Our Top Picks offer stunning natural beauty, as well as state-of-the-art technology and assistance, delicious, varied culinary choices, amenities, and attentive professional event planning teams. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Salt Lake City, UT.

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