Articles tagged “lvcva”

In this Skift report, we examine how Las Vegas is evolving as a hub of creative, cultural, and social innovation, and how meeting planners are going beyond the convention center to tap into local expertise in order to provide more enriching, productive conferences.

Conference organizers are starting to tap into local innovators in their host cities to create more value for event attendees. The relationship between CES and Las Vegas paints an optimistic picture for the future of meetings and destinations, one that shows how communities can collaborate to drive industry and society forward.

Las Vegas is becoming a world leader in autonomous systems, drone tech, esports, and other emerging industries. Those clusters of local expertise offer a growing value proposition for conference organizers who want to tap into the future of innovation.

With so much hype and noise surrounding the Las Vegas convention experience, the Unconventional videos bring that down to a human level by focusing on the stories behind the individual attendees.

By creating these raw documentary-style videos, the LVCVA is placing a greater emphasis on the convention attendees versus the convention center.

Increased business travel demand does Las Vegas little good if it can't accommodate the growing number of events and conferences knocking on its door. Signs of several years of growth is giving LVCVA the confidence it needs to move forward on the ambitious project.

From actual desegregation in the middle of last century to now multi-ethnic, multiracial, diverse city, you'll have to admit Las Vegas has certainly come a long way even if you don't agree with the cliches in these ads.

Funny for now, and more remains to be seen, but funny has the potential to become old and tired very soon, unlike Vegas' party-hard branding that has stood the test of time.