The National Confectioners Association’s Sweets & Snacks Expo is among several trade show additions and extensions announced by the LVCVA.
Conventions
Conventions are big business in Las Vegas. • Expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center, a $1.4 billion project, will keep the city on pace to compete for the top shows. • CES tops the list. (See Top 10 below, and follow the link to a full list.)
Top 10 Las Vegas conventions
(ranked by attendance)1. CES — Consumer Technology Association
2. NAB — National Association of Broadcasters
3. MAGIC — Marketplace Spring Show
4. SHOT Show — Shooting, Hunting & Outdoor Trade Show
5. World of Concrete
6. International Builders Show
7. Las Vegas Market (winter)
8. Las Vegas Market (summer)
9. ASD Market Week
10. (tie) Mr. Olympia.
10. (tie) PMMI — Pack Expo Las Vegas
See the full list of Las Vegas conventions.
The towering north Strip hotel-casino will feature a pillarless ballroom spanning more than 105,000 square feet, one of the largest in Las Vegas.
Financing for a $435 million renovation project for the North, Central and South halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center was approved Tuesday by the LVCVA board.
As Las Vegas saw early on with the return of leisure travelers following pent up demand after many not traveling for several months, the business side is starting to mimic that behavior in Southern Nevada, Harvey noted.
The event always is a highlight for many of the attendees. This year, however, was a little more special, given how the world has changed since the pandemic began.
Fashion industry members looking to buy and sell 2022’s latest trends returned to the Las Vegas Convention Center on Monday for the MAGIC show.
The fashion industry — from wholesalers to retail buyers — will be flocking to the Las Vegas Convention Center on Monday for the start of MAGIC Las Vegas, the biannual trade show.
The International Pizza Expo and the World Tea Conference are among four trade shows planned simultaneously at the Convention Center for Food & Beverage Industry Week.
The Specialty Food Association’s 2022 Winter Fancy Food Show is filling the Las Vegas Convention Center’s South Hall through Tuesday.
The event planned at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center has attracted around 25,000 people with 5,000 brands and 16,000 retailers from 70 countries in the past.
Several leading tourism industry categories showed improvement over 2020 levels — but not all of them. The LVCVA said visitation and convention traffic was up in 2021.
While Las Vegas Market organizers expect to draw about 60 percent of the attendance it had in pre-pandemic years, many vendors are finding that those who are in town have been spending more.
The U.S. hotel industry will continue to bounce back throughout 2022, but that road is expected to be uneven, according to a new report from American Hotel and Lodging Association.
Cement masons, engineers and artisans at World of Concrete encouraged more women to consider the trades for their unique work and good wages.
“Businesses of the buyers are just off the charts good and they need inventory. They need new merchandise,” Bob Maricich, CEO of International Market Centers, said of the home furnishings show.