Las Vegas Celebrates Global Meetings Industry Day

Las Vegas, NV, USA – WTC Las Vegas joined leaders from across the Las Vegas meeting and convention industry including Caesars Entertainment, Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, MGM Resorts International, The Venetian and The Palazzo, Wynn Resorts to celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) on Thursday, April 6, 2017, and the days preceding the event.

GMID is an observance launched by the Meetings Mean Business Coalition in an effort to showcase the real impact that business meetings, conferences, conventions, incentive travel, trade shows and exhibitions have on people, business and communities. The day is especially important for Las Vegas as the meetings, conventions and trade show industry has a significant impact on the local economy supporting 85,000 jobs and generating more than $12.4 billion in economic impact. The destination recorded an all-time high for convention visitation in 2016, welcoming 6.3 million business travelers. Las Vegas also celebrated a record-breaking year for overall visitation for the year with 42.9 million visitors.

To help bring the meetings industry to new heights, top meetings industry professionals in Las Vegas met at the High Roller Observation Wheel, the world’s highest observation wheel, for a special event kicked off with a proclamation awarded to Las Vegas from Clark County officials in celebration of GMID and the strength of Southern Nevada’s meetings industry.

Following presentations, event guests were encouraged to board the High Roller Observation wheel to put their newly-learned skills to the test by participating in a series of marathon meetings. Groups were provided a hypothetical meeting scenario to work through during a 30-minute window- the amount of time it takes for a single rotation on the High Roller Observation Wheel.

In the days leading up to GMID, Las Vegas played host to what could arguably be one of the best examples of a global meetings in existence- the WTCA General Assembly hosted by WTCLV. To commemorate the experience and make a direct correlation between GMID and the global-nature of events like the WTCA General Assembly, attendees posed for a group photo featuring the phrase “Vegas Means Business” in a variety of languages.

Las Vegas is the only destination in North America with a World Trade Center designation on the campus of a convention center.

PHOTO: WTCA General Assembly attendees pose for photo celebrating Global Meetings Industry Day 2017.