Great news for Las Vegas: For the first time since July 2008, convention attendance was up in the city. According to the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority's Executive Summary for September, Las Vegas meetings attracted just over 400,000 attendees, an increase of 12.2 percent over the number of attendees at the same time last year.
LVCVA reports that part of the increase is thanks to two shows, MAGIC Marketplace and Las Vegas Market.
Las Vegas has certainly seen some tough times recently. It had 340 group cancellations in the first three months of 2009, for example. In May, the city continued to see declines in both meeting attendees and the number of conventions and meetings.
Despite the uptick in attendees, the actual number of meetings and conventions held in Las Vegas in September was down from 1,69 to 1,794, a 5.3 percent decrease compared to last year.
LVCVA reports that part of the increase is thanks to two shows, MAGIC Marketplace and Las Vegas Market.
Las Vegas has certainly seen some tough times recently. It had 340 group cancellations in the first three months of 2009, for example. In May, the city continued to see declines in both meeting attendees and the number of conventions and meetings.
Despite the uptick in attendees, the actual number of meetings and conventions held in Las Vegas in September was down from 1,69 to 1,794, a 5.3 percent decrease compared to last year.
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