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\nLas Vegas meetings and conventions provide the ideal showcase for new products and ideas<\/strong><\/p>\n

After completing its first four cars, Local Motors, an automotive company based in Phoenix, threw a coming-out party at the annual Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) trade show in Las Vegas. To Jay Rogers, the company\u2019s co-founder and CEO, it was a perfect combo. SEMA is the premier event for automotive specialty products makers, says Rogers, and Las Vegas gave his Rally Fighters\u2014low-slung beauties that look something like Ford Mustangs on steroids\u2014a chance to really strut their stuff.<\/p>\n

\u201cRally Fighters are designed for off-road racing as well as regular street driving,\u201d says Rogers, \u201cso where better to display them than in Las Vegas, where the streets stretch out to majestic desert sands?\u201d The city exudes \u201ca feeling of freedom, vitality and originality,\u201d he adds, the very things his customers prize.<\/p>\n

Rogers, a former Marine, a Harvard Business School graduate and grandson of the owner of the iconic Indian Motorcycle Co., has created a radically different kind of company that prefers open-source, bespoke manufacturing to the Henry Ford style of assembly line operations. Local Motors customers can customize their car any way they want, then visit the factory to help with the actual assembly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make it a delightful experience for them,\u201d explains Rogers, whose seven-year-old company has 59 employees who produce cars that go for up to $100,000 for an enthusiastic group of customers. \u201cThey get to know us and their cars in the process. It helps them value the investment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trade show organizers and participants have long voted Las Vegas as North America\u2019s top meeting and convention site. The city offers scale and cost-effective marketing, plus the crisp, clear weather that is ideal for taking car buffs out for test drives on the desert flats. \u201cWe\u2019ve invested a lot in Las Vegas because it\u2019s a great place for us to show our product and talk about our vision,\u201d Rogers says. \u201cIt\u2019s alive with possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n","hero":{"class":"landscape","thumbnail":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/local-motors.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1","src":{"small":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/local-motors.jpg?w=280","small_2x":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/local-motors.jpg?w=560","large":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/local-motors.jpg?w=550","large_2x":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/local-motors.jpg?w=1100"},"credit":"Local Motors","caption":"","alt":""},"id":10451,"encoded_url":"http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcontent-from%2Flvcva%2F10451%2Fhot-rods-in-vegas%2F","encoded_shortlink":"http%3A%2F%2Fti.me%2F1gH1iXh","encoded_title":"Hot+Rods+in+Vegas","twitter_text":"Hot%20Rods%20in%20Vegas","twitter_via":"TIME","sponsor":{"name":"LVCVA","slug":"lvcva","thumbnail":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/lvcva-logo1.jpg?w=53","color":"#000000"},"email_title":"Hot%20Rods%20in%20Vegas%20%7C%20TIME","email_body":"Hot%20Rods%20in%20Vegas%0A%0A%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcontent-from%2Flvcva%2F10451%2Fhot-rods-in-vegas%2F"},{"url":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/time.com\/content-from\/lvcva\/11887\/vegas-eye-candy\/","shortlink":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/ti.me\/1g5g3S2","title":"Vegas Eye Candy","post_type":"time_sponsored_post","short_title":"Vegas Eye Candy","time":{"pretty":"March 3, 2014","published":"2014-03-03 16:45:30","updated":"2014-03-03 21:45:30","minute":"4:45 pm","short":"3\/3"},"content":"

Las Vegas expos offer companies world-class showcases to exhibit their products<\/b><\/p>\n

Scala Inc. CEO Tom Nix has had a long-term love affair with Las Vegas, which is not surprising. Scala is a leader in digital signage and display software, and Las Vegas is arguably the digital signage capital of the world. \u201cThere\u2019s a wow factor when you walk down the street in Vegas,\u201d says Nix, \u201cand it\u2019s all about how people receive and interact with visual information.\u201d<\/p>\n

His company has a lot to do with making Las Vegas sparkle, and vice versa. The software maker counts on the city\u2019s trade shows and meetings to promote its wares and focus attention on digital media\u2019s vast and growing potential. Scala\u2019s huge exhibit at Las Vegas\u2019 annual Digital Signage Expo showcases cutting-edge communications for such varied industries as retail, transportation and hospitality.<\/p>\n

Nix also sees Las Vegas as the ideal place to get customers and colleagues thinking about digital communication solutions to the challenge of information overload. \u201cCasinos like Harrah\u2019s leverage their data to deliver a very personalized customer experience through membership clubs and customer relationship programs,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s part of Scala\u2019s DNA\u2014personalizing data on a screen, whether for a shopper in a store or for people in a corporate environment. We can take existing data from a platform like Salesforce.com and display it with broadcast quality.\u201d That capability, Nix argues, enables companies to cut through the information clutter and keep employees focused on key performance goals in sales, customer relationship management, production or other areas.<\/p>\n

Scala software powers digital signs worldwide, but the company sees Las Vegas as a uniquely effective showplace because of its electric atmosphere. \u201cLas Vegas is great fun,\u201d Nix says, \u201cand that\u2019s significant. I can\u2019t tell you how many times I\u2019ve gone to Las Vegas expecting to meet with business acquaintances, only to leave there realizing that those people had become real friends.\u201d<\/p>\n","hero":{"class":"landscape","thumbnail":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/2011-vegasstrip-7-3102011-scala.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1","src":{"small":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/2011-vegasstrip-7-3102011-scala.jpg?w=280","small_2x":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/2011-vegasstrip-7-3102011-scala.jpg?w=560","large":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/2011-vegasstrip-7-3102011-scala.jpg?w=550","large_2x":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/2011-vegasstrip-7-3102011-scala.jpg?w=1100"},"credit":"StockPhotosforFree.com","caption":"","alt":""},"id":11887,"encoded_url":"http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcontent-from%2Flvcva%2F11887%2Fvegas-eye-candy%2F","encoded_shortlink":"http%3A%2F%2Fti.me%2F1g5g3S2","encoded_title":"Vegas+Eye+Candy","twitter_text":"Vegas%20Eye%20Candy","twitter_via":"TIME","sponsor":{"name":"LVCVA","slug":"lvcva","thumbnail":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/lvcva-logo1.jpg?w=53","color":"#000000"},"email_title":"Vegas%20Eye%20Candy%20%7C%20TIME","email_body":"Vegas%20Eye%20Candy%0A%0A%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcontent-from%2Flvcva%2F11887%2Fvegas-eye-candy%2F"},{"url":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/time.com\/content-from\/lvcva\/11888\/office-massage-comfort-in-vegas\/","shortlink":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/ti.me\/1c2g5yf","title":"Office Massage & Comfort in Vegas","post_type":"time_sponsored_post","short_title":"Office Massage & Comfort in Vegas","time":{"pretty":"March 2, 2014","published":"2014-03-02 16:45:19","updated":"2014-03-02 21:45:19","minute":"4:45 pm","short":"3\/2"},"content":"


\nLas Vegas offers a great marketing platform for ErgoExpo, the ergonomics industry\u2019s major event<\/b><\/p>\n

Like all successful trade shows, ErgoExpo\u2014more formally, the National Ergonomics Conference and ErgoExpo\u2014is a galvanizing force for the industry it serves. Held each year at Las Vegas\u2019 Caesars Palace, it attracts 1,500 human resources executives, designers, health care providers and professional ergonomists, plus everyone from name-brand manufacturers like Microsoft and Steelcase to single-product startups.<\/p>\n

What gives the 19-year-old ErgoExpo its clout? First, it\u2019s where the action is. Ergonomics, the science of fitting workplace conditions and job demands to the capabilities of the working population, is top of mind everywhere. \u201cWe showcase the extraordinary research being done on every aspect of workplace injury and worker productivity,\u201d says Walter Charnizon, managing director of LRP Conferences, owners of ErgoExpo.<\/p>\n

Second, it provides incomparable networking opportunities. \u201cEach year, I meet exhibitors with small family businesses who tell me they get goose bumps from all the business opportunities they find,\u201d says Charnizon. ErgoExpo also gives manufacturers of all sizes a window on new marketing opportunities\u2014for instance, an FBI management and program analyst who came to a recent event seeking ergonomic advice on setting up and furnishing a new multimillion-dollar field office.<\/p>\n

All attendees come to ErgoExpo to inspect the latest in such ergonomically important areas, from adjustable keyboards to zero-gravity lifts. The point of the conference and expo, says Charnizon, is to highlight state-of-the-art ergonomics while making the industry more accessible and synergistic: \u201cWe bring together people tasked with adjusting to the changing nature of the workplace and the workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before moving ErgoExpo to Las Vegas 11 years ago, Charnizon\u2019s firm staged the meeting at three other venues, none of which proved nearly as effective. \u201cLas Vegas gets our business,\u201d Charnizon says. \u201cEvery aspect of the city is geared to the highest level of hospitality and accommodation. Las Vegas is focused on helping people like me do business, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s the conference and meeting center of the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n","hero":{"class":"landscape","thumbnail":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/pm_convention-center_s01a6894_1_3c-reduced.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1","src":{"small":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/pm_convention-center_s01a6894_1_3c-reduced.jpg?w=280","small_2x":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/pm_convention-center_s01a6894_1_3c-reduced.jpg?w=560","large":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/pm_convention-center_s01a6894_1_3c-reduced.jpg?w=550","large_2x":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/pm_convention-center_s01a6894_1_3c-reduced.jpg?w=1100"},"credit":"","caption":"","alt":""},"id":11888,"encoded_url":"http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcontent-from%2Flvcva%2F11888%2Foffice-massage-comfort-in-vegas%2F","encoded_shortlink":"http%3A%2F%2Fti.me%2F1c2g5yf","encoded_title":"Office+Massage+%26+Comfort+in+Vegas","twitter_text":"Office%20Massage%20%26%20Comfort%20in%20Vegas","twitter_via":"TIME","sponsor":{"name":"LVCVA","slug":"lvcva","thumbnail":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/lvcva-logo1.jpg?w=53","color":"#000000"},"email_title":"Office%20Massage%20%26%20Comfort%20in%20Vegas%20%7C%20TIME","email_body":"Office%20Massage%20%26%20Comfort%20in%20Vegas%0A%0A%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcontent-from%2Flvcva%2F11888%2Foffice-massage-comfort-in-vegas%2F"},{"url":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/time.com\/content-from\/lvcva\/11886\/the-biggest-spectacle-in-vegas-is-not-what-you-think\/","shortlink":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/ti.me\/1pWDYLo","title":"The Biggest Spectacle In Vegas Is Not What You Think","post_type":"time_sponsored_post","short_title":"The Biggest Spectacle In Vegas Is Not What You Think","time":{"pretty":"March 1, 2014","published":"2014-03-01 16:45:09","updated":"2014-03-01 21:45:09","minute":"4:45 pm","short":"3\/1"},"content":"


\nLas Vegas is the best place in America for showcasing products and ideas<\/b><\/p>\n

Sony Electronics is more than a familiar consumer brand; it\u2019s one of the most innovative names in consumer and professional electronics. Moviemakers and TV studios, for example, use Sony gear to capture and edit content. The company\u2019s professional division also makes digital signage, security systems and an array of other ultrasophisticated electronics. Sony\u2019s advertising sums up the overriding philosophy: \u201cBelieve that anything you can imagine, you can make real.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nowhere does that message resonate more clearly than at the eight to 10 spectacular trade show exhibitions that Sony mounts yearly in Las Vegas, North America\u2019s top trade show venue. \u201cThere\u2019s no better place on earth to showcase your wares,\u201d says John Kaloukian, Sony Electronics vice president of U.S. sales. \u201cLas Vegas has everything you need to make the right impression on your customers and then to entertain them royally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sony makes giant splashes at two premier Las Vegas events: the annual Consumer Electronics Show held each January, and the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Show in April. Sony\u2019s massive (up to 26,000 square feet) booths at the two events are typically double the size of the shows\u2019 next-largest installations. At a recent NAB Show, Sony\u2019s booth featured a 53-foot production trailer\u2014the kind you see parked outside major sports events. Guests strolled through the truck\u2019s interior, inspecting each cutting-edge piece of equipment.<\/p>\n

The company also participates in several more specialized Las Vegas events, such as InfoComm and the Digital Signage Expo, aimed at specific segments of the commercial electronics market. \u201cOur first goal,\u201d says Kaloukian, \u201cis to get customers to spend time with our engineers and sales and marketing team to get an overview of the products and solutions that Sony offers, along with some of our future technologies. Las Vegas is ideal for that. Not only are its convention facilities unsurpassed, but it\u2019s a place our customers really love visiting.\u201d<\/p>\n","hero":{"class":"landscape","thumbnail":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/sony_dsc08552-large.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1","src":{"small":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/sony_dsc08552-large.jpg?w=280","small_2x":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/sony_dsc08552-large.jpg?w=560","large":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/sony_dsc08552-large.jpg?w=550","large_2x":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/sony_dsc08552-large.jpg?w=1100"},"credit":"SONY","caption":"","alt":""},"id":11886,"encoded_url":"http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcontent-from%2Flvcva%2F11886%2Fthe-biggest-spectacle-in-vegas-is-not-what-you-think%2F","encoded_shortlink":"http%3A%2F%2Fti.me%2F1pWDYLo","encoded_title":"The+Biggest+Spectacle+In+Vegas+Is+Not+What+You+Think","twitter_text":"The%20Biggest%20Spectacle%20In%20Vegas%20Is%20Not%20What%20You%20Think","twitter_via":"TIME","sponsor":{"name":"LVCVA","slug":"lvcva","thumbnail":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/lvcva-logo1.jpg?w=53","color":"#000000"},"email_title":"The%20Biggest%20Spectacle%20In%20Vegas%20Is%20Not%20What%20You%20Think%20%7C%20TIME","email_body":"The%20Biggest%20Spectacle%20In%20Vegas%20Is%20Not%20What%20You%20Think%0A%0A%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcontent-from%2Flvcva%2F11886%2Fthe-biggest-spectacle-in-vegas-is-not-what-you-think%2F"},{"url":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/time.com\/content-from\/lvcva\/11772\/why-the-secret-to-success-is-located-in-the-heart-of-vegas\/","shortlink":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/ti.me\/1fCPust","title":"Why The Secret To Success Is Located In The Heart Of Vegas","post_type":"time_sponsored_post","short_title":"Why The Secret To Success Is Located In The Heart Of Vegas","time":{"pretty":"Feb. 28, 2014","published":"2014-02-28 16:44:59","updated":"2014-02-28 21:44:59","minute":"4:44 pm","short":"2\/28"},"content":"


\nMeetings and conventions in Las Vegas give companies remarkable bang for their marketing bucks<\/b><\/p>\n

Cobra Electronics, a longtime leader in consumer communications gear, has a simple marketing secret: Instead of lavish consumer advertising, the Chicago-based company focuses on trade shows held in the place where important customers, bankers and other key industry figures are most likely to see them\u2014Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

At the giant annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) a few years ago, Microsoft founder Bill Gates happened by Cobra\u2019s 3,300-square-foot booth and spent 20 minutes chatting with Cobra Chairman and CEO Jim Bazet. Good Morning America<\/i> had set up its cameras inside Cobra\u2019s booth, and reporters from virtually all the major news media passed by regularly. \u201cWhere else,\u201d asked Bazet at the time, \u201ccould a $100 million company get such valuable exposure?\u201d<\/p>\n

Cobra is a global leader in CB radios, radar detection and two-way radios. Recent innovations include the world\u2019s smallest and most powerful radar detector, and the first touch-screen radar, laser and safety camera detector. Cobra displays these and other products at the International CES and at several smaller, more specialized Las Vegas trade shows. Dozens of Cobra\u2019s top people attend these shows, reasoning that there\u2019s no more effective place to interact with customers, bankers, industry analysts and the media.<\/p>\n

Besides its superb meeting facilities, the city offers unique opportunities for entertainment and recreation, from great golf courses to many of the nation\u2019s finest restaurants. And behind the scenes, Las Vegas has an unusual wealth of experienced and knowledgeable event planners, plus highly creative design and production specialists.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are happier going to Las Vegas than to any other meeting site,\u201d says Bazet. \u201cThey come to Las Vegas expecting fun, which is the true reason meetings there are so successful. Las Vegas is a premier global attraction, yet it\u2019s also the easiest, most effective place to hold a meeting that I know.\u201d<\/p>\n","hero":{"class":"landscape","thumbnail":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/2013_cobra_ces_reduced.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1","src":{"small":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/2013_cobra_ces_reduced.jpg?w=280","small_2x":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/2013_cobra_ces_reduced.jpg?w=560","large":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/2013_cobra_ces_reduced.jpg?w=550","large_2x":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/2013_cobra_ces_reduced.jpg?w=1100"},"credit":"Courtesy of Cobra Electronics","caption":"","alt":""},"id":11772,"encoded_url":"http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcontent-from%2Flvcva%2F11772%2Fwhy-the-secret-to-success-is-located-in-the-heart-of-vegas%2F","encoded_shortlink":"http%3A%2F%2Fti.me%2F1fCPust","encoded_title":"Why+The+Secret+To+Success+Is+Located+In+The+Heart+Of+Vegas","twitter_text":"Why%20The%20Secret%20To%20Success%20Is%20Located%20In%20The%20Heart%20Of%20Vegas","twitter_via":"TIME","sponsor":{"name":"LVCVA","slug":"lvcva","thumbnail":"http:\/\/web.archive.org.\/web\/20140823064815\/http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/lvcva-logo1.jpg?w=53","color":"#000000"},"email_title":"Why%20The%20Secret%20To%20Success%20Is%20Located%20In%20The%20Heart%20Of%20Vegas%20%7C%20TIME","email_body":"Why%20The%20Secret%20To%20Success%20Is%20Located%20In%20The%20Heart%20Of%20Vegas%0A%0A%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcontent-from%2Flvcva%2F11772%2Fwhy-the-secret-to-success-is-located-in-the-heart-of-vegas%2F"}]}    Follow  Follow “TIME”  Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

 

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