Vegas booked....

[robp135]

UK travel to the US is down 14+%

UK events industry are avoiding it because of Trump led impacts.....cost of doing business rise, immigration impact on international delegates. Using the example of yesterday when my client confirmed BC citing his board decision due to costs and the impact of Trump, I suppose he is lying and it wasn't that despite people having the choice to change their minds over any reason they want??

The escalating cost of events due to tariffs is killing international events into the destination, Vegas is the largest conventions city in the US, its 100% impacting tourism into the destination

Those are just facts.

I'm talking about international impacted travel into Vegas and the US, its massively down, that cant be disputed.

I dont care about the domestic performance, although surely Trump is responsible for domestic pressures and people being priced out?

I’m not disputing that you are right specific to the UK and conventions. Domestic convention business is down as well but that won’t have been as heavily impacted by the tarrifs.

But the UK would account for a 0.135% descrease.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

I’m not disputing that you are right specific to the UK and conventions. Domestic convention business is down as well but that won’t have been as heavily impacted by the tarrifs.

But the UK would account for a 0.135% descrease.

Equally tourism is the central governments responsibility, then the DMO (destination marketing organisation) aka the city, funded by hotel tax and the CVBs, the convention bureau again funded by hotels.

Any rise or decline is the responsibility of the incumbent government,

 

[robp135]

Equally tourism is the central governments responsibility, then the DMO (destination marketing organisation) aka the city, funded by hotel tax and the CVBs, the convention bureau again funded by hotels.

Any rise or decline is the responsibility of the incumbent government,

I’m not disputing what your saying is true for UK and International tourism and conventions. Although the video posted says that convention business has not declined lol.

But even if you were to grossly exaggerate the responsibility that has for the decline in Las Vegas tourism, it’s still way less of a factor compared to sports gambling being legalised in the US an Las Vegas no longer being an affordable destination.

The drop itself is concerning but the Las Vegas economy is growing in other ways
largely making up for the shortfall. Its actually a positive that its becoming less reliant on tourism.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

I’m not disputing what your saying is true for UK and International tourism and conventions. Although the video posted says that convention business has not declined lol..

UK business into the US is vastly down

International convention business into Vegas is down

It's just facts mate. Luckily for people like me or clients, the worlds a big place and other countries are dynamic in taking advantage, many offering tax free conventions, rebates and subvention

Whether you like it or not Trumps responsible for both domestic and international tourism. It comes with the presidency

As for the LOL I can't help you conflating domestic and international....I've been very clear on what I'm talking about

 

[robp135]

UK business into the US is vastly down

International convention business into Vegas is down

It's just facts mate. Luckily for people like me or clients, the worlds a big place and other countries are dynamic in taking advantage, many offering tax free conventions, rebates and subvention

Whether you like it or not Trumps responsible for both domestic and international tourism. It comes with the presidency

Yes. Trump is responsible for the 0.675% drop in Las Vegas tourism.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

Yes. Trump is responsible for the 0.675% drop in Las Vegas tourism.

And as the head of government any other drop in tourism

It comes with the job.....unfortunately for him

14% countrywide drop from the UK, let's not even talk about Canada and Mexico avoiding the country too.

But yeh, go Trump

 

[robp135]

And as the head of government any other drop in tourism

It comes with the job.....unfortunately for him

14% countrywide drop from the UK, let's not even talk about Canada and Mexico avoiding the country too.

But yeh, go Trump

I’m not saying it’s a positive thing or that he’s not played his part. But speak into Vegas it’s down to other reasons. Gambling being legalised and the economy, which both parties hold responsibility for. I’m positive you would not have blamed the poor economy under Biden entirely on him, likewise I would not give Trump sole responsibility for the good pre Covid economy during his first term.

There hasn’t been a drop in convention business though according to the DMO. International is down but has been made up by domestic business.

https://press.lvcva.com/news-releas...4df5-b0da-c20fc38fa2ac?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Article says the following.

Convention business itself held up much better than leisure tourism About 6.0 million convention attendees were recorded in 2025 nearly flat with 2024 and close to prior levels, not dropping sharply.

There has been a reduction in international-sourced convention business in Las Vegas, though overall annual convention attendance hasn’t plunged as dramatically as total international travel numbers.