LVIMA's second introductory "Meet the Playas" mixer!
An "unprecedented" turnout for LVIMA....

Over 80 interactive marketers and a dozen sales professionals came out for the 2nd (and final) mixer in our introductory series.  Panevino's was a great place for the event with a great view of the strip in a classy setting.

Forbes.com sponsored the mixer and gave everyone some additional insight into their audience and focus on luxury and business traveler online advertising.  Spa treatments, subscriptions, and fine dining were among the list of prizes won during the evening... Thanks Joe!

Membership cards were distributed to newcomers and used by current members to gain access to the event.  Please remember to bring them in the future - they DO serve a purpose!  =)

In addition, it was announced that the first special event featuring speakers in an educational setting would be sometime in May revolving around "behavioral marketing".  So enough with the mixers, we're moving on to the real deal - stay tuned!

The evening flowed with conversation (and cocktails) while everyone had the chance to catch up with each other after long weeks of hard work.  It was obvious - in the face of a challenged national economy, Vegas isn't slowing down a bit.  The dedicated emerging media professional members of LVIMA are here to stay, grow and bring Vegas to the "next-gen" level of advertising.

-s

(Special thanks to Stephanie Rorick for the photos!)