GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Nehme Abouzeid, Founder and President, LaunchVegas

This week, the GGB Podcast features a sit down with Nehme Abouzeid, the president and founder of LaunchVegas, a consulting firm dedicated to brands looking to launch big in Vegas and other destination markets.

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Nehme Abouzeid, Founder and President, LaunchVegas

Nehme Abouzeid was the first chief marketing officer for the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights. His previous posts included varied positions with Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands, giving him a wide range of experience in and out of gaming. After leaving the hockey team, he formed LaunchVegas, a company designed to promote brands and events in Las Vegas and beyond. Abouzeid is also moderating a panel at the UNLV Gaming & Hospitality Education Series focusing on the demographics of people coming to Las Vegas today and who is expected to come in the future. Abouzeid’s panel will consist of Stephen Hill, the president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Bob Potts, a demographic expert in the Governor’s Economic Development task force, and Oliver Lovat, an expert on the demographics of millennials. He spoke with GGB Publisher Roger Gros in Las Vegas in January.


Podcast sponsored by Gaming Laboratories International.

Articles by Author: Roger Gros

Roger Gros is publisher of Global Gaming Business, the industry’s leading gaming trade publication, and all its related publications. Prior to joining Global Gaming Business, Gros was president of Inlet Communications, an independent consulting firm. He was vice president of Casino Journal Publishing Group from 1984-2000, and held virtually every editorial title during his tenure. Gros was editor of Casino Journal, the National Gaming Summary and the Atlantic City Insider, and was the founding editor of Casino Player magazine. He was a co-founder of the American Gaming Summit and the Southern Gaming Summit conferences and trade shows.
Roger Gros is the author of the best-selling book, "How to Win at Casino Gambling" (Carlton Books, 1995), now in its fourth edition. Gros was named “Businessman of the Year” for 1998 by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Gaming Association in 2012 as part of the annual AGA Communications Awards.

**GGBNews.com is part of the Clarion Events Group of companies (Clarion). We take your privacy seriously. By registering for this newsletter we wish to use your information on the basis of our legitimate interests to keep in contact with you about other relevant events, products and services which may be of interest to you. We will only ever use the information we collect or receive about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You may manage your preferences or unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails.