The Venetian & The Palazzo Receive 2014 Pinnacle Awards

The Venetian and The Palazzo Las Vegas have been named a Pinnacle Award winner by Successful Meetings magazine. Marking the 14th year as recipients of the prestigious award, the properties received the following notable honors, including:

· Top 5 Best Convention Center Hotel

· Top 5 Best Gaming Hotel

· Hotel & Resort - Southwest Region

"As a leader in the meetings industry, we are truly honored to receive these awards from Successful Meetings," said John Caparella, president and COO of The Venetian, The Palazzo and Sands Expo. "These accolades are not only a testament to the wide variety of extraordinary meeting experiences we offer, but also the level of 'high-touch' service our team members provide every single day."

The Pinnacle Awards are the mark of excellence for meeting destinations, hotels and conference centers. The awarded organizations have set notably high standards for their execution of meetings, incentive travel programs, trade shows, and conventions.

To be awarded with a prestigious Pinnacle Award requires a property to go above and beyond guest expectations. The award recipients are determined through a voting process via online ballots and providing their feedback on their professional experiences worldwide at the top hotels and conference centers. Readers of Successful Meetings magazine make account for the vast majority of the voting process; these individuals are the professionals who are the decision makers for planning meetings, events, conferences, and incentive programs worldwide.

With more than 2.25 million square feet of flexible convention space, The Venetian and Palazzo Congress Center (and adjoining Sands Expo) is one of the largest and greenest hotel-based convention centers on Planet Earth. The facility features 298 meeting, conference and boardrooms, including the 85,000-square-foot Venetian Ballroom, one of the nation's largest pillarless ballrooms. The adjoining (and newly renovated) Sands Expo offers 1.9 million square feet of meeting and exposition show space. The Venetian and The Palazzo offer more than 7,000 suites under one roof, and the Congress Center is within a 10-minute walk of 40,000 additional hotel rooms.

To ensure environmentally responsible meetings, a Green Meetings Concierge is provided as a dedicated resource for meeting professionals, using the Sands ECO360 event planning tool to understand a meeting's environmental objectives. These objectives are used to craft a customized sustainable experience for meeting attendees. After the event, consolidated "green" metrics are presented in a Sands ECO360 Event Impact Statement. This comprehensive report covers energy and water consumption, recycling rate, carbon emissions and highlights of sustainable initiatives - all in one place.

For more information on property amenities, please visit The Venetian or The Palazzo.