A golf tournament has been added for the 2019 International Fastener Expo in Las Vegas.

Emerald Expositions, the IFE owner since 2015, projects 5,000 attendees and 850 exhibiting companies.

Events begin with morning golf, conferences and an opening party with 1,000+ participants on Tuesday, September 17, followed by the trade show on Wednesday and Thursday at Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

The Tuesday morning 18-hole golf tournament begins with a shotgun start at the Bali Hai Golf Club – the only championship golf course remaining on the Las Vegas Strip.

There will be $10,000 and Harley Davidson motorcycle Hole in One prizes and a $7,500 Pebble Beach golf vacation for a Three Putt Combo contest. Information and tickets online: eventbrite.com/e/ife-golf-tournament-tickets-64261314321.

  • Tuesday conferences will be on tariffs, e-commerce, technical innovations, 3D printing and best practices in leadership and management.
  • Exhibits will be open 10am – 4pm Wednesday and 9am – 4pm Thursday.

Extra hours for SourceGlobal for international sourcing and the Machinery & Tooling areas will be open at 8am Wednesday.

  • IFE is adding the nightly social, Nightcap, at the Eyecandy Sound Lounge Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the Mandalay Bay.
  • The Young Fastener Professional of the Year and IFE Hall of Fame awards will be presented on the show floor, honoring fastener professionals for their substantial contributions to the industry.

“For IFE 2019, exhibitors and attendees can look forward to another robust conference schedule, more networking opportunities than ever before, and ample chance to create and nurture valuable business relationships,” said Karalynn Sprouse, executive VP of Emerald Expositions. “We look forward to seeing our customers at the largest and most-established gathering of fastener and industrial professionals in North America.” Web: FastenerShows.com

Founded in 1981 as the National Industrial Fastener Show in Columbus, OH, IFE includes the supply chain from manufacturer to distributor to OEMs, and 70 product categories. The first Las Vegas edition of the original show was held in 1997.

IFE is owned and operated by Emerald Expositions. Emerald operates 55 B2B trade shows plus other face‐to‐face events. In 2018, Emerald’s events connected over 500,000 global attendees and exhibitors and occupied more than 6.9 million NSF of exhibition space. Web: EmeraldExpositions.com

Official IFE Hotels Start at $99; Cheapest Within a Mile: $32
The two official hotels for the International Fastener Expo are Mandalay Bay at $208 and Tropicana at $99 on the show rates.

Tropicana is across the Las Vegas Strip from Mandalay Bay and is a 15-minute walk from the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

There are discounts for booking 10 or more rooms.

Official hotel reservations may be made online: book.passkey.com/go/Fastener2019. Tel: 866 891-9805

Without the IFE official discounts, Mandalay Bay is $433 on Hotels.com and Tropicana is $104.

Mandalay Bay is on the south end of the famed Las Vegas Strip.

Most Las Vegas hotels charge a “resort fee” in addition to the room rates. Taxes and fees also add to the room total price.

Hotels within a mile of Mandalay Bay and recent Hotels.com prices and in approximate order of distance: Mandalay Bay $433; Delano at Mandalay Bay $433; Luxor attached $67; Excalibur $54; Hotel Galaxy $40; Courtyard South/Marriott $169; Fairfield Inn/Marriott $130; Staybridge Suites $161; Residence Inn/Marriott  $144; Skylofts at MGM Grand $820; Tropicana $104; Motel 6 I-15 $54; Hooters $43; MGM Grand $169; Travelodge/Wyndham $47; Holiday Inn Express South $120; New York New York $135; Motel 6/Tropicana $54; Howard Johnson/Wyndham $60; Home2 Suites/Hilton $116; Towne Place Suites $107; Hampton Inn/Tropicana $125; Days Inn/Wyndham $32.

Previous host hotels for the fastener trade show include Paris which is 1.5 miles north and Venetian/Palazzo at 2.8 miles away.