If the enthusiasm of NTA and its members is anything to go by, sixty is the new forty.

From atop Hoover Dam, to the darkened dance floor of the Vanity Nightclub, NTA celebrated its 60th anniversary in style¡­and substance.

After a few heavy nights of ¡®networking¡¯ members still arrived fresh-faced for meetings and arresting discussions about the state of the industry at this year¡¯s NTA Convention.

e-Travel Blackboard was on location in Las Vegas as Tourism Cares executive director Bruce Beckham was awarded the NTA Pioneer Award and NTA past president Mikie Wall was awarded the Bob Everidge Lifetime Achievement Award. Both waxed lyrical about the relationships and opportunities NTA proffers.