Thu, 05/22/2014 - 15:07

By SEMA Editors

cosmo
The Cosmopolitan is one of several 5-star hotels available for the 2014 SEMA Show.

Selecting hotel rooms for the week of the SEMA Show is a different experience for each Showgoer due to the varying accommodation requirements for tens of thousands of media representatives, buyers and exhibitor personnel.

While exhibitors looking for rooms for multiple employees may consider booking at hotels with lower per-night rates, other Showgoers, such as media representatives, may select rooms based on locations close to the Las Vegas Convention for travel convenience. Others may forgo concerns of location and price and opt to stay in the finer, higher-rated hotel locations Vegas has to offer.

To provide Showgoers with a range of hotel options to meet a variety of needs, SEMA partners with the Travel Planners, the official hotel provider of the 2014 SEMA Show. There are currently 38 hotels available through Travel Planners, which are all backed by the customer service and low-rate guarantee that only the official SEMA Show hotel provider can offer.

Here’s a look at 5-star rated hotels available for the 2014 SEMA Show:

  • Aria Resort and Casino Las Vegas
  • Bellagio
  • Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
  • Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas
  • Trump Hotel Las Vegas
  • Venetian Resort Hotel Casino

The SEMA Show website features a Travel & Lodging page where Showgoers can look at the rates, locations and amenities of the hotels available.

Companies making hotel arrangements for the 2014 SEMA Show are encouraged to be vigilant if approached by other companies or services (other than Travel Planners) that imply or claim to be an official housing provider of the SEMA Show. Show management has been made aware of housing agencies aggressively pursuing businesses and individuals to book rooms through their company at considerable discounts. Reservations made through an agency other than Travel Planners will be at your own risk. Companies that are contacted by other companies trying to sell hotel rooms are encouraged to notify Show Management at 909-396-0289.

Companies Not Affiliated With the SEMA Show

  • Book My Rooms LLC
  • Convention Housing Management
  • Convention Expo Travel
  • Elite Corporate Planners
  • Exhibition Housing Services
  • Expo Housing
  • Global Housing Management (GHM Travel)
  • HDMC Group
  • IEP Group
  • International Events
  • Le Company LLC
  • TradeShow Housing
  • WholesaleTravelPlanners
For more information on the 2014 SEMA Show, Tuesday–Friday, November 4–7, in Las Vegas, visit www.SEMAShow.com.
Thu, 05/22/2014 - 14:46

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

  NH
The New Hampshire Senate approved a bill to expand the range of vehicles eligible to use original year-of-manufacture license plates on antique motor vehicles.
  

A bill to expand the range of vehicles eligible to use original year-of-manufacture license plates on antique motor vehicles was approved by the New Hampshire Senate and now moves to the governor for her signature and enactment into law. The measure has already been passed by the House of Representatives.

Currently, only ’60 and earlier model-year antique vehicles are eligible to use these plates. Under the bill, eligibility would be expanded to include all ’75 and earlier model years.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 14:46

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

  NH
The New Hampshire Senate approved a bill to expand the range of vehicles eligible to use original year-of-manufacture license plates on antique motor vehicles.
  

A bill to expand the range of vehicles eligible to use original year-of-manufacture license plates on antique motor vehicles was approved by the New Hampshire Senate and now moves to the governor for her signature and enactment into law. The measure has already been passed by the House of Representatives.

Currently, only ’60 and earlier model-year antique vehicles are eligible to use these plates. Under the bill, eligibility would be expanded to include all ’75 and earlier model years.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 14:46

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

  NH
The New Hampshire Senate approved a bill to expand the range of vehicles eligible to use original year-of-manufacture license plates on antique motor vehicles.
  

A bill to expand the range of vehicles eligible to use original year-of-manufacture license plates on antique motor vehicles was approved by the New Hampshire Senate and now moves to the governor for her signature and enactment into law. The measure has already been passed by the House of Representatives.

Currently, only ’60 and earlier model-year antique vehicles are eligible to use these plates. Under the bill, eligibility would be expanded to include all ’75 and earlier model years.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 14:46

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

  NH
The New Hampshire Senate approved a bill to expand the range of vehicles eligible to use original year-of-manufacture license plates on antique motor vehicles.
  

A bill to expand the range of vehicles eligible to use original year-of-manufacture license plates on antique motor vehicles was approved by the New Hampshire Senate and now moves to the governor for her signature and enactment into law. The measure has already been passed by the House of Representatives.

Currently, only ’60 and earlier model-year antique vehicles are eligible to use these plates. Under the bill, eligibility would be expanded to include all ’75 and earlier model years.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 14:41

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

delaware
The Delaware Senate passed SEMA-supported legislation to exempt reconstructed vehicles that are more than 25 years old from emissions testing.

SEMA-supported legislation to exempt reconstructed vehicles that are more than 25 years old from emissions testing was passed by the Delaware Senate and sent to the governor for his signature and enactment into law. The House of Representatives has already passed the measure. Under the bill, the vehicle must continue to meet and be inspected for safety and anti-tampering requirements for its model year.

In Delaware, "Reconstructed vehicle" means "a vehicle which has been assembled or constructed largely by means of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles of various names, models and types, or which, if originally otherwise constructed, has been materially altered by the removal of essential parts or by the addition or substitution of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles."

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 14:41

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

delaware
The Delaware Senate passed SEMA-supported legislation to exempt reconstructed vehicles that are more than 25 years old from emissions testing.

SEMA-supported legislation to exempt reconstructed vehicles that are more than 25 years old from emissions testing was passed by the Delaware Senate and sent to the governor for his signature and enactment into law. The House of Representatives has already passed the measure. Under the bill, the vehicle must continue to meet and be inspected for safety and anti-tampering requirements for its model year.

In Delaware, "Reconstructed vehicle" means "a vehicle which has been assembled or constructed largely by means of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles of various names, models and types, or which, if originally otherwise constructed, has been materially altered by the removal of essential parts or by the addition or substitution of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles."

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 14:41

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

delaware
The Delaware Senate passed SEMA-supported legislation to exempt reconstructed vehicles that are more than 25 years old from emissions testing.

SEMA-supported legislation to exempt reconstructed vehicles that are more than 25 years old from emissions testing was passed by the Delaware Senate and sent to the governor for his signature and enactment into law. The House of Representatives has already passed the measure. Under the bill, the vehicle must continue to meet and be inspected for safety and anti-tampering requirements for its model year.

In Delaware, "Reconstructed vehicle" means "a vehicle which has been assembled or constructed largely by means of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles of various names, models and types, or which, if originally otherwise constructed, has been materially altered by the removal of essential parts or by the addition or substitution of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles."

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 14:41

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

delaware
The Delaware Senate passed SEMA-supported legislation to exempt reconstructed vehicles that are more than 25 years old from emissions testing.

SEMA-supported legislation to exempt reconstructed vehicles that are more than 25 years old from emissions testing was passed by the Delaware Senate and sent to the governor for his signature and enactment into law. The House of Representatives has already passed the measure. Under the bill, the vehicle must continue to meet and be inspected for safety and anti-tampering requirements for its model year.

In Delaware, "Reconstructed vehicle" means "a vehicle which has been assembled or constructed largely by means of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles of various names, models and types, or which, if originally otherwise constructed, has been materially altered by the removal of essential parts or by the addition or substitution of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles."

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 14:29
By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

rally
(L-R) SEMA President and CEO Chris Kersting, SEMA Board Chairman Nate Shelton, Board Chair-Elect Doug Evans and Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA).
More than 40 SEMA members met with their elected representatives in Washington, D.C., as part of the May 14 Washington Rally. The meetings were a valuable opportunity to urge members of Congress to pursue a pro-growth manufacturing and job-creation agenda. Specific topics included support for the “Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act,” which would create a separate system for regulating companies that produce limited quantities of specialty cars. Other issues of concern included support for renewal of tax credits spurring business investments in research and equipment, comprehensive tax reform, preventing the sale of “E15” ethanol and protecting reasonable access to federal lands by the off-road community.

In between meetings, Rally participants were treated to a unique lunchtime panel discussion hosted by FOX News contributor Frank Luntz. Known for his trademark public opinion focus groups, Luntz emphasized topics impacting our industry and the current political landscape.

The day ended with an evening reception and dinner that featured fellow gearhead and member of the SEMA-supported Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus, Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA). Rep. LaMalfa arrived in style—behind the wheel of a replica Cobra. He was greeted at the event by SEMA President Chris Kersting, SEMA Board Chairman Nate Shelton and Chair-Elect Doug Evans.

During the festivities, Rep. LaMalfa visited with Rally attendees before addressing the gathering. His remarks highlighted his personal collection of cars while reinforcing his support of the industry.

For more information about the Rally, the Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus or the SEMA Congressional District Site Visit program, please contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.