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Nevada · Updated 2026-10-20

WhatsApp Business API for Indian exhibitors after a Las Vegas show

On a Las Vegas show floor every badge carries a different country code, and your follow-up's rules change with each one.

Las Vegas drew 4.5 million convention attendees in the first eight months of 2026. For an Indian exhibitor, the show floor is a crowd of country codes, and the follow-up each buyer may receive depends on theirs.

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State
Nevada
Country
United States
Convention attendance
4,532,000, January to August 2026[1]
Visitors
25,789,100, January to August 2026[1]
Hotel rooms
150,777 (August 2026)[1]
Indian mission
Consulate General of India, Los Angeles[3]
Marketing templates
Not delivered to US +1 numbers[4]

For Indian jewellery exporters and other exhibitors at Las Vegas trade shows, plus travel firms and event organisers: how a booth opt-in works, the gates a post-show follow-up passes through, why a US buyer and a buyer from abroad get different messages, which Indian mission covers Nevada, and the cost.

See it work

Five gates between your follow-up and a Las Vegas buyer's phone

A jewellery exporter from Mumbai met dozens of buyers at a Las Vegas show. A week later it wants to follow up. Watch one message descend through the checks it must pass, and see where a US number and a buyer from abroad part ways.

For a US buyer the useful follow-up is not a template at all. Ask, at the booth, for the buyer to send you a message; then every question they send afterwards opens a window in which you can share photos, prices and certificates in free form. Order confirmations and dispatch notices that follow are utility templates, which do reach US numbers.

Booth sign-ups can be tagged with the show and the buyer's interests as they arrive, and the follow-up conversations land in the shared team inbox, where whoever met the buyer at the stand can pick the thread up from India.

The post-show follow-up

5 / 5

PayloadA follow-up to a buyer met at the show

Enters at the top, travels down through 5 layers

An illustrative follow-up; the exporter and buyers are examples. The marketing gate is Meta's rule for US numbers; the consent and window gates apply to every number.

Hop 5 of 5: the payload is in layer 5, The buyer's phone. Delivered and charged at the rate for the buyer's country code: the North America line for a +1 number, that market's rate for anyone else.

Market brief

Las Vegas, in its convention authority's figures

From the LVCVA's executive summary for August 2026, the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council, the Embassy of India and Meta.

  1. 01

    From January to August 2026, Las Vegas recorded 25,789,100 visitors and 4,532,000 convention attendees, the latter up 10.5% on the same months of 2025.[1]

  2. 02

    The city had 150,777 hotel rooms in August 2026, and Harry Reid International Airport handled 34,353,312 passengers in the year to August.[1]

  3. 03

    The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council lists an India Pavilion at JCK Las Vegas, held 2 to 5 June 2023, among its overseas pavilions.[2]

  4. 04

    Nevada is served by the Consulate General of India in Los Angeles under the jurisdictions in force since 15 July 2025, together with Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California.[3]

  5. 05

    Meta says WhatsApp does not currently deliver marketing templates to people with US phone numbers, and that sending one returns an error.[4]

Industries

Indian businesses with a reason to be in Las Vegas

Most of them arrive for a show and leave with a list of numbers.

  1. 01

    Gem and jewellery exporters

    India's export council has taken an India Pavilion to JCK Las Vegas; exhibitors from Mumbai, Surat and Jaipur follow up the buyers they met.[2]

    On WhatsApp: Answers with photos and certificates in the window · Order confirmations and dispatch notices · Memo and consignment reminders

  2. 02

    Exhibitors at other trade shows

    Las Vegas drew 4.5 million convention attendees in eight months; Indian makers exhibiting at its other trade shows meet buyers there from many countries.[1]

    On WhatsApp: Booth meeting confirmations · Sample-dispatched notices · Quotation questions answered from India

  3. 03

    Travel firms and delegation organisers

    Las Vegas had 150,777 hotel rooms in August 2026; Indian firms book delegates and holidaymakers into them and look after them by WhatsApp.[1]

    On WhatsApp: Hotel and transfer reminders on +91 · Badge collection and show-day details · Flight changes from Harry Reid International

A show floor of country codes

A Las Vegas show gathers buyers from everywhere, and on WhatsApp each one carries the rules of their own number. A retailer from Texas on +1 can receive your order confirmations, dispatch notices and replies, but no new-collection template. A buyer from Dubai or London who opted in to offers can receive one, at the rate for their market. An Indian buyer who flew in on +91 is an Indian contact, at India rates.

So tag each booth sign-up with its country code and what the buyer agreed to, and build two follow-ups: a conversation starter for US buyers that invites them to write back, and an approved offer template for opted-in buyers elsewhere.

Las Vegas keeps Pacific Time, twelve and a half hours behind India in summer and thirteen and a half after the first Sunday in November. When the show closes at 17:00, it is 05:30 the next morning in Mumbai, and a buyer's evening question reaches your team as its day begins.

Prices in ₹ and USD

What a post-show follow-up costs

A buyer on a US number is billed on Meta's North America line: ₹0.2989 for an order or dispatch notice and ₹0.2989 for each reply in the window, in rupees before GST. Plans start at ₹999 a month.

Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC

Lite

₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD

₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD

Growth

₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD

₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD

Enterprise

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Per message to Las Vegas · North America (regional rate)

InfiQ per-message rates for Las Vegas in rupees and USD
Category₹ INRUSD
Marketing₹2.1976$0.0231
Utility₹0.2989$0.0031
Authentication₹0.2989$0.0031
Service₹0.2989$0.0031
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
Per-message rates by market, effective 1 October 2026
MarketMarketingUtilityAuthenticationService
Argentina$0.0572₹5.4352$0.0241₹2.2874$0.0241₹2.2874$0.0241₹2.2874
Bangladesh$0.0678₹6.4397$0.0034₹0.3254$0.0034₹0.3254$0.0034₹0.3254
Brazil$0.0578₹5.4970$0.0063₹0.5981$0.0063₹0.5981$0.0063₹0.5981
Chile$0.0822₹7.8162$0.0185₹1.7585$0.0185₹1.7585$0.0185₹1.7585
Colombia$0.0116₹1.0993$0.0007₹0.0706$0.0007₹0.0706$0.0007₹0.0706
Egypt$0.0596₹5.6629$0.0033₹0.3167$0.0033₹0.3167$0.0033₹0.3167
France$0.0795₹7.5588$0.0278₹2.6393$0.0278₹2.6393$0.0278₹2.6393
Germany$0.126₹12.0088$0.0509₹4.8386$0.0509₹4.8386$0.0509₹4.8386
Hong Kong$0.0678₹6.4397$0.0241₹2.2867$0.0241₹2.2867$0.0241₹2.2867
Hungary$0.0795₹7.5596$0.0323₹3.0700$0.0323₹3.0700$0.0323₹3.0700
India$0.0099₹0.9435$0.0020₹0.1941$0.0015₹0.1402$0.0015₹0.1450
Indonesia$0.0380₹3.6133$0.0231₹2.1979$0.0231₹2.1979$0.0231₹2.1979
Iraq$0.0316₹2.9992$0.0073₹0.6943$0.0073₹0.6943$0.0073₹0.6943
Israel$0.0327₹3.1045$0.0049₹0.4662$0.0049₹0.4662$0.0049₹0.4662
Italy$0.0735₹6.9847$0.0277₹2.6369$0.0277₹2.6369$0.0277₹2.6369
Kazakhstan$0.0559₹5.3098$0.0166₹1.5824$0.0166₹1.5824$0.0166₹1.5824
Kuwait$0.0733₹6.9671$0.0407₹3.8671$0.0407₹3.8671$0.0407₹3.8671
Malaysia$0.0796₹7.5644$0.0130₹1.2314$0.0130₹1.2314$0.0130₹1.2314
Mexico$0.0367₹3.4877$0.0079₹0.7471$0.0079₹0.7471$0.0079₹0.7471
Morocco$0.0383₹3.6425$0.0213₹2.0218$0.0213₹2.0218$0.0213₹2.0218
Netherlands$0.148₹14.0494$0.0463₹4.3987$0.0463₹4.3987$0.0463₹4.3987
Nepal$0.0678₹6.4397$0.0031₹0.2990$0.0031₹0.2990$0.0031₹0.2990
Nigeria$0.0478₹4.5421$0.0062₹0.5898$0.0062₹0.5898$0.0062₹0.5898
Oman$0.0316₹2.9992$0.0228₹2.1709$0.0228₹2.1709$0.0228₹2.1709
Pakistan$0.0438₹4.1620$0.0139₹1.3200$0.0139₹1.3200$0.0139₹1.3200
Peru$0.0651₹6.1843$0.0278₹2.6392$0.0278₹2.6392$0.0278₹2.6392
Poland$0.0338₹3.2105$0.0113₹1.0702$0.0113₹1.0702$0.0113₹1.0702
Qatar$0.0316₹2.9992$0.0111₹1.0547$0.0111₹1.0547$0.0111₹1.0547
Romania$0.0795₹7.5596$0.0268₹2.5436$0.0268₹2.5436$0.0268₹2.5436
Russia$0.0742₹7.0520$0.0370₹3.5173$0.0370₹3.5173$0.0370₹3.5173
Saudi Arabia$0.0532₹5.0537$0.0099₹0.9401$0.0099₹0.9401$0.0099₹0.9401
Singapore$0.0678₹6.4397$0.0148₹1.4072$0.0148₹1.4072$0.0148₹1.4072
South Africa$0.0351₹3.3385$0.0088₹0.8369$0.0088₹0.8369$0.0088₹0.8369
Spain$0.0654₹6.2161$0.0185₹1.7578$0.0185₹1.7578$0.0185₹1.7578
Sri Lanka$0.0678₹6.4397$0.0019₹0.1759$0.0019₹0.1759$0.0019₹0.1759
Turkey$0.0101₹0.9587$0.0008₹0.0792$0.0008₹0.0792$0.0008₹0.0792
Ukraine$0.0795₹7.5596$0.0275₹2.6138$0.0275₹2.6138$0.0275₹2.6138
United Arab Emirates$0.0532₹5.0537$0.0145₹1.3811$0.0145₹1.3811$0.0145₹1.3811
United Kingdom$0.0587₹5.5795$0.0204₹1.9346$0.0204₹1.9346$0.0204₹1.9346
North America$0.0231₹2.1976$0.0031₹0.2989$0.0031₹0.2989$0.0031₹0.2989
Rest of Africa$0.0208₹1.9796$0.0037₹0.3516$0.0037₹0.3516$0.0037₹0.3516
Rest of Asia Pacific$0.0779₹7.4057$0.0105₹0.9938$0.0105₹0.9938$0.0105₹0.9938
Rest of Central & Eastern Europe$0.0795₹7.5596$0.0196₹1.8595$0.0196₹1.8595$0.0196₹1.8595
Rest of Latin America$0.0684₹6.5048$0.0105₹0.9934$0.0105₹0.9934$0.0105₹0.9934
Rest of Middle East$0.0363₹3.4490$0.0084₹0.7998$0.0084₹0.7998$0.0084₹0.7998
Rest of Western Europe$0.0548₹5.2054$0.0158₹1.5019$0.0158₹1.5019$0.0158₹1.5019
Other$0.0559₹5.3098$0.0071₹0.6769$0.0071₹0.6769$0.0071₹0.6769
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$10.51 USD

Indicative conversion at reference rates (ExchangeRate-API snapshot). InfiQ sets and invoices prices in Indian rupees, excluding GST; your bank’s rate on the day you pay will differ. Rates By Exchange Rate API.

Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. The North America marketing rate never applies to a 702 number, because marketing templates are not delivered to US numbers. Buyers on other country codes are charged their own market's rates, and Indian visitors on +91 numbers India rates, ₹0.19 for a utility message. Dollar figures are indicative; InfiQ invoices in rupees.

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What a show follow-up runs on

Sign-ups captured at the stand, sorted by what each number allows.

Consent records and opt-out enforcement

Each contact's opt-in source and time are recorded, STOP replies are enforced at platform level (even against later imports), and the audit trail exports.

Each booth sign-up's opt-in source and time is stored with the contact, so the follow-up knows who agreed to offers and who only to order updates.

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City pages near Las Vegas

Other city guides on this site, nearest first.

The marketing rule, the TCPA question and the North America rate apply nationwide; the United States guide covers them in full.

Guides for Las Vegas teams

Questions Las Vegas businesses ask

We exhibit at JCK Las Vegas with the India Pavilion. Can we send our new collection to the buyers we met?
Not to buyers on US numbers: a collection is a marketing template, and Meta does not deliver those to US numbers. Buyers from other countries who opted in to offers can receive it at their market's rate. For US buyers, invite them to message you, then share the collection in the window.
A buyer scans our booth QR code at a Las Vegas show and sends us a message. What does that let us do?
Their message is an opt-in and opens a 24-hour window: you can reply in free form with photos, prices and certificates at ₹0.2989 per reply to a US number. After the window, order confirmations and dispatch notices go as utility templates at ₹0.2989.
Our sales team flies home from Harry Reid International the night the show closes. How do we keep answering buyers?
From India, in the shared inbox. A buyer's question at 10:00 in Las Vegas reaches Mumbai at 22:30 IST in summer and 23:30 in winter, and stays answerable as a free-form reply for 24 hours, so the morning team in India can reply before the buyer's next day starts.
Our staff are in Nevada for a trade show. Which Indian mission should their emergency template name?
The Consulate General of India in Los Angeles, which covers Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico and part of Southern California under the jurisdictions in force since 15 July 2025. Keep its details in an approved utility template so it can go out at once.
Holidaymakers we booked into Las Vegas hotels are travelling on +91 numbers. What do their reminders cost?
India rates, because Meta charges by the recipient's country code: ₹0.19 for a hotel, transfer or flight reminder. A relative in the US on a +1 number joining them gets the same utility template at ₹0.2989, but never an offer.
We are a Las Vegas jewellery wholesaler with a buying office in Surat. Can we use InfiQ?
InfiQ serves India-based businesses: it bills in rupees with GST, keeps customer data in India and supports customers in English and Hindi on India time, so your Indian entity can hold an account. If your business is based in Las Vegas, talk to sales about whether InfiQ fits.
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Sources

Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.

  1. [1]LVCVA Executive Summary, August 2026 · Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority · read 2026-10-20
  2. [2]India Pavilions · Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council · read 2026-10-20
  3. [3]Consular jurisdiction in the US (revised with effect from 15 July 2025) · Embassy of India, Washington DC · read 2026-10-20
  4. [4]Per-user marketing template message limits · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-20
  5. [5]tzdb 'northamerica' file: US rules and America/Los_Angeles · IANA Time Zone Database · read 2026-10-20

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