J.A.S.O.N. Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Came across this at SSCDallas, we have a problemHouston gets a jump on convention business with new hotel, reinvigorated downtown11:59 AM CDT on Sunday, October 24, 2004By SUZANNE MARTA / The Dallas Morning NewsHOUSTON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallasite Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Good for Houston and bad for Big D.Though I know there is certainly truth to the article, I hope it is more of a jab at the Dallas government to get an attached convention center hotel. The DMN has been very supportive of a CC hotel for some time. Laura Miller and friends need a nudge to get going...I hope this is it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxConcrete Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 The DMN has been very supportive of a CC hotel for some time. Laura Miller and friends need a nudge to get going...I hope this is it!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>The DMN has been going all-out to influence Dallas City Hall - especially the Booz-Allen report. According to some reports, they spent $400k on that report.Belo Corp has been the ramrod in this. I think they own the DNM as well as a TV station. Supposedly Belo owns a lot of property downtown near the convention center. Are they looking to get hundreds of millions in tax money spent to improve downtown and also improve their property values? I wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Hehehe, its the "Convention hotel" scandal all over again, except Dallas style! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamtagon Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Hehehe, its the "Convention hotel" scandal all over again, except Dallas style!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>It sure is, and the city council would be SO much more comfortable waiting a couple more years while business cycles reveal the most cost effective way for the city to help get it taken care of, but I dont know how much caution time they really have.I glad Houston is getting this surge, it's overdue. It would be nice to see the state's biggest convention destinations cooperate in negotiations with the biggest of the yearly conventions. A three year rotation between Houston, Dallas and San Antonio could be a very attractive circuit for convention planners - a unique discount by dealing with one agency to plan three conventions. City and state economies prosper through a unified marketing/planning process as the biggest conventions of the industry are drawn into the state, rotate among the three cities and establish a stable fulcrum for the individual city convention bureau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxDave Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 This is a little off topic, but regarding convention hotels, I have to give Houston kudos! This summer I stayed in the Hilton Americas and was very impressed. My room was exceptional - and I have traveled a lot and stayed in a lot of "top tier" hotels. The convenience to the convention center was great and the whole place had a real "Houston cosmopolitan" feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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