New Hotel David Whitney

[Richard]

Cities like Miami,Vegas,Orlando have higher room rates because they are heavy tourist destinations,conventions add to the revenue base and are a sort of the carrot on the stick.

Most mid size cities have convention centers but they are directly connected to the tourist industry because you have to look at what would compel a company to hold a convention in your city.

Conventions are pretty much an excuse to mix business with some vacation time in a different setting while giving the employees an experience outside of their normal daily lives.

I do not think there is a magic number,it’s a formula of the more you are a destination,the more tourists will come and the more conventions that you will draw and the more rooms you will need to accommodate.

If not you could put a convention center in the middle of a cornfield in Iowa.

I did not check there locally but most touristy places the convention centers and tourist campaigns work hand in hand,with the bed tax as a funding tool.

If you were a CEO of a company what would compell you to have You convention in Detroit where outside of the convention stuff your employees can get out to enjoy time outside of the daily grind and with a positive experience.

I have never thought Detroit was any different then places like NYC,Miami,Orlando etc.

It’s a city that helped shape the world and has a worldwide name recognition already,if you can figure out how to capitalize on that the sky is the limit,it’s like all the pieces to the puzzle are there already,something not many cities have,if you could pick them all up and assemble them into the bigger picture the revenue generated would change the city.

Some cities are known for a specific thing,when you look at Detroit it impacted people’s lives in many different ways,automobiles,music,appliances etc there was a little piece of Detroit in the majority of every households in the world,not just the city state and country,the world.