2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl brought in $12 million
The college football season is set to end Thursday night, and Chick-fil-A Bowl President Gary Stokan is in Miami ready to attend the title game. Sure, he gets a chance to watch one last gridiron contest, and being in Florida in January isn't bad, either. But Stokan said his mission is to see how officials there put on the game and if there's anything the Chick-fil-A organizers might emulate. ...

Anaheim convention business tops 1.2 million in '08
Visitor & Convention Bureau reports more attendees at conventions compared to past 2 years.

Conventions bring cash in but they need it, too
KEARNEY ? Not too long ago, Roger Jasnoch says, you could impress meeting and tradeshow planners with a few perks.

Tampa Conventions Business Gets Major August Commitment
The city's meetings and conventions business will get a boost in August with a commitment from the Women of Faith group to bring its Grand New Day Conference Tour to the St. Pete Times Forum. The conference will draw about 15,000 attendees, according to a release by Tampa Bay & Co., which markets the visitors industry for Hillsborough County.

New Orleans visitors' bureau optimistic about '09
NEW ORLEANS - A spokeswoman for the New Orleans Convention and Visitors' Bureau is optimistic about 2009 but says officials early in the year will be watching whether the national recession affects tourism numbers.

Redskins Branding Plan Gets Nod From Ad Hoc Committee
Loudoun County's potential to partner with the Washington Redskins has another chance after the ad hoc committee formed to vet the marketing proposal turned out a unanimous vote to recommend approval.

Umstead Hotel & Spa Selects IDeaS Revenue Optimization to Enhance Revenue and Profit
IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of hospitality revenue management and optimization solutions and services, today announced that The Umstead Hotel & Spa, recipient of a 2008 AAA "Five Diamond Award", selected its IDeaS V5i pricing and revenue management solution to optimize revenue and profit. IDeaS V5i will provide forecasting, optimization and pricing solutions as an on-demand ...

Hospitality tax amendments proposed
City officials have been getting an earful about plans to ask voters to extend the 2 percent hospitality tax and in response plan to amend the ordinance that would place the measure on the ballot.

Planned TIF raises concerns
Editors? note The City Council?s decision on the proposed development downtown was too late for this week?s edition and for complete coverage, check online at www.nlrtimes.com and next week?s paper.

Lawyers at odds over guidelines for Mulroney-Schreiber inquiry
Lawyers for Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber were poised to lay out dramatically different arguments Wednesday about what ethics rules and guides should be applied when exploring a series of cash transactions between the former prime minister and the German-born lobbyist

Nevada tourism chair defends China mission, ad campaign 'We went to China to work, not play'
CARSON CITY, Nev. - A 10-day tourism-building mission that Lieutenant Governor Brian K. Krolicki led to China last June involved morning-until-night meetings with influential Chinese officials and journalists, Krolicki said Friday, refuting criticism by Governor Jim Gibbons.

Convention Complex to open with fanfare
JACKSON ? The highly anticipated opening of the new Jackson Convention Complex is finally at hand.

Convention bureau support pays off, city told
Now is not the time to cut funding to programs and organizations that are working to bring tourists to town, says the Yukon Convention Bureau's managing director.

High-speed rail, battling crime among mayor's priorities
Promoting a high-speed passenger rail link to Rochester and addressing the issue of local "hate crimes" are two of Mayor Ardell Brede's priorities for the

Jann Karam: A Superficial Take on Politically Historical Events as Perceived While Watching CNN and MSNBC
I'm not saying that getting laid is the agenda at every political event. But when everybody's drunk on America, there's a good chance to engage salaciously with legislators or the fit security staff.

Tourist numbers set record
A record number of tourists stopped by the Visitor Information Centre last year. There were 74,637 tourists tallied at the Hwy 2 information centre, topping the previous record of 73,027 set in 2006. Last year?s visitor count was also up 8.6 per cent over 2007 when 68,714 visitors passed through.

The Greenbrier resort looking for quick solutions
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Greenbrier County commissioner believes the owners of The Greenbrier resort should determine whether to sell the business before they decide whether to bring table games or slot machines into the historic resort.The president of Lewis...

Four Points to meet tourist needs
KUCHING: After almost two decades, a new international hotel will open here.

Switcher's lament: The case against Mac
Beautiful hardware and a robust operating system don't trump apps and peripherals that don't work as they are supposed to.

Four Points to meet tourist needs
KUCHING: After almost two decades, a new international hotel will open here. Sheraton's Four Points Hotel, owned by Global Upline Sdn Bhd, will open for business next Saturday, to meet the rising demand for hotel rooms.