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Municipalities across the United States are seeking approvals, funding or public-private partnerships to develop or redevelop their convention centers with an attached, big-box hotel. City councils in Kansas City and Oklahoma City are in process of getting approvals and funding secured while Portland, Oregon, and Chicago have such projects underway. One of the latest convention
The investments from state governments into tourism more than pay for themselves when compared to the travel and tourism revenue they generate.
Hoteliers need to ready themselves for the possibility of wage increases and implement ways to mitigate the new costs of operation.