Tag: tourism
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Convention Center Facelift
Last week Memphis announced a major renovation to the Cook Convention Center. The investment is welcome, but is it enough to revive the convention business?
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Thinking about convention centers
Twice now, in the past two weeks, Memphis City Councilman Harold Collins has publicly voiced his support for at least thinking about a new convention center here and yesterday, here. Earlier this month, Kevin Kane of the Memphis CVB told the City Council that the Cook was functionally obsolete, something I could have told you…
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Memphis’ Travel Troubles Aren’t Limited to Airfare
Over the past week, much of the conversation here in Memphis has revolved around transportation and tourism. The week started with Mayor Wharton’s trip to St. Louis to try and lure COGIC back. Just a week before came news that the National Folk Alliance was moving to Kansas City. In each case, the cost of…