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Local convention activity warming up during winter months
February 13, 2010
Anthony SchoettleOnce considered a destination only eight months of the year, Indianapolis—with its compact downtown and indoor walkways—is
emerging as a convention powerhouse even during cold weather.
MoreICVA chief: Downtown Indianapolis will need another big hotel
February 13, 2010
Scott OlsonThe 1,000-room J.W. Marriott isn’t even finished and support already is emerging for a second downtown hotel that
would rival it in size.
MoreLocal officials interested in hosting NBA All-Star Game
February 12, 2010
Anthony SchoettleWith Lucas Oil Stadium and other new city amenities to show off, local sports and tourism officials are considering making
a bid for the NBA's midseason blowout weekend.
MoreFirst hotel in downtown Marriott complex to open doors
February 2, 2010
Scott OlsonThe Fairfield Inn & Suites on West Washington Street downtown will open Wednesday. The hotel is the first of four comprising
the 1,600-room Marriott Place project to welcome guests.
MoreICVA receives $5.4M gift to promote Indianapolis
January 28, 2010
Scott OlsonThe Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association said Thursday that it has received a $5.4 million gift to help market the
city's tourism and convention industries. The grant comes from a foundation headed by the developer of the Marriott Place
hotel complex under construction downtown.
MoreICVA hotel-room bookings ahead of schedule
January 19, 2010
Scott OlsonGroups that committed in 2009 to hold meetings in Indianapolis in future years booked a total of nearly 688,000 hotel-room
nights, a number that exceeded ICVA's goal by 5 percent.
MoreUncertainty over 2012 Super Bowl puts hotels in a bind
January 16, 2010
Anthony SchoettleAt issue is a dispute pitting NFL players against owners, and owners against one another over how league
revenue should be divided. If it isn't resolved, the 2011 season could be shortened, delayed or canceled.
MoreBig companies seek chance to bid on CIB privatization
January 8, 2010
Peter SchnitzlerIndianapolis receives a dozen responses to its proposal to privatize management of Lucas Oil Stadium,
the Indiana Convention Center and, perhaps, Conseco Fieldhouse.
MoreRacing industry trade shows won't conflict in 2010
December 19, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Performance Racing Industry Show has set its 2010 dates for Dec. 9-11. That means the International Motorsports Industry
Show held in Indianapolis will have Dec. 1-3 to itself.
MoreFledgling motorsports show growing faster than expected
December 12, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThe show held in Indianapolis Dec. 3-4 is picking up speed much faster than event organizers and local
convention and tourism officials expected. But the nation’s biggest motorsports trade show, Performance
Racing Industry Show, is considering competing with the local show head-on in 2010.
MoreMotorsports industry show to stay here through 2015
December 5, 2009
IBJ StaffThe inaugural show opened Dec. 2 at the Indiana Convention Center, and is expected to draw more than
10,000 attendees.
MoreBaseball meetings let leaders tout Indianapolis to influential audience
December 5, 2009
Anthony SchoettleIndianapolis was up against Dallas, Las Vegas, Orlando, Atlanta and New Orleans to host baseball's Winter
Meetings, which
will draw more than 200 media members from the nation’s top 30 markets.
MoreMassive CEDIA Expo returning to city after 5-year break
December 2, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisThe locally based Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association will bring its fall trade show back to Indianapolis
in 2011 and 2012—making good on a promise to return after a $275 million expansion of the Indiana Convention Center.
MoreLocal convention leaders wine, dine crucial meeting planners
November 14, 2009
Anthony SchoettleBehind every convention that rolls into Indianapolis is a tedious sales effort as intense and invisible as a riptide. Sometimes
the sale cycle lasts as long as six years.
MoreICVA: Ad campaign helps draw more visitors to region
November 12, 2009
Scott OlsonA summer advertising campaign launched by the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association helped produce more visitors
and dollars for central Indiana, even though the organization spent less this year marketing the region.
MoreMembers of City-County Council form task force to study CIB financial problems
November 7, 2009
IBJ StaffA new task force formed this month is charged with recommending solutions to the financial problems of the Indianapolis
Capital Improvement Board and its related convention and tourism issues.
MoreICVA unlikely to seek loan to pay for enhanced marketing
September 12, 2009
IBJ StaffThe idea of the not-for-profit Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association taking out a loan was not warmly received by
city officials. And financial institutions were less than thrilled with the idea given the ICVA’s diminishing revenue
and increasing costs.
MoreBlack engineers group chooses city for 2013 convention
September 2, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association said today the National Society of Black Engineers will hold its annual
convention here in March 2013.
MoreICVA: Stadium's retractable roof worth the cost
August 29, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThree music events with direct visitor spending estimated at $28 million that were hosted at Lucas Oil Stadium offer proof,
city officials said, that the expense of the retractable roof and other features of the $720 million facility are paying off.
MoreICVA might take out loan to market city for conventions
August 24, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThe Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association is so desperate for more marketing funding, the organization charged
with promoting the city as a convention and tourism destination is considering taking out a loan. While that
would be the last resort, ICVA CEO Don Welsh said it is one he will have to consider if the money can’t be raised through
local taxes.
MoreCIB OKs budget, but awaits council vote
August 10, 2009
Scott OlsonMembers of the Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board this afternoon passed a $63 million budget for 2010 that hinges on the
City-County Council’s approval of a hike in the local hotel tax.
MoreA new centerpiece for city's convention strategy: medical, science groups
August 3, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThe Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association is putting together an all-star corporate consortium to make the city
a hub for medical and life sciences conventions, meetings and trade shows. The ICVA began running the initiative
full-speed this year and already has signed deals to bring 40 medical meetings to Indianapolis through 2015, including annual
meetings for the American Association of Diabetes Educators in 2012 and the American College of Sports Medicine and American
Chemical Society in 2013.
MoreIndianapolis hotels feel pain of national slump
July 27, 2009
Anthony SchoettleHotel occupancy rates are way down in Indianapolis, as they are elsewhere, but local operators and national analysts think
the city is in a good position to bounce back when the economy improves.
MoreExperts doubt Indianapolis can lure huge conventions
June 1, 2009
Scott OlsonIndianapolis already hosts three of the top 200 conventions in the country. But additional meeting space coming online late
next year could help the city double the number.
MoreOutlying counties, tired of waiting for Indianapolis convention spillover, set own strategies
June 1, 2009
Anthony SchoettleSome industry insiders worry that, while Indianapolis is busy chasing bigger conventions, adjoining counties may raid the
cupboard made plentiful by investments within Marion County, particularly downtown.
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