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Tourism & Hospitality
Indianapolis outpaces Cincinnati in many convention measures
June 1, 2009
In this Quick Hits look at a competing convention city, Cincinnati boasts more convention space, but Indianapolis draws more guests.
State tourism advertising poses tough question
May 18, 2009
Mike HicksIf Indiana is to be marketed as a region, government will be the one to do it.
MoreKeep Indianapolis Beautiful and Lilly team up on I-70 landscaping project
May 18, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinSome of Indianapolis' main entrances from Interstate 70 are in line for a $2 million makeover.
MoreIran: A peaceful sojourn into the 'Axis of Evil'
May 18, 2009
Frank BasileIran is a magnificent and historically important country. It contains nine World Historical Sites as designated by UNESCO.
Only 20 countriesâ??including Greece, China and Italyâ??have more.
MoreNew motorsports trade show takes aim at departed PRI
April 27, 2009
Anthony SchoettleStill stinging from the city's loss of the giant Performance Racing Industry trade show in 2004, a group of local motorsports
business advocates is racing to put on a competing event.
MoreIndy Gen-X group to tout city to out-of-town recruits
April 20, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinIndyHub, the city's young professionals network, will launch a new Web site, circlingthecity.com, to pique the interest of
out-of-towners who are being recruited by local companies.
MoreLocal Conrad hotel honored
April 13, 2009
Conrad Indianapolis has been recognized as the No. 1 U.S. hotel by Expedia Insiders' Select List 2009.
MoreCIB rescue plan counts on new hotel being big success
April 13, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerThe Marion County Capital Improvement Board's bailout depends on the success of Indianapolis' new downtown JW Marriott convention
hotel.
MoreProgress on the Prairie
April 6, 2009
It's good to see Conner Prairie thriving after the rocky years it endured earlier in the decade.
MoreMinority, women contracts rise for Convention Center project
March 30, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThe hiring of minority- and women-owned
businesses to work on the $275 million Indiana Convention Center expansion is far ahead of state requirements and has surpassed
rates that were registered for the $715 million Lucas Oil Stadium project.
MoreRail bonding: Train trips aren't just a thing of the past
March 30, 2009
Frank BasileTrain travel is not only a thing of the past—it's also a thing of the present.
MoreExcitement, perspective in Tanzania
March 23, 2009
Mickey MaurerJanie and I recently returned from a photographic safari in Tanzania with our children and their spouses.
MoreWhite River trail will weave in stories
March 9, 2009
NINebark, a landscaping architectural firm, is making six large storyboards so that users of the planned White River Greenway
will learn about the area's industrial history.
MoreRaising already-lofty lodging levy could cause convention planners to bypass Indianapolis
March 2, 2009
Scott OlsonRaising Indianapolis' tax on hotel rooms — already one of the highest rates in the nation — could be the tipping
point that causes conventioneers to bypass Indianapolis, some industry experts say.
MoreAll of us Belongers, building castles in the sand
February 23, 2009
Bruce HetrickOn vacation in the British West Indies, we see the decline from just a year ago at this same beautiful spotâ??fewer families
at play, fewer retirees strolling arm and arm, fewer young couples slathering one another with sunscreen.
MoreNew terminal plays big role in city marketing campaign
February 23, 2009
Scott OlsonLocal tourism supporters are prominently featuring the Indianapolis International Airport's makeover in a branding campaign
rolled out earlier this month.
MoreConventions going high-tech with RFID
February 23, 2009
Anthony SchoettleRadio frequency identification—better known as RFID—is making its way to trade shows and conventions, providing a plethora of information about attendees.
ICVA seeks extra $15M to market new center
February 23, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThe Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association says it needs more sales and marketing firepower to fill an expanded convention
center and adjacent hotels. That means asking the city's Capital Improvement Board—one of ICVA's primary sources of funds—for
a budget increase of up to 50 percent at the worst possible time.
MoreCIB's influence has grown with city's sports scene
February 9, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerState lawmakers formed the Capital Improvement Board in 1965 to oversee construction of the city's convention center.
MoreIndianapolis 'raising the game' for tourism
January 22, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisLackluster economy be darned, Indianapolis' tourism trade gained ground in 2008. And the city's new head cheerleader has even
higher hopes for this year and beyond.
MoreConvention group signs Young & Laramore as agency-of-record
January 12, 2009
The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association signed a deal this month to make locally based Young & Laramore
its advertising
agency of record.
MoreEmmis to produce tourism publications for ICVA
January 5, 2009
Indianapolis based Emmis Communications Corp. signed a three-year deal to produce and publish the Indianapolis Convention
& Visitors
Association's
semi-annual visitors guide, convention planners guide and other tourism-related publications and materials.
MoreStadium, airport terminal open
December 29, 2008
Anthony SchoettleThe $720 million Lucas Oil Stadium opened in August, just in time for the Indianapolis Colts' season. Indianapolis International
Airport's $1.1 billion midfield
terminal, meanwhile, took off in November.
MoreTourism chief hired from Seattle
December 29, 2008
Anthony SchoettleThough few knew what to think when Don Welsh announced in June he was leaving Seattle to become Indianapolis Convention &
Visitors Association CEO, he's shown he didn't come here to simply wind down his career.
MoreTaking a sightseeing vacation ... right here in Indy
December 29, 2008
Frank BasileFor eight years, we'd gone out of town for the holidays. But in this particular year not too long ago it looked like we had
no choice but to stay put. So we decided to do the same thing here that we would have done in Utah—sightsee.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.