A bill filed by Senate Appropriations Chairman Ryan Mishler would extend the life of multiple tourism- and entertainment-related taxes that help fund the Capital Improvement Board and expand the footprint of what’s known as the Professional Sports Development Area to capture even more tax revenue for the CIB. But there’s a catch.
Read MoreNearly 30 years after coming to Indianapolis to head the city’s convention efforts, Barney Levengood is retiring later this year.
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Indianapolis officials say they’re up for the challenge of hosting the eighth annual College Football Playoff National Championship in January 2022, even as they’re planning six other big sporting events that take place within a 13-month stretch.
The closure of a handful of hotels across the city has essentially wiped out the gains made when the JW Marriott opened with its 1,005 rooms. Now Visit Indy and the city’s Capital Improvement Board are studying whether the city needs more rooms and more convention center space.
Fueled by exposure from the 2012 Super Bowl and a USA Today article touting the city’s convention prowess, Visit Indy booked nearly 200,000 more hotel rooms in 2014 than it did in 2013.
The NCAA plans to announce between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Friday on CBS Sports Network its selection of cities to host the men’s basketball Final Four in 2017 through 2020.
You know the drill—find a place where a contingent from your organization can fall back and talk about something important. (Or unimportant.)
Folksy chief cements deals with handshakes, promotes tourism spots with video network in hotels.
A stinging defeat for Indy’s quest to land the 2018 Super Bowl leaves a giant opening in the city’s convention schedule and brings new urgency to recruiting future sports events.
The $178,000 study will answer key questions about how the city can better connect its highlights, attract and please business and leisure travelers, and hook up with corporate partners.
City tourism officials worked for years to bring second-largest convention ever to Indianapolis.
Businesses are scrambling to decide how to cater to the massive confab.
A bipartisan group of city-county councilors is considering an ordinance that would increase panhandling restrictions, including barring panhandling and street performances within 50 feet of any area where any financial transaction is made.
New convention prospects are talking to the city’s marketing agency after passage of the city’s expanded smoking ordinance last year.
Eighteen months after the expansion opened, indicators of success are mixed.
Ex-Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association chief Bill McGowan weighs the pay-off.
New program is designed to lure Indiana residents to capital city with large discounts at hotels, attractions
A comparison of convention and tourism cities.
As Indiana slashed its tourism budget, Michigan increased its widespread Pure Michigan ad campaign from $17 million to $27.4 million. Illinois, where budget problems have earned the state the nation’s worst credit rating—A3 by Moody’s Investors Service—spends more than twice as much as Michigan.
A side-by-side comparison of the tourism and convention industries in Indianapolis and San Diego.
Greater consistency is expected to pay tourism dividends.
Philadelphia offers strong historical draws and a plethora of downtown restaurants.
