the September 2008 Issue in PDF Format - Trade Show Executive
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Special Report<br />
The Seamless Integration of<br />
Hotels with Convention Centers<br />
By Renee Di Iulio, senior editor, news & directories<br />
With a special report on Mexico by MAI HERNÁNDEZ C, editor-<strong>in</strong>-chief of masexpos magaz<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Carlsbad, CA – Today, 71% of <strong>the</strong> top<br />
exhibition centers <strong>in</strong> North America now<br />
offer at least one hotel which is attached,<br />
adjacent, across or with<strong>in</strong>, accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
<strong>Trade</strong> <strong>Show</strong> <strong>Executive</strong>’s 4th Annual Report of<br />
Hotel/Convention Center Complexes. This is<br />
up 8 facilities from a year ago when 70%<br />
of <strong>the</strong> exhibition centers offered this<br />
convenience.<br />
Once considered a competitive<br />
advantage, a hotel <strong>in</strong> close proximity is<br />
now a necessity. As a result, 4% of those<br />
without a hotel strategically located are <strong>in</strong><br />
some stage of <strong>the</strong> development to make<br />
that a reality <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> years ahead.<br />
From a macro perspective, <strong>the</strong>re are<br />
over 62 million hotel rooms <strong>in</strong> close<br />
proximity to convention centers <strong>in</strong><br />
North America, add<strong>in</strong>g some needed<br />
convenience for <strong>the</strong> trade show attendee.<br />
Here is how <strong>the</strong> numbers break down:<br />
n Total number of North American<br />
exhibition facilities: 299*<br />
• With a convenient hotel:<br />
212 or 71%<br />
• Without a convenient hotel:<br />
75 or 25%<br />
• Proposed or under construction:<br />
12 or 4%<br />
n Total number of U.S. exhibition<br />
facilities: 197<br />
• All-<strong>in</strong>-One: 55 or 28%<br />
• Attached/Adjacent/Across:<br />
132 or 67%<br />
• Proposed or under construction:<br />
10 or 5%<br />
n Total number of Canadian exhibition<br />
facilities: 11<br />
• All-<strong>in</strong>-One: 1 or 9%<br />
• Attached/Adjacent/Across: 9 or 82%<br />
• Proposed or under construction:<br />
1 or 9%<br />
n Total number of Mexican exhibition<br />
facilities: 16<br />
• All-<strong>in</strong>-One: 1 or 6%<br />
• Attached/Adjacent/Across:<br />
14 or 88%<br />
• Proposed or under construction:<br />
1 or 6%<br />
The <strong>in</strong>formation listed here is <strong>in</strong>tended to<br />
get your research started and offer some<br />
new possibilities. <strong>Trade</strong> <strong>Show</strong> <strong>Executive</strong><br />
will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to track future hotel<br />
developments.<br />
* From <strong>Trade</strong> <strong>Show</strong> Excecutive’s <strong>2008</strong> Directory of <strong>the</strong> World’s Top Convention Centers<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ued on page 30<br />
28 <strong>September</strong> <strong>2008</strong> www.<strong>Trade</strong><strong>Show</strong><strong>Executive</strong>.com