State tourism advertising poses tough question
If Indiana is to be marketed as a region, government will be the one to do it.
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Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and Lilly team up on I-70 landscaping project
Some of Indianapolis’ main entrances from Interstate 70 are in line for a $2 million makeover.
Iran: A peaceful sojourn into the ‘Axis of Evil’
Iran 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.
New motorsports trade show takes aim at departed PRI
Still 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.
Indy Gen-X group to tout city to out-of-town recruits
IndyHub, 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.
CIB rescue plan counts on new hotel being big success
The Marion County Capital Improvement Board’s bailout depends on the success of Indianapolis’ new downtown JW Marriott convention hotel.
Local Conrad hotel honored
Conrad Indianapolis has been recognized as the No. 1 U.S. hotel by Expedia Insiders’ Select List 2009.
Progress on the Prairie
It’s good to see Conner Prairie thriving after the rocky years it endured earlier in the decade.
Rail bonding: Train trips aren’t just a thing of the past
Train travel is not only a thing of the past—it’s also a thing of the present.
Minority, women contracts rise for Convention Center project
The 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.
Excitement, perspective in Tanzania
Janie and I recently returned from a photographic safari in Tanzania with our children and their spouses.
White River trail will weave in stories
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.
Raising already-lofty lodging levy could cause convention planners to bypass Indianapolis
Raising 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.
Youth, high school events may be next sports thrust
City officials are looking to add youth and high school sports to the roster of collegiate and professional events built up since the city decided a generation ago to pursue amateur sports as an image-enhancing strategy.
All of us Belongers, building castles in the sand
On 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.
New terminal plays big role in city marketing campaign
Local tourism supporters are prominently featuring the Indianapolis International Airport’s makeover in a branding campaign rolled out earlier this month.
Conventions going high-tech with RFID
Radio 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
The 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.
CIB’s influence has grown with city’s sports scene
State lawmakers formed the Capital Improvement Board in 1965 to oversee construction of the city’s convention center.
Indianapolis ‘raising the game’ for tourism
Lackluster 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.