Major national convention close to choosing Cincinnati

Oct 22, 2014, 12:16pm EDT

Chris Wetterich Staff reporter- Cincinnati Business Courier

 

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People plans to tap Cincinnati for its 2016 national convention if a site visit next month goes well, the Courier has learned.

 

Representatives of the NAACP plan to visit the city Nov. 5 through Nov. 7.

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2014/10/22/major-national-convention-close-to-choosing.html

Cincinnati vies to host international convention

Nov 4, 2014, 7:23am EST

Staff Cincinnati Business Courier

 

Cincinnati is the U.S. representative bidding to host a huge international conference in 2019, the Enquirer reports.

 

A delegation from the International Council of Museums was in town last week to tour Cincinnati's major arts and cultural venues to see if it's a candidate for its gathering that is held every three years.

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/morning_call/2014/11/cincinnati-vies-to-host-international-convention.html

NAACP picks Cincinnati for national convention

Dec 2, 2014, 8:44am EST Updated: Dec 2, 2014, 8:49am EST

Erin Caproni Digital Producer- Cincinnati Business Courier

 

 

The NAACP has chosen Cincinnati to host its 2016 national convention.

 

The event will mark the group's second visit to the Queen City in eight years and will bring millions in economic impact.

 

The Courier previously reported that the group planned to choose Cincinnati for the convention if an event last month went well.

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2014/12/02/naacp-picks-cincinnati-for-national-convention.html

Nice

Cincinnati dominates ranking of Ohio’s top 10 hotels

Feb 2, 2017, 11:04am EST

Bill Cieslewicz

Managing editor

Cincinnati Business Courier

 

 

Cincinnati is home to the state’s top-ranked hotel and four of Ohio’s top 10, according to a report released Thursday.

 

The 21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati, which opened on Walnut Street at the site of the former Metropole Hotel in 2012, is the No. 1 hotel in Ohio, according to U.S. News & World Report’s list of 2017 Best Hotels. Here is what reviewers had to say about it:

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/02/02/cincinnati-dominates-ranking-of-ohio-s-top-10.html

Cincinnati dominates ranking of Ohio’s top 10 hotels

Feb 2, 2017, 11:04am EST

Bill Cieslewicz

Managing editor

Cincinnati Business Courier

 

 

Cincinnati is home to the state’s top-ranked hotel and four of Ohio’s top 10, according to a report released Thursday.

 

The 21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati, which opened on Walnut Street at the site of the former Metropole Hotel in 2012, is the No. 1 hotel in Ohio, according to U.S. News & World Report’s list of 2017 Best Hotels. Here is what reviewers had to say about it:

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/02/02/cincinnati-dominates-ranking-of-ohio-s-top-10.html

 

WOW!

Tourism pros: Need bigger convention center, new 'HQ' hotel

Bowdeya Tweh , [email protected] 6:37 a.m. ET Feb. 9, 2017

 

A new Downtown Cincinnati "headquarters" hotel and a larger convention center are the top items on a wish list of the region's largest tourism groups, officials from those organizations told The Enquirer on Wednesday.

 

Expanding the Duke Energy Convention Center and finding an alternative to the existing Millennium Hotel were the top recommendations as part of a "destination assessment" funded by a Cincinnati destination marketing organization and the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky convention bureaus.

 

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2017/02/09/tourism-pros-need-bigger-convention-center-new-hq-hotel/97643496/

This kind of study strikes me a little like tunnel vision by people who would stand to land some subsidies if the recommendations were acted on.  Couldn't we instead build tourism by protecting our historic architecture? (#savethedennison) Couldnt we expand tourism by having a more vibrant downtown (by adding 1000's of residents?) but no, here we have the 1980's solution, get locked in an arms race with competitor cities and expand the convention center. Tailor made for Cranley and the rest of the old guard

It seem like all of a sudden there are lots of Asian tourists in Cincinnati.  Is this just my imagination?  Is this a nationwide phenomenon?  

1 hour ago, Jimmy Skinner said:

It seem like all of a sudden there are lots of Asian tourists in Cincinnati.  Is this just my imagination?  Is this a nationwide phenomenon?  

 

There always seem to be a lot of foreigners with their kids down at Smale.  I don't know if these people are tourists or immigrants or what.  It gives the impression that Cincinnati is much more diverse than it is!  

1 hour ago, Jimmy Skinner said:

It seem like all of a sudden there are lots of Asian tourists in Cincinnati.  Is this just my imagination?  Is this a nationwide phenomenon?  

 

When I lived in Philly there were TONS of Asian tourists year round. I have noticed more Asian folks in Cincinnati in the past few months but not sure if they're tourists or residents. I know my apartment building downtown has a lot of South Asian families living in it. 

More info on Cincinnati’s involvement in the 2026 WorldCup. I have also heard from a contact that Cincinnati will be hosting a “championship contender country”

 

“We anticipate we will be hosting World Cup qualifiers and World Cup friendlies,” Berding said. “We will host one of the leading countries in Cincinnati. All of their fans will come to this region. The team will train at our headquarters. They’ll go to our great destinations and then drive to games in Kansas City, Philadelphia or Atlanta."

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2023/03/14/berding-expects-to-host-world-cup-qualifiers.html

I'm confused why Cincinnati would host World Cup Qualifiers. Canada, Mexico, and the US all automatically qualify for the World Cup as hosts, so a qualifier would have to be between two other countries thousands of miles away. That doesn't really make sense to me. Maybe he misspoke? Tune-up matches in the weeks leading up the World Cup are perfectly reasonable, too IMO. But qualifiers here would be strange.

 

I could totally see a big team's HQ in Cincinnati. The FCC training facilities are one of the best in the country. It doesn't sound intuitive, but there are going to be 48 teams, and only 16 host cities. Every host city cannot headquarter 3 national teams.

^ Even though the US/Mexico and Canada receive auto bids, the other countries need to qualify so they will still come play the US Team or the Canadian team in their quest to qualify. I assume he meant that these other teams would try and qualify even if it is only a friendly for the US Team. 

2 minutes ago, Brutus_buckeye said:

^ Even though the US/Mexico and Canada receive auto bids, the other countries need to qualify so they will still come play the US Team or the Canadian team in their quest to qualify. I assume he meant that these other teams would try and qualify even if it is only a friendly for the US Team. 

 

The US, Mexico, and Canada will not take part in qualifiers. They will likely play friendlies as tune-up matches, but none of those matches will matter for either team. As Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, etc. fight each other for the remaining CONCACAF spots in the World Cup, they will not play a meaningful game against the three host countries.