Beach trails all competitors in convention chase

Written by Miami Today on March 21, 2017

Every competing convention site has an attached hotel averaging 2,150 rooms as Miami Beach struggles to get voters to OK an 800-room convention hotel, a Blue Ribbon Steering Committee was told Monday night.
At the committee’s ninth meeting to secure a hotel for the Miami Beach Convention Center, John Kaatz, principal of Convention Sports and Leisure, said a hotel is vital to convince convention planners to pick Miami Beach. His research stacked Miami Beach with 14 competitors, all currently far ahead of us…To read the full story click here