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Could Republican convention in Tampa make it a convention city for the future?

Jamal Thalji

Skift Take

The convention business in the U.S. is almost always a battle of local egos rather than smart planning about how to bring business to a city.

First, the obvious: the 50,000-plus visitors heading our way for the Republican National Convention will be a boon to Tampa Bay's hotels and motels, industry analyst Chad Church told local proprietors Thursday. But the convention could also help Tampa Bay rebuild a key area where hotels lost ground during the Great Recession: the lucrative convention business. "It puts you on a national stage for an extended period of time," Church told the hoteliers. "It really allows you to showcase the area and make that pitch for other large groups to come to Tampa." Church, a senior director at Smith Travel Research Inc., briefed several dozen operators at the Hillsborough County Hotel and Motel Asso

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