By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: April 22,2011
During the first weekend of May, about 1,500 people are expected to convene in Charlotte for the New South Swimming’s Long Course Invitational. The three-day event, hosted by the Charlotte-based NSS and held at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in uptown, is expected to draw nearly 500 preteen swimmers who will compete in races, said [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: February 1,2011
Charlotte’s snagging of the 2012 Democratic National Convention is expected to have an impact on many of the city’s sectors, including hospitality and tourism. The convention, expected to draw more than 35,000 attendees, will mean quite a windfall for area hotels, Sid Smith, executive director of the Charlotte Area Hotel Association, said today. The convention not [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: February 1,2011
Charlotte will be the host city for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, the Democratic National Committee said today, ending months of speculation in the Queen City. The city beat out St. Louis, Minneapolis and Cleveland for the 46th DMC, an event expected to bring at least a $150 million boost to Charlotte’s economy. “I think we can safely [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: January 14,2011
From October to November, a record-high 3,500 jobs were shed in Charlotte’s leisure and hospitality industry, according to the latest unemployment data from the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. It’s the most jobs lost in a single month in that sector in Mecklenburg County since 1990, when the ESC started tracking the data, said [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: December 21,2010
When the NASCAR Hall of Fame opened in May, David Montgomery, sales manager at the Westin Charlotte Hotel, thought the museum would generate travelers taking weekend trips to see the new attraction. But so far, NASCAR-driven hotel guests are more frequently checking in wearing business suits than Dale Earnhardt Jr. hats. “We expected it to [...]
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