Subject: Accommodation Facilities and Services

• Cash Cow or White Elephant?

  The return of the convention center hotel plan

  September 2, 1999

• Brazoria County -- Come for the Beaches (Maybe)

  July 22, 2008

• Fine Arts Fallout

  Will local groups get hammered by the post-terrorist hotel tax dive?

  October 18, 2001

• Best Place for a Wedding

  La Colombe d'Or

  September 26, 2002

• Coffee with Betti and the FBI

  May 16, 1996

• Tim Dorsey: Nuclear Jellyfish

  March 5, 2009

• Best Hotel

  Hotel Derek

  September 25, 2003

• Best Renovation

  Magnolia Hotel

  September 25, 2003

• Conventional Wisdom

  Countdown to Downtown

  July 26, 2001

• Sisters in Crime Group Signing

  May 21, 2009

• Hotel Occupancy Dips, And Groups Who Depend On Those Tax Monies Keep A Wary Eye

  Photo courtesy GHCVB​If yesterday's Chron story on projected drops in hotel tax revenues  gave you the frightening impression that Minute Maid Park might shutter its doors, or at least make the entire Astros roster sweep the bleachers and maintain the field, you may exhale -- at least for now. Janis Schmees, executive director of the Harris County/Houston Sports Authority -- which pays stadium bonds through hotel occupancy and car rental tax revenue -- told Hair Balls 

  August 21, 2009