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Unconventional Spending
After a six month investigation, Reporter C. S. Murphy reported for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that the "Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau spends more than twice as much money as a tytpical city tourism agency but can't show the public what it's getting in return for its money." Murphy also finds "The bureau's regular annual audits have repeatedly called for tighter spending controls and more accountability."
Tags: Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau; FOIA; LIttle Rock Advertising and Promotion Commission; CLinton School of Public Service; no-bid contracts; Cranford Johnson Robinson & Woods; Arkansas Tourism Development Foundation; Arkansas Ethics Commission; retaliatory firings; Arkansas Host Committee; Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce; African American fraternities
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Is Bigger Better?
When officials in Orlando decided to build a new convention center for the town (which will end up costing a total of $2.8 billion), they told residents that it would attract around 500,000 visitors during its first year. However, the center only attracted a mere 154,317 visitors and had a bad impact on Orlando's economy. Dan Tracy investigated and found that the numbers given by those who run the convention center are only estimates and educated guesses. He also found that it is becoming harder and harder for other cities to compete with Las Vegas, which is the number one convention destination.
Tags: The Orange County Convention Center; Las Vegas; tourism; Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Unconventional Spending
WJW's Investigative team puts the same Cleveland's corporate leaders under the scanner, who have launched an initiative to publicly fund a new $400,000,000 convention center. This television series exposes how some of these leaders were "already exploiting public tourism dollars for their own personal benefit".
Tags: Cleveland Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB); corporate; tourism; unconventional spending