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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Dallas committee opts for Omni Hotel at downtown Convention centec

Dallas City Hall blog (11/20):

Dallas City Council committee recommends Omni Hotels in 5-1 vote
12:07 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Dave Levinthal

"Omni Hotels should operate a planned, publicly owned Dallas Convention Center hotel, the Dallas City Council's economic development committee recommended to the full City Council in a 5-1 vote.

"Each of the hotels had pluses and each of the hotels had minuses," economic development committee chairman Ron Natinsky said. "At the end of the day, you have to make a decision."

The decision to choose Omni Hotels over Marriott to operate the planned $500 million hotel project hinged on a most cost-effective proposal to Dallas, as well as the company's local ownership, reputation for quality and growing brand, Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez said." ...

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