1. Among such projects under construction are a sports arena, an art museum, a convention hotel, a history center and a music hall. 2. At the same time, Chappell predicted that growing convention business would create the demand for another convention hotel, perhaps on the Perot site. 3. Beautiful tile, cabinets of exotic woods, space-saving organizers of every stripe will surround appliances of a size usually found in convention hotels. 4. A young doctor has succumbed to temptation in a convention hotel. 5. But a police bacchanal at convention hotels in Washington last year and a correlation between alcohol abuse and suicides among officers suggest a continuing problem. 6. Disney also announced other new projects Tuesday at the Walt Disney World complex, including expanded shopping and dining areas and a new convention hotel. 7. Goldberg and Ribis said their major complaint is that private financing for the entertainment complex and the convention headquarters hotel was inadequate. 8. Large convention hotels also are hoping for an occupancy boost. 9. More hotels are coming, says Lincoln, including a new convention headquarters hotel. 10. More ominously, the universalist ideal persists in convention hotels, airport lounges, fast-food outlets and other homogenized environments of the global monoculture. |