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Mayor Williams, Hotels Still Pushing for Business

WASHINGTON, DC-The mayor and general managers from several of the District's major hotels gathered Monday in an attempt to attract more convention and tourism business to the city.

By Marlon Millner | Updated on October 01, 2001

WASHINGTON, DC-District Mayor Anthony Williams and other high-profile hotel officials are trying to drum up convention and tourism business for the city, which has declined significantly since the attack three weeks ago. Late Monday, the mayor and general managers from 10 major city hotels were expected to gather at the Washington Convention Center for the purpose of contacting conference and convention planners to encourage them to come to Washington.

Although the city officially says bookings for the existing convention center remain strong through December 2002, there certainly has been a significant decline in the aftermath of the attack on the Pentagon and New York’s former World Trade Center complex. “For the month of September, we would project and be able to do 75% [occupancy],” Peter Austin, general manager of Omni Shoreham, tells GlobeSt.com. “We’re going to wind up with the low to mid 40s,” Austin says. Austin is among those who hope his calls, and others, will “convey the fact we think Washington is a very safe place for meeting and conventions; let them know that we’re here for business.” The Omni Shoreham, at 2500 Calvert St. NW, has 836 rooms and 100,000 sf of meeting space, which can accommodate up to 2,000 people.

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