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Lack of Headquarter Hotels Hurting Convention Business

BOSTON—The BCEC ranks last among key competitive cities for the number of rooms within walking distance to the convention center. Less than 15% of Boston's total hotel rooms are committable within one mile of the BCEC, compared to almost 40% in Washington, DC.

By John Jordan | johnjordan | Updated on June 21, 2016

The Boston Convention & Exhibition Center The Boston Convention & Exhibition Center features 516,000 square feet of exhibit space, 82 meeting rooms and a 40,000-square-foot ballroom.

BOSTON—The lack of a major hotel that offers at least 1,000 rooms and an abundance of meeting space is costing the city millions of dollars in convention business each year.

A report commissioned by the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority by consulting firm CHMWarnick shows that while the city is undergoing a development boom, the lack of a major “headquarter” hotel that offers convention bookers one location with about 1,000 hotel rooms and considerable meeting space has hurt the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, as well as its sister location the Hynes Convention Center in the Back Bay.

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