Spreading the Route 66 gospel May 13, 2008
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TheDoings-LaGrange.com published a report on Route 66 enthusiast David G. Clark’s presentation at the LaGrange, Ill., Library about the history of the Mother Road in Chicago.
Clark does these presentations from time to time. If you’ve never seen them, the article at least gives a taste of what they’re like.
Clark also has a Web site and a blog, and his book “Exploring Route 66 in Chicagoland” is highly recommended.
Miami seeing spike in hotel rooms May 13, 2008
Posted by Ron in Motels, Towns.1 comment so far
The town of Miami, Okla., has made ambitious (and welcome) plans to play up its Route 66 connection in recent months.
If all those additional Route 66 tourists show up, they’ll need a place to stay. Miami has that covered, too — the number of hotel rooms in the city are projected to nearly double in the coming months, reports the Joplin (Mo.) Globe.
At the end of March, the city had 295 hotel rooms, Davis said. With completion of the new Hampton Inn, that number will jump to 369, and two more hotels under construction will add 150 rooms, she said.
Last year, the city’s 4 percent hotel and motel tax generated $121,540, Davis said, an increase of 12.5 percent over the figure for the previous year. The first quarter of 2008 has recorded an increase of 18 percent over revenue during last year’s first quarter.
With the higher number of hotel rooms, Miami hopes to land more big tourism events.
