City of the Week: Dallas
Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 9/26/2005
Number of separate exhibit facilities 7
Total exhibit space 1.7 million sq. ft.
Number of convention hotel rooms 70,000 in 530 hotels
Average room rate $86.06
Hotel room tax 15%
Current hotel occupancy 57.1%
Largest 2004 tradeshow Hobby Industry Assn. Convention & Trade Show at 303,900 net sq. ft. (Dallas Convention Center)
Distance from Dallas/Fort Worth Intl. Airport to the Dallas CC 20 miles
Average labor rate (decorator at regular time) $63.48
Sources: 2005 TSW Survey of U.S. & Canadian Labor Rates; 2005 TSW Major Exhibit Hall Directory; 2005 TSW 200; Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
*Show is now called Craft & Hobby Assn. Summer Convention & Trade Show.
