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If you live or work downtown join us for a Little Library Lunch Break to celebrate the new little library on our Plaza! 📚 Bring your lunch, a blanket & your favorite book for a community reading hour on the MCC Plaza. Enjoy a fresh cookie while you read and relax. Book donations are welcome! 📅 Wednesday, October 9th 🕦 11am - 1pm 📍 Minneapolis Convention Center Plaza

Meet Minneapolis is in Las Vegas for IMEX. Make an appointment or stop by booth C4153. And don't miss our tribute to Minnesota's legendary icon Prince and the 40th Anniversary of Purple Rain 💜 -- Wednesday, Oct. 9, 4:30-5:30 p.m. also at booth C4153. #Minneapolis #Minnesota #Prince #PurpleRain #meetingsandevents #meetingplanners

🎉Minneapolis is celebrating two of our restaurants making this year's "The "Restaurant List" from The New York Times! 👏 https://bit.ly/4egtQKF Oro by Nixta (https://bit.ly/3zvkfk0) - "Imagine a taqueria with a tasting-menu restaurant’s ambitions, and none of its pretensions." Vinai (https://bit.ly/3XBnrCJ) - "The chef’s personal take on [Hmong food] is arresting, packed with chile and citrus, often streaked with wood smoke, and always suffused with back story." These are merely two examples, among many, of our culinary scene which is filled with world-class restaurants and chefs. We'd even go as far as to say it is the underrated surprise your taste buds have been seeking. #Minneapolis #TopRestaurants #TopChef #Culinary #FoodTourism

NEW OPPORTUNITY: National Account Executive. Are you passionate about Minneapolis? Do you get excited about closing sales? This individual can be located in Minneapolis or the Washington, D.C.-area. https://bit.ly/3zrBMcT We're hiring a National Account Executive to promote and sell Minneapolis as a premier destination for conventions and meetings. If this is you, you'll achieve individual room night goals to positively impact hotel and Minneapolis Convention Center occupancies. The primary market will be national association and corporate accounts in the Northeast market inclusive of Maryland and Washington, D.C. Something to know about us: We believe in our shared passion to support the diverse community of Minneapolis through our values of service, collaboration, inclusion, passion, and integrity. We recognize it's the unique contributions of all of us at Meet Minneapolis that drive our success, and we're committed to building a culture where everyone can thrive and find meaning in their work. If this sounds like a team you want to be a part of, we hope you'll apply: https://bit.ly/3zrBMcT. #Minneapolis #Jobs #Sales #Careers #JobOpening #Tourism #Hospitality #meetingsandevents

Kickstart your Octoberfest celebrations this Thursday (9/26). Register and enjoy live music, great beer, delicious food, and a culinary competition courtesy of the Greater Minneapolis Hotel Association (GMHA) to benefit the Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation Scholarship Fund. (https://lnkd.in/dPv4qazg) Chefs and students from the GMHA Pro-Start Minnesota Program will partner to create culinary delights. As an Oktoberfest participant, you'll vote on who takes home the GMHA Top Chef award while raising money toward scholarship funds for Minnesota students interested in careers in hospitality. Date: Thursday, September 26th Time: 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Location: Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot Address: 225 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55401 Register here: https://lnkd.in/dPv4qazg #Minneapolis #Hospitality #Hotels #NextGen

Even with the recent record-breaking hotel numbers and various accolades, we know some people have yet to experience Minneapolis. If you are one of those people, Sarah Lempa answers good questions in this Lonely Planet "First-time guide to Minneapolis." (https://bit.ly/3B8jApc) The article includes: 🕑 When should I go to Minneapolis? 💲 How much time should I spend in Minneapolis? ✈ Is it easy to get in and around Minneapolis? 📸 Top things to do in Minneapolis 🖼 My favorite thing to do in Minneapolis #Minneapolis #Travel #MustSee #ComeEarlyStayLate

✈ Flying away with more awards! The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport - MSP earned the #1 ranking in the J.D. Power 2024 North America Airport Satisfaction Study. (https://bit.ly/3TB8sY2) 👏 From the Metropolitan Airports Commission: "Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) earned the No. 1 ranking among mega airports in the newly released J.D. Power 2024 North America Airport Satisfaction Study. In addition, MSP earned the highest customer satisfaction rankings for each of the seven airport dimensions that form the basis for the overall award... "MSP, the 18th busiest airport in the United States, scored a 671 in the 2024 J.D. Power study across seven dimensions (in order of importance): ease of travel through airport; level of trust with airport; terminal facilities; airport staff; departure/to airport experience; food, beverage and retail; and arrival/from airport experience. Mega airports, the category that includes MSP, are defined as those with 33 million or more passengers per year." From CNN (https://bit.ly/4e5qtWI): "Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is the most satisfying airport in the study’s “mega-airport” category, which looks at facilities serving 33 million or more passengers per year... MSP has consistently been a top performer in the category, Michael Taylor, managing director of travel, hospitality and retail at J.D. Power, told CNN Travel. 'Lately, the completion of internal and external projects has helped MSP dramatically,' Taylor said, adding that the Minnesota airport scores at the top of every dimension in the study in the mega-airport category." #Minneapolis #travel #airport #airtravel #meetingsandevents

More good news (and record-breaking insights) from our hotels! Between Memorial Day and Labor Day this year, hotels in Minneapolis recorded new post-pandemic highs for summer occupancy, room demand and room revenue. 🏨 Nearly 680,000 hotel rooms were sold during the summer, an increase of more than 8% from 2023. Guest room revenue this summer increased more than 18% to $131.8 million. 📈 The summer was capped by more than 223,500 hotel rooms sold in August – the most since August 2019. In addition, the occupancy rate this August was 70.2% – the highest since October 2019. "This past summer was a standout season for Minneapolis,” said Meet Minneapolis President and CEO Melvin Tennant, II MA, CAE. “Our city’s unique blend of cultural and outdoor attractions, and major events and conventions drew visitors from all over, resulting in strong hotel demand and increased activity for our tourism and hospitality workers.” Read the full release here https://bit.ly/3MUxf5y #Minneapolis #recordbreaking #travel #tourism #meetingsandevents 📷 Lane Pelovsky Visuals

Thank you to our friends at La Doña Cervecería for hosting yesterday's Culinary Tales event to kickoff Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)! Our staff and others gathered to celebrate the rich, cultural heritage of the Latinx/Hispanic community through sharing stories, listening to traditional mariachi music (performed by Diego Y Sus Cuates), panel discussions from food industry experts, and delicious food sampling! A HUGE thank you to our amazing panel of Latinx/Hispanic food industry leaders for sharing your stories and inspiring the group all morning! We were so grateful to have you join us! Our panel included: - Sergio Manancero (Owner/GM, La Doña Cervecería) - Abe & Martha Ponce (Owners, La Tapatia, El Tapatío Mexican, La Madre - coming soon!) - Amalia Moreno-Damgaard (renowned Latin American chef, entrepreneur, and cookbook author) #LatinxHispanicHeritageMonth #DEIA #LaDonaCerveceria #Minneapolis

MORE GOOD NEWS: Minneapolis set post-pandemic hotel records in both hotel room demand and occupancy to close out the summer.   HOTEL ROOM DEMAND: The 223,525 hotel rooms occupied in August were the most since August 2019 and surpassed the previous post-pandemic high we set last month (July 2024). Year-over-year, hotel demand in August was up 6%.   HOTEL OCCUPANCY: Hotel occupancy in August 2024 was 70.2% – the highest monthly occupancy rate since October 2019. Compared to last year, hotel occupancy in August was up 6%. HOTEL ROOM REVENUE: Minneapolis hotel room revenue in August was up 15.6% year-over-year. Our hotels recorded more than $42.1 million in total guest room revenue in August 2024 – the third straight month with revenue above $42 million. In 2024, Minneapolis hotels have set new post-pandemic highs for per-month occupancy every month since February. In addition, we forecast an even larger economic boost for our local community with a significant double-digit increase in lodging taxes collected this year. Note: All data according to hospitality industry data provider Smith Travel Research (STR). #Minneapolis #travel #tourism #hospitality #meetingsandevents