300-plus DeVos Place bookings bring $100M to GR

Grand Rapids' DeVos Place has reached a milestone of 300 bookings, which are projected to bring over $100 million tourist dollars to the city. Hotel occupancy rates are 6 percent above the state average and 450 more hotel rooms are on the near horizon.

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Convention and Visitors Bureau President Steve Wilson recently told county commissioners that his staff had surpassed a coveted business mark at DeVos Place by topping the 300th booked meeting for the city’s convention center and generating nearly $100 million for the local economy from those gatherings.

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