[Source: www.bcmcshow.com, April 2, 2006]
Dear BCMC Attendees & Exhibitors:
As you may have heard, due to unforeseen circumstances, the 2006 Building Component Manufacturers Conference (BCMC) will be moving from Fort Worth, Texas to Houston, Texas. The show dates will remain the same: October 4 – 6, 2006. We want to assure you that this decision was not made lightly. It was made with much deliberation between WTCA’s Executive Committee, the BCMC Committee and BCMC staff.
Since November of 2005, two of our contracted hotels in Fort Worth closed for renovations and another hotel closed one of its two towers. This represented a loss of important room nights that we needed near the convention center. In order to meet the needs of our attendees, BCMC staff investigated all possible alternative rooms that we could in the downtown area but found that under the best case scenario it would still be necessary to use hotels in locations 5 to 10 miles from the convention center. The distance between these hotels and the convention center would require the use of a shuttle process, with an expected commute of 20 minutes during non-rush hour times.
This made us ask the question, “Where do we go from here and will moving to another location be more likely to maintain the excellent reputation BCMC has established for networking with peers, strengthening current client relationships and establishing new ones?” After researching all possible venues that could accommodate our show on such short notice, and wanting to be able to keep our theme of Bigger and Better in Texas if at all possible, we found that Houston was an option and it has turned into an excellent alternative to Fort Worth.
We appreciate everything the Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau and the City of Fort Worth have done for us to try to accommodate our show, but ultimately we have decided that it is in the best interest of our attendees, exhibitors and industry that we relocate this year’s show to the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.
With over 257,000 square feet of exhibit space at the convention center, nine show offices that overlook the show floor, and sufficient contracted rooms at the Hyatt and Hilton hotels in downtown Houston and many alternatives for plant tours, we are confident this year’s show will be Bigger and Better in Texas!
If you have further questions, please contact Jill Zimmerman, jzimmerman@qualtim.com (608/213- 3314), Stephanie Watrud, swatrud@qualtim.com (608/310-6721) or Peg Pichette, ppichette@qualtim.com (608/239-2608). |
