by MBJ Staff Published: March 13,2012
Tags: advertising, banking, Banks, Convention Center, Conventions, finance, financial insitutions, marketing, meetings, promotions, public relations, tourism, tourists, visitors
JACKSON — SMG, managers of the Jackson Convention Complex, reports the Jackson Convention Complex and Trustmark National Bank have renewed their commercial rights marketing partnership, extending Trustmark’s designation as the exclusive bank of the Jackson Convention Complex for an additional three years. SMG general manager Kelvin Moore said, “Trustmark was one of the original marketing [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 1,2011
Tags: Convention Center, Dallas Texas, Gulf Opportunity Zone, Hurricane Katrina, JACKSON, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Porter Bingham, Tony Yarber, Transcontinental Realty Investments
Our capital city wants to go into the hospitality business by co-signing a $96 million loan for a 16-floor convention headquarters hotel. Yet Jackson taxpayers — the exact same ones who’ll have to make up the difference if the hotel lands in the red — know few of the details of the deal and even [...] [...]

Coast now waiting for the masses to gather The multi-million-dollar expansion at the Mississippi Coast Convention Center is complete and ready to welcome large gatherings. The state-of-the-art facility expresses the flavor of the Coast in its design with shades of blue and a swooping roofline that resembles a wave. Space for meetings, conventions and trade [...] [...]