Business View Magazine May 2023

125 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 5 GLASS CI T Y CENTER “Once we get them here to see the facility, they are amazed,” he adds. “But they’re also amazed by what our downtown atmosphere is like now, too. In the convention world we are doing business during the day – learning and networking and things like that – but at night you have got to have things to do. Now we have all the bars and restaurants and things to do outside of the facility and it’s really made it a complete package for us.” Attached to the convention center are a 309-room Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites that add to that complete package. The hotels have recently undergone their own $65-million renovation and make it a convenient one-stop shop for attendees coming to the convention center from out of town. “The convention center is the central hub that makes things happen, and then there are things to do once you get done doing your business. Now we have the complete package. We have two brand-new hotels downtown now and we have had great success in recruiting people to come to Toledo. Now that they’re seeing it, I think they want to make sure to bring their business back.” The Collaborative