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quite a feat to be able to increase the bandwidth.
BVM: Any big shows coming up on the calendar?
Canning:
The National Association of Homebuilders
in conjunction with the Kitchen and Bath Industry
Show will be here In January 2017, and they’re call-
ing it ‘Construction Design Week’ and they’ll have over
a hundred thousand attendees using both buildings
and about 20,000 hotel rooms. So, it’s quite an under-
taking – the logistics - with the busing, the taxis, the
airport arrivals and departures, the hotel rooms, and
then the Convention Center, itself. We will probably
have more than 20 million pounds of freight moving
into the buildings. The show is open for four days and
then it all moves out in less than a week. And we will
get ready for the next event.”
BVM: It’s no wonder you’re called ‘The Center of
Hospitality.’
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