DETROIT (AP) – Detroit’s leading tourism companies are betting on the return of conventions and business meetings that closed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Groups and companies are already booking appointments for this year and the next. The Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau has designed Detroit-specific packages of high-end hotels and chic restaurants to attract short-term visitors from nearby states. Sherrif Karamat, president of the Professional Convention Management Association, says US losses due to COVID-19 are estimated at $ 300 billion and that $ 1 trillion generated by conventions worldwide in 2019 is almost all ” gone away “.
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