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I'm interested in the convention center/ convention hotel topic from the hospitality point of view so I'm not sure if books on architecture will help me that much for this research...

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In a word, yes. The modern convention hotel, as an architectural type didn't really appear in Europe or Asia until the 1950's and early 1960's. A few examples would be the early Inter-Continental (Vienna, Prague, Helsinki, Budapest- virtually all over the continent) and Hilton hotels in Europe Amsterdam, Paris, Madrid and so forth). These companies have been called pioneers in erecting this sort of building throughout the world, though the government of many a country was involved. If you read John Perkins' book, you may note that he mentions the Hotel Indonesia, an Inter-Continental property built by the government. This is too far off topic here. And I have moved the posts accordingly.

With the risk of pushing my luck too far (but this project is really important to me), what other authors do you suggest I should read regarding Convention Hotels and Convention Centers? (besides browsing the net) or whom should I turn to for further discussions on this topic?

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It does help. Thank you.

So you think the concept of a convention hotel originated here in the States, as compared to Europe or Asia...?

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do you by any chance know which was the first convention hotel? or the first convention hotel in the USA?