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GHCVB Mixer @ Buffalo Soldier's Museum Join the Greater Houston Convention and Visitor's Bureau this afternoon as they host a monthly mixer at the Buffalo Soldier's Musuem. Dreadlock Rasta. Flash back through time watching Harriet Tubman and Buffalo Soldier reenactments while immersed in hundreds of historical Buffalo Soldiers' artifacts. Enjoy complimentary hors d'oeuvres from Frenchy's chicken and beverages from Silver Eagle distributors while networking with other GHCVB members. Please RSVP to Sam at sgaler@ghcvb.org. About...

Organic short documentary showing the cool, hidden life of Houston, America's 4th Largest city. Features interviews with George Foreman, Chloe Dao, Lauren Anderson and others. Musical performances by Beetle and Michael Ward. Great cinematography and editorial. Produced by Merideth Melville. Directed by W. Ross Wells. This is a very well done documentary that runs 12:14 and was made in part by Continental Airlines and is linked with visithoustontexas.com which is a site for The...

GHCVB presents: One Day in Houston Ever wonder what famous Houstonians have to say about the Bayou City? Find out tonight as the Greater Houston Convention and Visitor's Bureau premieres a Zen Film production of One Day in Houston, a promotional film designed to promote Houston from within. No, we're not talking ANS or Space Cadet, this film features positive Houston advocates such as George Foreman, Chloe Dao, Lauren Anderson, Brian Ching, Yolanda Adams,...

Good morning, Houston. Today's question: How cool are you? According to Ken Hoffman, the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau is trying to find the 10 coolest people in Houston to form a focus group that'll help promote the city. Hoffman saw the list of nominees and wasn't impressed — but seriously, when was the last time anyone was impressed by one of the GHCVB's marketing plans? So here's the deal: If you can...

It hasn't been the best year for Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau chief Jordy Tollett: Earlier this year he was accused of liquid lunching, followed by a sudden leave of absence; then, after he came back, he apparently got dissed by a local hotel group. And now, KHOU reports that it looks like Tollett's number may be up: Mayor Bill White is urging GHCVB officials to find someone else to lead the bureau when Tollett's contract expires early next year.

Police have arrested Stevdrick Jackson in connection with the murder of a southeast Houston convenience store clerk Monday Roderick Fountain, a suspect in the disappearance of 3-year-old Kendrick Jackson, tried to get his wife to lie about who owned a gun in a jail phone call he didn't know was being recorded Jordy Tollett is back in charge of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau after a temporary leave of absence A judge granted...

Looks like Jordy Tollett has sidestepped a potentially nasty situation: The city visitors bureau chief said yesterday he'll cash in his vacation time and a medical leave to "seek professional help for an unspecified condition." Tollett told the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau's executive committee his plans during a brief meeting Thursday morning.

Ever since Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau head Jordy Tollett went blond back in 2003, we've suspected there was something of the wild child about him — and now we know what: Earlier this week, KPRC's cameras followed Tollett around and filmed him whiling away the hours with liquid lunches. And that may cost Tollett his job, the Chronicle reports. Channel 2 spotted Tollett spending a two-hour lunches sitting at bars at the Front...

So we noted earlier this week that people who attended this year's Essence Music Festival whined about how Houston isn't New Orleans. And now festival organizers have joined in, saying Houston apparently didn't realize just how important the three-day music, shopping and education festival was.

As the curtain falls tonight on the 2006 Essence Music Festival, marking the end of the event's first year away from New Orleans, organizers expect other cities to start trying to make sure it never goes back. The three-day festival is a potential windfall for convention and tourism bureaus: It draws thousands of visitors and their wallets, and it could help position a city as a minority tourist destination. At least that's what Houston hopes....