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Dec. 06, 2018 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center renovation results in unprecedented 56% contracting and subcontracting by diverse firms

The Oregon Convention Center is undergoing a major renovation to reinvigorate the image of the convention center to local Portlanders, as well as improve its national competitiveness. The project construction bidding resulted in the largest Oregon public works contract being awarded to a minority owned business, Colas Construction, as the general contractor for the $39 million project.

Hyatt Regency Portland convention center hotel Tom Hughes Metro Mortenson Construction

Nov. 07, 2018 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center Hotel topping off

From Metro News

sustainability waste diversion LEED Craig Stroud Ryan Harvey

Oct. 24, 2018 | sustainability news

Oregon Convention Center on course to be the most sustainable convention center in the world

From Metro News

With hundreds of events and more than a half a million guests each year, the Oregon Convention Center’s sustainability is blazing the trail towards the most sustainable convention center in the world. Guests of the recent Rose City Comic Con might even say it’s the most sustainable in the galaxy.

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Craig Stroud Desiree Everett Travel Portland American Association of Woodturners Hyatt Regency Portland OCC renovation

Oct. 19, 2018 | press

The Pacific Northwest: Lower Costs, Less Congestion and the Beautiful Wilderness Entice Planners to the Area

By Sophia Bennett

Excerpted from Association Conventions & Facilities

Lights Out Portland Portland Audubon Society LED lighting energy efficiency Metro

Sep. 21, 2018 | sustainability news

Oregon Convention Center joins community effort to raise awareness about the impact of light pollution on migrating birds

The Oregon Convention Center (OCC) is once again participating in the third annual Lights Out Portland 2018 event on September 21, 2018.

Salmon-Safe sustainability OCC Rain Garden Matt Uchtman Dan Kent

Sep. 07, 2018 | sustainability news

Oregon Convention Center recognized for clean water strategy

Healthy watersheds advocate Salmon-Safe has recognized the Oregon Convention Center with Salmon-Safe recertification for its commitment to reducing polluted runoff to the Willamette River.

A Portland-based nonprofit, Salmon-Safe works with public and private landowners to promote reduced water use, onsite stormwater treatment, and protection of water quality. Properties like the Oregon Convention Center are certified as Salmon-Safe for extensive efforts to halt runoff from entering streams and impacting imperiled salmon.

Hyatt Regency Portland Mortenson Construction Portland Business Journal convention center hotel

Aug. 23, 2018 | press

Decades in the making, the Convention Center hotel finally takes shape (Photos)

"For years, the lot at the corner of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Northeast Holladay Street sat vacant but full of promise — promise that someday, a huge hotel would rise from the gravel to accommodate tens of thousands of visitors to the adjacent Oregon Convention Center every year.

"Though three decades passed before all the stars aligned on the project, they did at last in 2017, when the Hyatt Regency Portland at the Oregon Convention Center finally broke ground.

Tim Libra CMP Events Industry Council Erin Jepson OCC staff

Aug. 22, 2018 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center event manager Tim Libra earns CMP credential

The Oregon Convention Center (OCC) is proud to announce that event manager Tim Libra has earned his Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) credential, becoming the tenth OCC staff member to obtain the esteemed industry designation.

Launched by the Events Industry Council (EIC) in 1985 to enhance the knowledge and performance of meeting professionals and advance uniform standards of practice, achieving the CMP certification requires years of professional experience, education and mastery of a rigorous exam.

Hyatt Regency Portland Mortenson Development convention center hotel Metro Scott Cruickshank Heather Back

Aug. 07, 2018 | news releases

Hyatt Regency Portland at the Oregon Convention Center creates tipping point for 26 conventions to choose Portland

From Metro News

The organizers of 26 conventions have chosen Portland after construction began on the Hyatt Regency Portland hotel, validating projections from hotel boosters about the project’s impact on the local economy.

Before construction, hotel backers said as many as 10 new mid-sized conventions each year would choose Portland because of the addition of a 600-room hotel across the street from the convention center. The hotel is slated to open in early 2020.

Lisa Chan MPI Oregon Supplier of the Year Award Silver Platter Award

Jul. 27, 2018 | news releases

OCC sales manager Lisa Chan named MPI Oregon Chapter Supplier of the Year

The Oregon Convention Center is proud to announce that sales manager Lisa Chan has been named 2017-2018 Supplier of the Year by the Oregon Chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI).

Oregon Convention Center renovation results in unprecedented 56% contracting and subcontracting by diverse firms

Oregon Convention Center Hotel topping off

Oregon Convention Center on course to be the most sustainable convention center in the world

The Pacific Northwest: Lower Costs, Less Congestion and the Beautiful Wilderness Entice Planners to the Area

Oregon Convention Center joins community effort to raise awareness about the impact of light pollution on migrating birds

Oregon Convention Center recognized for clean water strategy

Decades in the making, the Convention Center hotel finally takes shape (Photos)

Oregon Convention Center event manager Tim Libra earns CMP credential

Hyatt Regency Portland at the Oregon Convention Center creates tipping point for 26 conventions to choose Portland

OCC sales manager Lisa Chan named MPI Oregon Chapter Supplier of the Year

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