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LOCATION: Houston WHAT YOU'LL NEED: Open mind, credit card [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I know that the idea of a weekend getaway in Houston--in summer, no less--might strike some people as cuckoo. […]

Berkeley You can hardly open a menu nowadays that doesn't boast locally sourced ingredients. We can thank this city across the bay from San Francisco, where the garden-to-table movement began [...]

[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] [1] What would a gentrifying neighborhood be without a coffee hangout? CATALINA COFFEE is the perfect place to witness Washington Avenue's transition from funky to fab. Crunchy moms, […]

SUPERCOMM '91 will be the only real game in town the week of March 18, even though Houston normally has everything a savvy tourist could want-teams that compete in all […]

WHEN HOUSTON CALLS ITSELF AN INTERNATIONAL CITY, few really understand the depth of its bench. To wit: Drive out the Southwest Freeway (U.S. 59), exit at Kirkwood, and go south, […]

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Armando's 2630 Westheimer Road. (713) 520-1738. www.armandoshouston.com. Seats: 80. Cuisine: Mexican. Specialties: queso flameado; beef fajitas with rice and beans; Armando's cut 8-ounce beef tenderloin with rice and beans. Main [...]

Houston is the largest city in the South, with a bustling economy, a 17-block theatre district, and an event planned for every night of the year. Houstonians eat out more [...]

LeTricia Wilbanks describes her hometown Houston, Texas, which is known for bigger hearts after Hurricane Katrina.

Houston is the easiest city to travel to from New Orleans and this city is well connected by airlines, trains and the interstate. Several places in Houston one could visit are the Minute Made Park, shopping malls, museums, the Saint Jacinto Battlefield and monument and finally one can sit down for a nice hearty meal at the famous eateries.

The big city of Houston, knows for its glitzy shopping, rodeos, and innovative restaurants, also boasts an impressively diverse cultural side. Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, The Ensemble Theatre and Tien Hou Temple in Chinatown are the cultural attractions.

Houston's convention industry is blasting off. With new development coming together seemingly at once, SpaceCity truly is a space of infinite possibilities. A recent $165 million expansion project virtually doubled [...]

BRIMMING WITH NEW FACILITIES Houstonians are feeling a lot of civic pride these days and rightly so. Just a couple of months after the city celebrated the opening of its [...]

* Continental Airlines will begin two daily nonstop Houston-Bakersfield, Calif., flights on April 4. www.conti [...]

There are plenty of reasons why Houston, host city for the first TSW Fastest 50 gala weekend, is one of the United States top meeting and tradeshow locations. It has [...]

* Lodging HOUSTON IS SPREAD out, so plot your itinerary before deciding where to stay. Many hotels have undergone recent renovations, including the 977-room Hyatt Regency (1200 Louisiana St., 713-654-1234) […]

The first luxury boutique hotel in Houston, Hotel Derek primarily caters to business travelers, who appreciate the guest rooms' generous workspaces, high-speed Internet access, two-line cordless telephones and FedEx supplies [...]

TOUR OF DUTY With two must-see blockbuster touring shows and several one-artist exhibitions in Houston this month, going museum-hopping could prove as tiring as barhopping. Rather than tackle at the […]

THE FIRST WORD said on the moon and relayed back to Earth was 'Houston,' followed, of course, by 'the Eagle has landed.' There's no better place on earth to relive [...]

The Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau has launched a new website to help meeting planners and other visitors research the city's offerings in accommodations, meeting facilities, shopping, dining, entertainment [...]

Dolce International, the international conference center company, continues to diversify its portfolio of properties, recently garnering the management contract for Houston's historical Warwick Hotel. 'We believe the Warwick has excellent [...]

Start with an incredibly serene and beautiful setting in the forest. Add award-winning accommodations and state-of-the-art meeting facilities. Then, combine all that with world-class golf and recreation. This is the [...]

TEXAS 9 Time Winner Houston, SpaceCity USA has meeting space, hotel space, fun space, and is your convention base. Gerard J. 'Jordy' Tollett President & CEO KEY PERSONNEL Gerard J. [...]

HOUSTON IS MORE than just an oil town. It's also home to NASA's Johnson's Space Center, four--soon to be five--professional sports teams, the world's largest rodeo, 18 Fortune 500 companies, [...]

About four million people call the greater Houston metropolitan area home. While Houston boasts amenities characteristic of the world's great population centers, the Museum District offers some of the best […]

Royal Olympic Cruises announced the details of its new year-round sailings from the Port of Houston through April 2003. With cruises beginning at $847, per person, double, vacationers from America's [...]

When the Gulf Building (pictured) appeared on the skyline in 1929, it was the tallest structure in Houston and would remain so for 34 years -- a record no other [...]

The networks of transportation across the United States have been integral to the development of economic progress. Nowhere have railroads, highways and airports better defined patterns of prosperity than in [...]

8 Time Winner Gerard 'Jordy' Tollett Preisident & CEO TEXAS SITE DESCRIPTION The city of Houston, in the seat of Harris County, is centrally located in the upper Gulf Coast [...]

Bonded Concrete Overlays Resurface Busy Freeway Keeping the milled and shotblasted surface clean helps the contractor get good bond for 6.7 miles of overlays. Champagne-Webber Inc., Houston, is rehabilitating the [...]

As the fourth largest city in the United States, Houston is everything Texas. There are cowboys and Indians, the world's largest rodeo, and the Astrodome, the world's first domed stadium. [...]

Deep in the heart of the Lone Star State, Houston and San Antonio offer an eclectic array of attractions HOUSTON - In Texas, it's often said, everything is bigger. This […]

Airport Houston Intercontinental airport, 22 miles from downtown, is planning an expansion of its international terminal. It is served by 21 major passenger airlines, and a train system ferries passengers […]

The 43-venue FotoFest market/exhibition is staged each March throughout the Houston. Texas modern art is featured Jan 21-Mar 3, 1996 at the Museum of Fine Arts. Good restaurants include Ouisie's Table, Daily Review Cafe, and Goode Company BBQ. The Omni, Lancaster and Allen Park Inn are recommended.

WASHINGTON -- The General Services Administration expanded its tests with multiple awards, saying it will allow all qualified travel companies to compete for an estimated $4 million federal civilian account […]

CAMPAIGN ENCOMPASSES FAMILIAR ICONS SUCH AS SPACE CENTER, OIL RIGS, SAN JACINTO MONUMENT HOUSTON -- Diversity is the cornerstone of a new tourism marketing plan introduced by the Greater Houston […]