From a strategic perspective, it's one of the important disciplines that the firm wants to have in its fixed-income offering. |
There's going to be a lot of business we still don't capture even if we do have a hotel. |
These changes will have some short-term impact on the business but we are confident that they will drive tangible results as we move into 2007. While 2006 is a transition year, we remain focused on our long-term objectives, which are to fundamentally change our business, enhance profitability and attain the financial goals we set out for ourselves by 2008. |
We have a number of customers who are enamored of our convention center. They love Pittsburgh, and they want to come here, but they won't until there is a larger concentration of hotel rooms adjacent to the convention center. |
We're continuing to look for groups that would be impressed that we have the largest green building in the world. |
We're pretty proud of the new building. |
You're selling the experiences, not the destination. The results have been beyond our wildest dreams. |