Stuck In A Hotel Far From #DNC2012? You May Be In Luck

by: Oreo

Thu Aug 23, 2012 at 15:52:29 PM EDT

 When the Democratic National Convention Committee released unused rooms back to area hotels last week, few areas were more affected than Salisbury.

Hotels in the city roughly 40 miles northeast of Charlotte found themselves scrambling: Out of 400 rooms committed to the DNCC, all but eight or nine were released, said James Meacham, executive director of Salisbury-Rowan County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

All told, the DNCC released about 7 percent of the overall 15,000 rooms in the Charlotte region.

Meacham said hotel occupancy in Salisbury during DNC week is at about 40 percent right now, when it would normally be around 65 percent. But that’s better than things looked last week. - Charlotte Observer

Update: From our friends at The Charlotte Business Journal:

The CRVA plans to post a listing of available rooms at Charlottesgotalot.com/dnc that will be updated every weekday. Inventory updates also will be announced through the CRVA’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/fan.charlottesgotalot and through Twitter via the #DNCrooms hashtag.

In addition, the Visitor Info Center will have current lists. Call 1 (800) 231-4636 for updates. The CRVA also will have hotel information available at its Center City and Charlotte Douglas International Airport Visitor Info centers.