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Additional tourists flocking to Oklahoma - NewsOK.com

NewsOK.com, OK - Apr 15, 2009

Additional tourists flocking to OklahomaThe travel season in Oklahoma is strongest from Memorial Day to Labor Day, Watkins said. Between March and June, the Tourism Department will have spent about $2.2 million on 30-second TV ads in Oklahoma City and Tulsa media markets,

'Green Market Intelligence' Featured On FinancialWire - Trading Markets (press release)

Trading Markets (press release), CA - Apr 15, 2009

'Green Market Intelligence' Featured On FinancialWire in Norman, Oklahoma. The progression and importance of those developments was channeled into the FinancialWire(tm) news stream via Austin, Texas-based SME Capital Markets' Green Market Intelligence (http://smecapitalmarkets.net/greenresearch.aspx).

Ford "Ranted" And Raved Over Regional Truck Month Spots Edited By 3008 - SHOOT Online (press release)

SHOOT Online (press release), CT - Apr 14, 2009

Ford "Ranted" And Raved Over Regional Truck Month Spots Edited By 3008Where bold graphics and audio sounds narrates a fusion of live action footage and animation, Ford's most successful campaign of the year encourages consumers within Texas and Oklahoma markets to purchase Ford's '09 trucks during Truck Month.

NYMEX-Crude up despite stock build, eyes Wall St

Reuters - Apr 15, 2009

[EIA/S] * Crude stocks at the NYMEX delivery point in Cushing, Oklahoma, fell 800000 barrels to 29.2 million barrels. * Gasoline stocks fell 900000 barrels to 216.5 million barrels while distillate stocks slid 1.2 million barrels to 139.6 million

Lot Lines: National market differs from Okla. - Journal Record (subscription)

Journal Record (subscription), OK - Apr 10, 2009

Lot Lines: National market differs from Okla.by Darren Currin The current pulse of the national commercial real estate market is quite different from Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Even though the Oklahoma markets have experienced some slowing, it is not near the downturn larger markets experienced

Cities greet meeting planners with open arms

14.04.09

Having them at five-star resorts during recessionary times has garnered headlines, but times are rough even for workaday conventions, as sluggish attendance is triggering cancellations.

Meeting and convention revenue based on room nights is down about 30% this year compared with 2008, estimates Greg Malark, COO of HelmsBriscoe, one of the country's largest meeting buying companies.

As planners look to trade down, some midprice hotel chains and second-tier convention cities are marketing themselves as affordable alternatives, even as their more upscale competitors court customers with deep discounts unseen in years.

"We've seen clients going to secondary cities both for value and perception," Malark says.

Boost for Oklahoma City

Some smaller markets have proved to be resilient as more firms and associations avoid cities and hotels that may trigger bad public relations, says Kevin Iwamoto of StarCite, which links planners and suppliers online.

Source: USA Today

Residential market may recover before commercial

The MoneyShow.com posted video today that featured an interview with Matthew Warren, associate director of stock analysis for Morningstar, Inc., in which he discusses the overall state of the residential and commercial real estate markets and when we might start to see recovery in both markets.

According to Warren, it may be at least another two years before either market begins to see any significant recovery. Additionally, because commercial real estate tends to lag in the economic cycle, Warren predicts the residential market will rebound well before the commercial market does.

You can watch the entire video below.

When will real estate recover?