On Location: Omni at CNN Center, Atlanta

Atlanta is hoping that a dramatic addition to the Omni Hotel at CNN Center, coupled with some neighborhood face-lifting and new attractions, will put a charge into its downtown meeting trade. With the November opening of its 600-room, 28-story North Tower — combined with the original 15-story, 467-room Omni, which opened in the mid-1970s — the hotel offers 1,067 guest rooms and 120,000 square feet of meeting space.