{"id":1247,"date":"2010-02-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/article\/even-in-branson-lodging-matters--a-grand-branson-lodging-experience"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"even-in-branson-lodging-matters-a-grand-branson-lodging-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/?p=1247","title":{"rendered":"Even in Branson lodging matters &#8211; a grand Branson lodging experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently an article entitled, &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.branson.com\/2010\/02\/05\/branson%E2%80%99s-grand-plaza-hotel\/\">Branson&rsquo;s Grand Plaza Hotel<\/a>,&rdquo; published on line in News.Branson.com emphasized the importance of lodging selection in the overall travel experience. It quoted Paul Miller, General Manager, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bransontourismcenter.com\/?gclid=CMHIl8K76JcCFQsaHgodSjE2Dg\">Branson Tourism Center,<\/a> as saying, &ldquo;It makes no difference what the destination is, Branson or anywhere else, the choice of lodging will dramatically impact on the quality of the experience.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It then went on to describe one of Branson, Missouri&rsquo;s many fine lodging choices, the &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bransontourismcenter.com\/lodging\/info\/grand-plaza-hotel\">Grand Plaza Hotel<\/a>. It very carefully outlined some of the major areas that should be considered when considering a lodging choice such as types of accommodations, amenities, location and value using the &ldquo;Grand Plaza&rdquo; as the model for each point.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, some of the same points making a hotel attractive for families also has appeal for groups. Annette Wood, Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bransongroups.com\/\">Group Sales<\/a>, Branson Tourism Center said, &ldquo;We work with Grand Plaza a lot with our groups. We love the location and the overall experience our groups receive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Excerpts:<\/p>\n<p><em>Kaely McNeely, Front Office Manager of the Grand Plaza Hotel said, &ldquo;The Grand Plaza offers a blend of quality, flexibility, location, value and family friendly amenities that makes it a great choices for your Branson lodging.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>McNeely advises that the 200 room suite hotel is located near the middle of the famed &ldquo;Branson Strip,&rdquo; Highway 76,&rdquo; and about a block north providing the best of both worlds, quick access to the strip when desired and the peace and quiet of not being directly on the strip&hellip;.. within walking distance of the Tanger Outlet Center, one of Branson&rsquo;s largest discount factory outlet malls&hellip;. the &lsquo;Branson Variety Theatre&rsquo; which has some of Branson&rsquo;s most popular shows such as the &lsquo;Spirit of the Dance&rsquo; and the &lsquo;Twelve Irish Tenors. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.branson.com\/2010\/02\/05\/branson%E2%80%99s-grand-plaza-hotel\/\">Click here<\/a> for complete article with pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It makes no difference what the destination is, Branson or anywhere else, the choice of lodging will dramatically impact on the quality of the experience<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransoncourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}