Rotary International to be one of season's largest conventions From: The Enterprise | Date: April 9, 2007| Author: Rattle, Barbara | Copyright Enterprise Business Newspaper Inc. Apr 09, 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

An estimated 17,000 members of Rotary International are slated to descend on Salt Lake City June 16-20 for their global convention, marking one of the year's largest events at the Salt Palace.

The Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau estimates that attendees from dozens of countries will have an economic impact on the area of at least $15 million based on an average convention stay of three days. However, many if not most of the Rotary conventioneers will be in the Salt Lake area...

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