The newly renovated and expanded Memphis Cook Convention Center has increased its meeting and exhibit space, which now includes 31 breakout and meeting rooms. Connected to the convention center is our headquarters hotel, the Marriott. A short walk from the convention center is historic homes of cotton industry barons, the Mississippi River rolling by and, not too far, Beale Street , where Blues began. All these locations are within easy access by the quaint and convenient Downtown Trolley.