Welcome to the new prototype Holiday Inn Kansas City International Airport Hotel.This newly built Kansas City Missouri hotel is located just 1 mile from the Kansas City International Airport and is adjacent to the 81,000 sq. ft. KCI Expo Center. The Airworld Center Office Park is just a 1/2 mile away placing us near Harley-Davidson, Haldex, CitiGroup, Toyota, WireCo, Synbiotics, Sony, DeLaval ...more
The title of the cookbook published by the Kansas City Barbecue Society (Barbecue...It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore) gives visitors an idea of what to expect when surveying the town's restaurant options. Kansas City, home to dry-rub BBQ, is bursting with barbecue. Subtle and sweet, tangy and hot, there's a strain of sauce for every palate. While early pioneers may have moved westward from Kansas City, you can blaze a BBQ trail from one smoky spot to the next without ever leaving town.
After a fiery feast, cool down with some smooth jazz in the city where Count Basie, Charlie "Bird" Parker and others did some of their own best cooking. Stroll down to the American Jazz Museum for exhibits, a studio replica, and evenings of live jazz.
Known as the City of Fountains, Kansas City is a town split between two states. Kansas City has been home to many U.S. icons, such as Hallmark greeting cards, Russell Stover candies and Mr. Walt Disney.
The Kansas City of today boasts one of the finest museums between Chicago and California in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The city's 200-plus fountains add to its cosmopolitan character, as do the clubs and shops of Westport and Country Club Plaza. And happily, the syncopated rhythms of jazz continue to drive the city and provide an enjoyable link to its past.
Kansas City said goodbye to a significant part of its history when it closed its enormous stockyards in 1991, and the decision produced a symbolic shift in the city's economy. Today, the former cow town boasts an expanding telecommunications industry as well as growth in tourism, banking, finance and the service sectors.