Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort.

Driven by demand for more business conventions, Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort plans to add 600 to 800 hotel rooms and 100,000 square feet of space for meetings. Convention sales have grown by double digits since 2013, according to Leeann Bridges, regional vice president of marketing, generating $3 million in revenue in 2015. The program could have made twice that amount if more hotel and meeting rooms were available, she says. Owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and managed by Harrah's, the...