Hotels in Houston, Texas

A little about Houston...

Houston is the largest city in the state of Texas and fourth-largest in the United States. As of the 2005 U.S. Census estimate, Houston had a population of more than 2 million. The city covers more than 600 square miles (1,600 km²). Houston is the county seat of Harris County and part of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population of 5.3 million.

Houston is known for its broad industrial base in the energy, aeronautics, and technology industries. The Port of Houston ranks first in the United States in international cargo and second in total cargo tonnage. Only New York City is home to more Fortune 500 headquarters than Houston. The Texas Medical Center, the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions, is located in Houston.

Houston has a large and active visual and performing arts scene. It is one of only five U.S. cities that offer year-round resident companies in all major performing arts. The Houston Theater District is ranked second in the country for the number of theater seats in a concentrated downtown area per capita.

Houston is home to NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, the reason for its official nickname of "Space City."

The following is a list of colleges and universities in Houston, Texas.
The Art Institute of Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
DeVry University
Houston Baptist University
Our Lady of the Lake University
Houston Community College System
Rice University
San Jacinto College
South Texas College of Law
Texas A&M University System
Institute of Biosciences and Technology
Prairie View A&M University
Texas Southern University
Texas Woman's University
University of Houston System
University of Houston
University of Houston-Clear Lake
University of Houston-Downtown
University of Phœnix
University of Saint Thomas
The University of Texas System
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Texas Medical Branch

Additional tourist attractions include the Galleria (Texas's largest shopping mall located in the Uptown District), Old Market Square, Tranquility Park, the Downtown Aquarium, and Sam Houston Park (which contains restored and reconstructed homes which were originally built between 1823 and 1905). The San Jacinto Battlefield State Historic Site where the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution was fought is located on the Houston Ship channel east of the city.