Food & Vine Time Productions, Inc. is a brand leader in finely crafted consumer culinary, wine and craft beer lifestyle events. Launched in 2002, Food & Vine Time Productions, Inc. Focuses on a shared passion for food, wine and craft beer celebrating their love of life and all the many benefits these pleasures contribute to personal and business relationships. FVTP currently produces 10 events across the Houston area, including its signature Wine & Food Week, which celebrates 10 years in 2014; BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival; Haute Wheels Houston THE Food Truck Festival; Zest in the West; Katy Sip 'n Stroll; Wine Fair Cy-Fair; FROSTED and the first ever BIG BREW at the GRB fall 2014.

The George R. Brown Convention Center was opened on the east side of downtown Houston amid great civic celebration on September 26, 1987. The sleek 100-foot-high building has a futuristic-looking design with state-of-the-art details. On July 28, 2025 ground was broken on a joint project to expand the convention center and build an adjacent 1,200-room convention headquarters hotel. The Brown grew from 1,150,000 to 1,800,000 square feet with three added exhibit halls and 57 meeting rooms for a total of 100. Expansion was completed December 3, 2003. Today, The George R. Brown Convention Center is managed by the Houston First Corporation.

Houston First Corporation is leading the effort to promote Houston as one of the greatest cities of the world. Houston First manages more than 10 city-owned buildings and properties and underground and surface parking for nearly 7,000 vehicles. These facilities include the Hilton Americas-Houston hotel, George R. Brown Convention Center, Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Wortham Theater Center, Houston Center for the Arts, Talento Bilingue de Houston, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston First Outdoors and Theater District Parking. Houston First is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance, licensing and operation of these properties as the sites of conventions, trade shows and theatrical performances that enrich the lives of Houstonians.