Here's what's behind this folks:
College Station just pulled out of the local convention and visitors bureau.
The old bureau (Experience Bryan-College Station) recruited tournaments and large professional conferences and offered grants for guaranteed stays in B/CS hotels. This helped drive local sales tax via purchases, meals and hotel occupancy taxes.Now that CS has gone it's own way you will receive these funds only if you book stays in College Station hotels. Experince B/CS also advertised both cities around the state.
The fact is, someone in Gainesville, FL or Auburn, AL knows to look for a hotel in College Station because that's where A&M is located. What is Auburn's sister city? Anyone ever heard of Opelika? These folks don't know Bryan exists. This is a small attempt at getting "Bryan" out in the news so that these visitors might seek a room in Bryan when CS hotels are full or are less competitive.
Think this isn't the case? Ask your self why the Hilton Garden Inn on University Drive, located in the City of Bryan advertises itself as the Hilton Garden Inn of
College Station.
"He who attempts to govern, ploughs the sea" -Simon Bolivar