Articles tagged “san diego”

After years of legal delays, San Diego is finally deploying voter-approved hotel tax revenue to fix aging infrastructure at its convention center before pursuing the long-promised expansion.

Vancouver’s loss is undeniably San Diego’s gain. After 12 years hosting TED, Vancouver will hand the baton to a city with a growing life sciences community and cross-border innovation that gives it room to grow. 

The long-awaited Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center has officially opened. It's a high-stakes investment in California’s competitive meetings market amid economic uncertainty.

It may not be surprising that beach destinations are a popular choice to ring in the summer, but rustic stays are also of interest.

Julie Coker, CEO and President of the San Diego Tourism Authority, discusses community; mentorship; destination boycotts; and diversity, equity and inclusion.

More Californians are flying to Mexico via Tijuana now than they ever have before. Much of that is thanks to the only international bridge at an airport on the U.S. border.

A trio of airlines have overhauled their corporate platforms in the past seven days. The focus is on self-service, and managing perks as well as discounts, which could help them gain more direct business from smaller companies that are spearheading the recovery.

Digital nomads are welcome in Bermuda and San Diego. In a further reflection of how tourism marketing has changed, Singapore, too, is shifting gears and targeting locals, many of whom only think attractions in the city-state are only for the rich and privileged.

Room for a compromise seems to have emerged between Expedia, Airbnb, a hotel union, and the city council over short-term rental limitations in San Diego although bad blood looks to exist between Airbnb and Unite Here Local 30. Going it alone with a referendum doesn't seem like a viable stance for Airbnb.