Our Little Italy headquarters served us well, but ConVis is ready for the next step. We’ll be moving to a new space downtown at Symphony Towers at the end of August. Feel free to visit or write to us at 750 B Street, Suite 1500, San Diego, CA 92101; phone numbers and email addresses will remain the same. Please note that our offices will... Read more
Archive for August, 2011
Weekly Hotel Performance – 8/7 to 8/13
August 18 | Posted by Miriam Perkins | Industry TrendsFor the Week of July 17, 2011 to July 23, 2011 Category Occupancy Difference ADR Difference RevPAR Difference San Diego 84.1% -0.4% $136.75 0.9% $115.17 0.0% San Diego Downtown 86.1% 0.5% $160.37 -4.0% $138.23 -4.8% Mission Valley 90.3% 0.7% $104.25 0.6% $94.21 1.2% San Diego/La Jolla 88.0% -0.1% $177.10 2.9% $156.07 2.8% San Diego South & East 75.0% -3.1% $69.75 4.1% $52.56 0.3% San Diego NE/Escondido 77.6% -1.7% $100.36 0.6% $77.85 -1.0% Carlsbad/Oceanside 83.6% -0.6% $144.09 3.4% $120.94 2.7% SeaWorld/Old Town/Airport 85.3% -0.3% $150.51 7.2% $128.60 6.7% ... Read more
Announcing San Diego’s 2011 Open Table Awards
August 16 | Posted by Courtney Schack | AccoladesIn Aug. 2011, Open Table, the restaurant reservation site released their list of the country’s most breathtaking dining spots as voted by site visitors. The list of winners is derived from more than seven million reviews submitted by OpenTable diners for more than 12,000 restaurants throughout the country. San Diego dominated the recent Open Table reader survey of the Top 50 Scenic... Read more
Advertise in the “Official Meeting Planner’s Guide”
August 16 | Posted by Brian Hilemon | Member Updates, Opportunities Tags: advertise, meeting planner's guideWe bring business to you! Each year, ConVis invests market intelligence, sales resources and advertising dollars across the country with the singular goal of bringing new group business to San Diego. Whether you are a hotel, event venue, restaurant or professional service provider, everyone benefits from those investments and the Official Meeting Planner’s Guide is the tool ConVis uses to... Read more
San Diego Restaurant Week Offers Delicious Deals
August 16 | Posted by Candice Eley | Destination Promotions, Upcoming Events Tags: San Diego Restaurant WeekFrom hot spots owned by celebrity chefs to charming Italian eateries and innovative Mexican favorites, visitors to San Diego can explore the region’s diverse culinary offerings without breaking the bank during San Diego Restaurant Week, Sept. 18 – 23, 2011. The six-day celebration provides food lovers the opportunity to dine at San Diego’s vibrant and distinctive eateries for a fraction... Read more
Another Month of Positive Gains for San Diego Hotels
August 15 | Posted by Miriam Perkins | Industry TrendsIn June, hotel performance in the County remained strong with room demand up 4.7 percent to 1.33 million room nights sold. This drove occupancy up 4.4 percent to 76.7 percent. Average daily rate rose 1.8 percent to $128.34. Consequently, San Diego earned an average RevPAR of $98.37, up 6.4 percent versus June 2010. Within San Diego, Mission Valley was the... Read more
Get the New Easy-to-Use Hotel Meetings Calendar
August 11 | Posted by Brian Hilemon | Member UpdatesGreat news for those Members who utilize the Hotel Meetings Calendar as a sales tool. This valuable Member benefit is now posted to MemberNet in Excel format for your download and use. You spoke up and we listened, so thank you to those Members who made this suggestion. If you are not accessing the calendar, you’re missing out on one of your most... Read more
The Lodge at Torrey Pines Awarded AAA Five-Diamond
August 11 | Posted by Joe Timko | Member UpdatesTen Consecutive years as one of North America’s Most Luxurious Accommodations The Lodge at Torrey Pines has been honored with the 2012 AAA Five Diamond Award, the tenth-year in a row that the luxury resort has captured one of the travel industry’s most prestigious awards. Since the opening in 2002, The Lodge at Torrey Pines located in La Jolla, California, remains... Read more
North County Spring/Summer OTA Boosts ADR
August 9 | Posted by Kathleen Kubota | Destination Promotions, SDTA News Tags: OTAThe results are in for our North County Spring/Summer OTA summer program, and total bookings were up for our peak travel season promotions with Orbitz, Travelocity, Hotels.com, Expedia.com and Expedia International (Germany, UK and Canada). Total impressions were 16,966,976 with an initial spend of $170,824 and a total value of $362,687. Room nights booked were at 107,158, with a YOY... Read more
North County Sales Update
August 9 | Posted by smillman | Destination Promotions, SDTA News Tags: Sales updateNorth County Sales Update Our North County Sales team, led by Jonathan Friedman, has been working diligently to achieve positive results for our North County hotels. Leads generated by National Sales Directors Sonia Storbeck and Tricia Tarnutzer went definite for 525 and 83 room nights, respectively, and the team attended two conferences to promote North County as a destination: MPI-WEC Annual Meeting:... Read more
