Each week, the San Diego Tourism Authority gathers headlines that highlight the hospitality and tourism industries, as well as top news in the San Diego region. Will $8M ad campaign built around happiness deliver tourists to San Diego? — San Diego Union-Tribune When will San Diego see more hotels under construction? — San Diego Union-Tribune […]
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Weekly Hotel Performance Update – Jan. 16 to Jan. 22, 2022
Compared to the week prior, San Diego hotels sold nearly 11,000 more room nights this past week, which included the tail end of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. County hotels sold a total of 242,267 room nights, which is about 50,000 fewer than in the same week of 2019 but roughly 100,000 more […]
Learn all about the new food-recovery law at Feeding San Diego’s free webinar Feb. 9
You’re invited to a special webinar with Feeding San Diego on Feb. 9 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m PST, titled “Feed People, Not Landfills: How to Get Ahead With Food Donations and Senate Bill 1383 Compliance.” There’s a new law in California you need to know about: SB 1383, California’s new organic waste and […]
New San Diego Brand Campaign – Happy and You Know It
To stimulate demand during the upcoming spring and summer season, the San Diego Tourism Authority is launching a new brand advertising campaign – “Happy and You Know It.”
Catching up with Kavin Schieferdecker, SDTA’s chief sales officer
This past fall, the San Diego Tourism Authority was delighted to hire Kavin Schieferdecker as the organization’s chief sales officer, a newly created position that oversees long-term sales for the San Diego Convention Center and hotel meetings as well as convention services. Kavin came to SDTA from Philadelphia, where he served as senior vice president […]
From a re-envisioned Terminal 1 to new and expanded routes, there’s a whole lot happening at San Diego International Airport
By James Hebert Excitement is taking wing these days at San Diego International Airport, with the start of a major project to renovate Terminal 1, plus the welcome addition of new carriers and routes and the return of others. The airport celebrated the official groundbreaking for the New T1 on Dec. 13. The $3.4 billion […]