By Lori Weisberg San Diego Union-Tribune Updated on Sign On San Diego May 11, 2011 at 6 a.m. Knott's Soak city is one of many attractions South County has to offer visitors. San Diego's tourism agency, which already has expanded its reach into North and East County, will now be moving into the South County area as well. The Convention and Visitors Bureau … [Read more...] about South County Gets Help Promoting Tourism
Archives for May 2011
AAA Arizona Sales Blitz Hits the Road
ConVis Travel Trade Development Manager Benjamin Eastman and a dozen Members are returning to key drive markets, Phoenix and Tucson, May 8 – 11, to meet with AAA representatives and update them on San Diego and North County product offerings. For this sales mission, they’re traveling on a motor coach bus, wrapped in eye-catching San Diego images, to nine Phoenix-area branches, … [Read more...] about AAA Arizona Sales Blitz Hits the Road
San Diego Union-Tribune Quotes Joe Terzi on San Diego Accolades
San Diego Makes "Best of" Vacation Lists By Lori Weisberg It's probably no surprise to San Diegans that the city is a popular tourist destination, but now U.S. News & World Report is trumpeting San Diego's appeal in its latest best vacation rankings. In the magazine's list of the 21 most popular vacation spots in the U.S., San Diego ranks No. 3, right behind San … [Read more...] about San Diego Union-Tribune Quotes Joe Terzi on San Diego Accolades
BBC Reports San Diego Has One of America’s “Coolest City Parks”
“America’s coolest city parks” originally appeared in Travel + Leisure and made the front page of BBC over the weekend: http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20110419-americas-coolest-city-parks. Travel + Leisure also includes the following blurb on the parks relationship to the city: “Parks play a big role in making a city desirable for both locals and visitors. It’s easy to … [Read more...] about BBC Reports San Diego Has One of America’s “Coolest City Parks”
Sunset Calls San Diego the West’s “best place to live to hatch big ideas”
Tracking San Diego’s innovation economy is a bit like counting plants in the Amazon: Just when you think you’re getting somewhere, a thousand new wonders sprout up behind you. Carry a smartphone? It almost certainly contains technology pioneered by local wireless giant Qualcomm. Buy a new computer recently? That smaller, faster chip inside was likely made possible by a … [Read more...] about Sunset Calls San Diego the West’s “best place to live to hatch big ideas”