Stay up to date on important destination news throughout the city of San Diego. Spring Break Fuels Upswing in Travel Spending - San Diego Business Journal Team-Building Duo's Wellness Walks Hit Their Stride - San Diego ConnectWonderFront Festival Sets 2022 San Diego Bayside Return - San Diego Union TribuneThe first Sesame Street theme park on the West Coast opens in San … [Read more...] about Destination News | 6 April 2022
Industry Trends
Tourism Economics report shows strong rebound for industry, forecasts continued growth
A new report prepared for the SDTA by Tourism Economics offers plenty of positive news for the regional tourism industry, showing big improvements in visitorship, room demand and other categories for the third quarter of 2021. Those gains came despite complications caused by the Omicron virus variant, inflation and other factors. The report also projects a much-welcome … [Read more...] about Tourism Economics report shows strong rebound for industry, forecasts continued growth
Headlines You Need to Read | 01 April 2022
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. Regional leaders lobbying in Washington for central transit hub, new border crossing, other infrastructure — San Diego Union-TribuneFletcher announces initiatives to tackle homelessness, mental health, with $10M in … [Read more...] about Headlines You Need to Read | 01 April 2022
Weekly Hotel Performance Update – Mar. 20 to Mar. 26, 2022
Hotel demand in San Diego continued its upward trajectory with the county selling a total of 365,543 room nights this last week. This represents an increase of 6,000 room nights over the previous week and surpasses the total number of room nights sold in the same week of 2019 by more than 2,300 room nights – the first week in which room night demand exceeded pre-pandemic levels … [Read more...] about Weekly Hotel Performance Update – Mar. 20 to Mar. 26, 2022
Weekly Hotel Performance Update – Mar. 13 to Mar. 19, 2022
An influx of Spring Breakers and a handful of March Madness basketball games at SDSU helped push weekly hotel demand to its highest level since July 2021. San Diego hotels sold a total of 359,522 room nights, an increase of 28,000 over the previous week and nearly matching room demand for the same week in 2019.County occupancy averaged 80.3%, up 6.1 points from the previous … [Read more...] about Weekly Hotel Performance Update – Mar. 13 to Mar. 19, 2022