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AREA GUIDES STATS HOTEL Hilton San Diego Bayfront The US Grant, San Diego The Grand Del Mar ROOMS 1,190 270 249 Homewood Suites San Diego Del Mar 127 The Dana on Mission Bay - Sea World 271 EXHIBITION FACILITIES SAN DEIGO CONVENTION CENTER total exhibit space largest hall meeting rooms 615,701 sq. ft. 92,040 sq. ft. 60 WHO YOU GONNA CALL? San Diego CVB – (619) 236-1212 www.seeyouinsandiego.com Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce (619) 749-9699 www.CCblackchamber.com San Diego Skyline view from Coronado Island Photo Credit: San Diego CVB of meeting rooms, and a new 500-room hotel directly behind the convention center, giving the center a total of 815,000 square feet of exhibition space; it is said to be opening sometime in 2015. LOS ANGELES Greater Los Angeles, one of the world’s most popular travel destinations, is the sec- ond most visited city in the U.S. for international travelers, and among the top five most visited cities by residents of the U.S. From Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills to the art galleries of Santa Monica, visitors can easily spend a vast amount of vacation days expe- riencing all there is to see and do in this Southern Californian region. The city also boast world-class meeting facilities and accom- modations. Area airports include Los Angeles International Airport, Ontario, Burbank and Orange County. PALM SPRINGS For many, the city of Palm Springs is a desert oasis in the Southern California region. The city boasts 255 hotels and resorts, 16,200 guest rooms, over 115 golf courses, 600 tennis courts, 620 restaurants and an average of 350 days of sun- shine per year. Vacationers flock to Palm Sprints to enjoy the recreation of Mount San Jacinto State Park with its hik- ing trails and campgrounds; the Aerial Tramway; and Palm Springs Desert Museum, the Palm Springs Air Museum and the Ruddy’s 1930s General Store Museum. Palm Springs tram, it rises from the valley floor to high on Mt. San Jacinto. to about 6,000 feet. 80 Black Meetings & Tourism May/June 2010: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com Photo Credit: Lawrence Freytag