Booking Success Proof of Destination’s Strong Competitive
Standing and Hospitality Community Partnerships

During the twelve months of the 2005 Fiscal Year completed June 30, the sales team at the San Diego Convention Center booked 71 events representing 914,717 hotel room nights for future years. The events contracted include such prominent groups as the National School Board Association (37,600 room nights), Digestive Disease Week (41,100 room nights) and the American Society of Hematology (39,780 room nights). Since 70% of the facility’s business is repeat business, many of the clients have committed to bringing their events back to San Diego as part of a regular rotation.

	HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS

This fantastic accomplishment represents a 34% increase over the 685,000 room nights that were booked in all of FY04.

The year’s enormous success, extraordinary in the tightest and most competitive convention market in history, speaks directly to the popularity and appeal of San Diego as a meetings and conventions destination. This accomplishment would not be possible without the strong hospitality community partnerships that exist in our destination. San Diego is second to none in service and hospitality and this achievement is proof of our well-earned reputation.

Congratulations San Diego! This is an extraordinary achievement for our entire destination.