News Coverage

KABC-TV7 (ABC Bay Area), March 22, 2021 * Video **Bay Area counties move into less restrictive tiers, and tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines. Interview with John LaFortune, President & CEO, Visit San Jose.

Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley Journal, March 11, 2021, “Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau and Convention Center Join Tourism Officials to Call on Governor Newsom to Immediately Issue Guidelines for Business Meetings, Events and Conventions.”

The Business Journal, March 11, 2021, “Local Convention Groups Call For Plan To Bring Back Events.”

KFSN-TV30 (ABC Fresno), March 10, 2021, “Local event planners and venues sign letter to Gov. Newsom.”

Sacramento Bee, March 9, 2021, “It’s new. It’s shiny. But Sacramento’s $245M convention center is stuck in COVID limbo.”

KFMB-TV8 (CBS/CW San Diego), March 8, 2021, “San Diego Event Coalition gains more allies in push to reopen events.”

KSEE-TV24 (NBC Fresno), March 8, 2021 *Video **Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

Long Beach Grunion Gazette, March 8, 2021, "Convention, Hospitality Sector Pressures Gov. Newsom For Timeline.”

Palm Springs Desert Sun, March 8, 2021, “Palm Springs area tourism officials ask Newsom to release guidelines for business meetings, conventions.”

Time of San Diego, March 8, 2021, “Tom York on Business: California Tourism Industry Presses for Guidelines on Post-COVID Conventions.”

Times of San Diego, March 7, 2021, “San Diego Tourism Officials Join in Urging California to Again Allow Major Business Events, Conventions.”

KCBS-AM740 (San Francisco), March 5, 2021 *Audio **Interview with Benjamin Roschke, Vice President of Research & Strategic Development, Visit San Jose. Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

KNSD-TV39 (NBC San Diego), March 5, 2021 *Video **Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

KTTV-TV11 (FOX Los Angeles), March 5, 2021 *Video **Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

KTXL-TV40 (FOX News Sacramento), March 5, 2021, “Local convention, event schedule in flux with no state reopening guidelines.”

KUSI-TV51 (San Diego), March 5, 2021, “Tourism officials and labor groups call for guidelines for business meetings, events and conventions.” *Video **Interview with Rip Rippetoe, President & CEO, San Diego Convention Center Corp.

Meetings Magazine, March 5, 2021, “CA Tourism Officials & Labor Groups Call On Governor Newsom To Immediately Issue Guidelines For Business Meetings, Events & Conventions.”

San Francisco Business Times, March 5, 2021, “Convention officials beg Newsom for pathway to hold live events again.”

Smart Meetings, March 5, 2021, “Meeting Professionals Eye Variations in State Reopenings with Mixed Emotions.”

Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley), March 5, 2021 *Video **Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

Associated Press, March 4, 2021, “What a difference a year makes: California poised to reopen.”

CalMatters, March 4, 2021, “California’s make-or-break reopening has arrived.”

KABC-TV7 (ABC Los Angeles), March 4, 2021, “Jobs lost, hundreds of canceled events: Anaheim Convention Center hopes to rebound from pandemic.”

KCRA-TV3 (NBC Sacramento), March 4, 2021 *Video **Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

KESQ-TV42 (ABC Palm Springs), March 4, 2021, “Frustrated tourism officials push Newsom for guidelines on meetings, conventions.”

KFBK-AM93.1 (Sacramento), March 4, 2021, “Mike Testa: Tourism Officials Call on Gov. to Immediately Issue Guidelines.” *Audio **Interview with Mike Testa, President & CEO, Visit Sacramento.

KFBK-FM93.1 (Sacramento), March 4, 2021 *Audio **Interview with Barb Newton, President & CEO, California Travel Association. Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

KFMB-TV8 (CBS/CW San Diego), March 4, 2021 *Video **Interview with Julie Coker, President & CEO, San Diego Tourism Authority. Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

KNBC-TV4 (NBC Los Angeles), March 4, 2021 *Video **Interview with Michael Krouse, President & CEO, Greater Ontario Convention & Visitors Bureau.*

KNTV-TV6 (NBC Bay Area), March 4, 2021 *Video **Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

KPBS-TV15 (San Diego), March 4, 2021 *Video **Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

KRCR-TV7 (ABC Chico/Redding), March 4, 2021 *Video **Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

KSBW-TV6 (NBC Monterey), March 4, 2021 *Video **Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

KTTV-TV11 (FOX Los Angeles), March 4, 2021, “Tourism officials call on Gov. Newsom to issue guidelines for reopening of events, conventions.”

KXTV-TV6 (ABC Sacramento), March 4, 2021 *Video **Tourism officials and labor groups call on Newsom Administration to release safe reopening guidelines.

Long Beach Business Journal, March 4, 2021, “Tourism, labor groups plea for COVID-19 guidelines on conventions ‘immediately.’”

Orange County Business Journal, March 4, 2021, “Anaheim Calls on Gov. Newsom to Issue Guidelines for Meeting Industry.”

Pasadena Now, March 4, 2021, “Pasadena Convention Center and Visitors Bureau Join Call For Newsom to Issue Guidelines for Business Meetings and Events.”

San Francisco Chronicle, March 4, 2021, “With $66 billion at stake, tourism leaders urge Newsom to bring back lucrative business events.”

Travel Pulse, March 4, 2021, “California Tourism Officials Want Guidelines for Meetings, Events and Conventions.”