Testimonials
Scott White
President and CEO, Greater Palm Springs CVB
The California Travel Association is one of the most important organizations we support. Tourism is the number one industry for Greater Palm Springs and having a strong organization representing us in Sacramento and bringing all of us together for collaboration is vital to our success. Barb Newton has done a tremendous job creating the right strategies and vision for our industry. We are very happy with our membership in the California Travel Association.
Kathy Janega-Dykes
President & CEO, Visit Santa Barbara
CalTravel continues to be an invaluable resource for our organization and regional hospitality community, as well as for the California tourism industry at large. My time serving on the Board of Directors further opened my eyes to the vitality of CalTravel and how well the association delivers on its mission—be it political advocacy, unifying the industry, or providing essential educational platforms. We are fortunate to have such an effective and powerful force working day in and day out on behalf of our statewide tourism industry.
Richard Peterson
President & CEO, U.S. Cultural & Heritage Marketing Council
As a member of CalTravel, I am professionally inspired by the organization’s innovative approach to integrate advocacy, collaboration, and education in all they do. From the critical work facilitated by CalTravel’s advocacy partners - Political Solutions, to the successful efforts of the Ambassador Program, the organization ensures California’s travel industry voice is ever present, supporting the collective tourism issues affecting our state’s economy, communities, infrastructure, and environment.
Gary Buffo
President & CEO, Pure Luxury Transportation
I’ve been involved in advocacy associations for over 20 years, and we are so thankful to have California Travel Association that protects and preserves the entire tourism sector. It takes a well-run association with a core mission to assure every small business can survive in California, and that’s exactly what I’ve witnessed in CalTravel. Every business should be a member of CalTravel, to support the hard work and dedication of all the volunteer board members that advocate every day to protect our businesses.
Marisa Rokovitz
Director of Hotel Leisure Sales, Southern California, Enterprise Holdings
We value our membership in CalTravel. CalTravel is perfectly positioned to provide education and advocacy on the important public policy issues affecting the travel industry in California. The travel industry and its disparate sub sectors maximize our impact when we speak with one voice under the CalTravel banner. And the CalTravel team ensures membership dues are efficiently used to have maximum impact - at minimal cost.
Joe D'Alessandro
President & CEO, San Francisco Travel Association
CalTravel plays a critical role as the unified voice of California’s visitor industry. I would strongly recommend membership to any organization or business that cares about the future of tourism in our state.
Chuck Davison
President & CEO, Visit SLO CAL
Knowing we have an organization whose voice is a united advocate for the tourism industry across California is not only inspiring, but it provides value we could never achieve on our own. CalTravel is that voice, and that is why we are proud to partner with them to better educate our industry on the difference advocacy can make.
Tom Kiely
President & CEO, Visit West Hollywood
Visit West Hollywood enjoys great benefits from our relationship with CalTravel. The advocacy work the organization undertakes really supports our own efforts to grow tourism to our city and helps define and deliver the message of the importance of tourism. We are proud to be long-time board members of CalTravel and will continue our close relationship into the future.
Julie Mino Buffo
President & CEO, Oxnard Convention & Visitors Bureau
CalTravel is a dedicated group of tourism professionals all with very diverse backgrounds representing unique destinations and attractions. Being involved on the CalTravel board has allowed me the knowledge, support, and courage to speak on topics impacting the tourism industry on a local and state level. The connections I have made with industry experts have been instrumental in our organization’s growth and realizing the amount of potential just waiting to be discovered.
