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Tourism
Like Egypt's pyramids and New York's Statue of Liberty, Hollywood's sign will hold its status as a tourist draw for decades to come.
Dawit Habtemariam | 2 weeks ago
Business Travel
Business travel may finally return to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, and a boost in flight connectivity is helping.
Selene Brophy | 2 months ago
News Blog
Los Angeles' city council appeared this week to have reached a political compromise with the local hotel workers's union about a controversial plan to mandate that hotels temporarily house the homeless. At issue is a long-running dispute. Earlier this year, LA's powerful hotel union, Unite Here Local 11, successfully pushed the city's council to put…
Sean O'Neill | 2 months ago
India was the U.S.' s second top market for travelers outside of North America between April and June, according to the National Travel and Tourism Office's data released Monday. Over 500,000 Indian travelers came to the America in the those three months, up from 392,000 and 498,000 for the same period in 2022 and pre-pandemic…
Dawit Habtemariam | 2 months ago
Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board (LA Tourism) has launched its largest ever consumer advertising campaign in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The 'Now Playing' campaign - which features advertising in Ireland and Manchester for the first time - will run through October and November, and will return in early 2024. Credit: Los Angeles Tourism…
Adam Stacey | 2 months ago
City leaders need to develop a new vision for their downtowns— one that relies less on the old 5 day 9-5 work model.
Dawit Habtemariam | 5 months ago
With no choice, U.S. tourism businesses are being pushed away from China and toward other markets.
U.S. destinations want more first-time tourists, but they don't want to waste their time and money on those that have no hope of getting a visa in a reasonable amount of time.
Not only is the final game worth millions in tourist spending, destinations will win bragging rights and put themselves on the map with new tourist markets.
Hotels
Workers’ solidarity rallies may last for days, weeks or months. But if that would diminish Los Angeles’s reputation as a major tourist destination remains to be seen.
Steve Gorman, Reuters | 6 months ago
