When it comes to planning meetings, Sue Story, CMP, doesn’t take many chances, but she admits it took confidence to take 180 employees of Orenda International to the new Omni San Diego Hotel in its second week of operation in April 2004...

WHEN THE TIME CAME FOR SUE DAVIS, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS, to plan the 2005 annual meeting for SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering— the future was crystal clear. San Diego had hosted SPIE’s annual meeting for 33 of the last...

DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO ...

A is for AEROSPACE. Visitors to the San Diego Aerospace Museum can replicate the Wright brothers’ historic flight at Kitty Hawk by manning the controls of a thrilling flight simulator...

THE GOLF OF CALIFORNIA ...

• San Diego–based ATLAS HOTELS is investing $30 million to upgrade, expand, and transform Shelter Pointe Hotel and Marina into the Resort Kona Kai Spa and Marina by 2008. Planned new facilities include 150 guest rooms, lobby, restaurant, and a...

To get to the new Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach Resort, go west 30 minutes from Tampa, Fla., taking the bridge across Old Tampa Bay, traveling across Clearwater, and taking the mile-long Memorial Causeway until the Gulf of Mexico stretches out in...

For small groups that want to experience the cobblestone streets of Old Montreal, but need the amenities of a brand new hotel, the recently opened Hôtel William Gray fits the bill. The 127-room boutique property is a new build on top of two...