Last year, Robert Arends, of the San Diego Convention &
Visitors Bureau, stopped by the TravelAge West offices. Arends is
the national public relations manager for the bureau, and at the
time he seemed like a man who couldn’t stop smiling. We talked
about San Diego and the boom the city is having in hotel building,
cruise traffic and attractions, and of course about their new
baseball stadium.
“People may not fully realize it,” he told me, “but San Diego
has never seen anything like what’s going on now.”
See for yourself in Maribeth Mellin’s story “San Diego Daze”
(page 32). Mellin, who lives there, knows her hometown well, and
shares with readers some of the factors that have made San Diego
yes, San Diego the hottest city on the West Coast.
This story is an example of what I consider to be an important
role of TravelAge West. I believe it’s our job to act as your
advance scout in the industry to be on the lookout for the
up-and-coming, the overlooked, the under-appreciated and the newly
renewed. We know our readers have a wanderlust at heart, it’s one
of the reasons we were all drawn to the travel industry in the
first place, and we at TAW want to be your trusted guide along the
journey.
So, drop us a line from time to time and let us know what you
consider to be the next hot destination, and we’ll be standing by,
ready to hit the streets and do the legwork.
