In The News
San Jose's hipster festival: Zero 1 - Art on the Edge
For at least five days San Jose, California, is the hipster capital of the west. It is Silicon Valley's answer to Sundance and South-by- South-yawn-West.
Labor victories loom as factor in San Jose cost-cutting
Labor won two major victories this month in San Jose. Leaving little doubt that is remains a powerful force in city politics. That show of strength loons as a factor in Mayor Chuck Reed’s efforts to reign in costs in City Hall...
The 25 Most Influential People in the Industry 2007
For the 13th year, the editors of MeetingNews have selected the 25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry. Some are familiar names...
San Jose Hoteliers, Convention and Visitors Bureau Execs and City Reps Converge on New York and Chicago to Promote San Jose
Nearly 20 San Jose hoteliers, convention and visitors bureau sales staff and City representatives are converging on New York and Chicago this week to promote...
A Dot-Com City Comes Back After the Collapse
So it is with SoFA in San Jose. On a recent balmy evening, in the South First Street Area, throngs of moviegoers gathered at the California Theater, a renovated Art Deco building...
5 things worth applause in downtown San Jose
Anyone who's paid attention to downtown San Jose over a long time knows that the stand pattern involves two steps forward, one step back and one step sideways, an odd dance that reflects the uncertainties of urban life…
Top 20 Cities to Find Single Men
In a special survey conducted exclusively for The Oprah Show, Men's Health magazine came up with the best cities in America to meet single men over 35.
San Jose es caliente for Ricky Martin and Latino entertainers
Believe it or not, San Jose is hot.
In fact - scorching.
Latin concert promoters from across the country are calling the city - with seven large performance venues - one of the premier cities in the country to book acts. Nothing proves it more than Tuesday's
Extraordinary meetings
Solar Electric Power Association's Conference Shines
in San Jose
TTENDANCE AT SOLAR POWER 2006 WAS RECORDbreaking: The number of exhibitors grew by 300 percent and the number of attendees by 700 percent from the previous year. The conference was the largest solar event in U.S. history, attracting 8,500 attendees...
Top five cities to find a mate
Sure, a GPS can take you turn-by-turn to the nearest Thai restaurant, but it's worthless if you're hungry to locate a mate — for that you need Men's Health...
THE WAY TO SAN JOSE FOR MEETINGS
Joan Eisenstodt, chief strategist for Eisenstodt Associates, LLC, said that those who are familiar with San Jose — the third largest city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego — as a meeting location, "wish we could have it all to ourselves." Calling it an "ideal destination," Eisenstodt noted the simplicity of the downtown convention district makes it easy to walk from the center to convention hotels and all the "fabulous" arts facilities and restaurants.
A new model for facility management
Team San Jose, in California, is unique among convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs). Like many CVBs, it manages the convention center and is responsible for promoting the city as a tourist and convention destination. The radical difference lies in how Team San Jose uses...
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