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In The News
San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau Wins 2009 Distinctive Achievement Award
SAN JOSE (July 9, 2009) – Leading meetings trade publication Association Conventions & Facilities magazine has recognized the San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau (SJCVB) with a 2009 Distinctive Achievement Award, announced Dan Fenton, CEO of Team San Jose, which runs the convention center and four theaters as well as the SJCVB.
Convention Business Slowly Returns to San Jose
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KCBS) -- There are new signs that the recession may be bottoming out, as convention business is starting to pick up again in Silicon Valley.
San Jose leads as America’s top tech center
San Jose and Stockton, Calif., are just 78 miles from each other, yet they’re worlds apart in high-tech expertise. San Jose — epicenter of internationally renowned Silicon Valley — is the nation’s most technologically adept metropolitan area, according to a new bizjournals study of 100 U.S. markets. Stockton ranks dead last.
San Jose getaway a pilgrimage to tech mecca
Where will the next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates come from? On a recent Sunday afternoon in downtown San Jose, a good place to look would have been the Tech Museum of Innovation.
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...
San Jose
California's third-largest city rich in culture, attractions
Here's a quick question to find out if you're really a savvy California traveler: True or false, the three largest cities in California are Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco? No cheating, now - we all know it's awfully easy...
Valley Fair plans to expand
MALL WOULD GROW BY A THIRD, ADD 2 BIG STORES BY END OF '08
Westfield Valley Fair could add two major stores within the next three years, making it the largest mall in the region. If San Jose and Santa Clara officials sign off on plans...
Foremost Artists, Technologists, Theorists, and Cultural Producers Converge in Silicon Valley
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA (May 5, 2006) – The most progressive artists, cultural producers, media theorists, and curators from around the world will be gathering in the cradle of innovative thinking - Silicon Valley - to share and discuss the latest ideas and practices involving new media...
AO DAI: A MODERN DESIGN COMING OF AGE
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 24, 2006 – In the first exhibition of its kind in North America, the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, in partnership with the Association for Viet Arts is pleased to present the upcoming exhibition...
SAN JOSE JAZZ SOCIETY ANNOUNCES HEADLINE ACTS FOR 2006 COMCAST SAN JOSE JAZZ FESTIVAL, PRESENTED
17th Annual Festival in Downtown San Jose to features Tribute to New Orleans Jazz; Neville Brothers, Dr. John, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Bud Shank and Eldar Scheduled...
Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon Course Unveiled
Inaugural footrace promises a flat, fast and entertaining course for runners and walkers
SAN JOSE, Calif. (April 19, 2006) -- The inaugural running of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon promises a flat, fast and entertaining course for runners and walkers, event organizer Elite Racing, Inc. announced...
APRIL – JUNE 2006 COMMUNITY EVENTS
AT BONFANTE GARDENS FAMILY THEME PARK
Bonfante Gardens Family Theme Park, a non-profit organization, offers a variety of special events and entertainment that families can enjoy together during our 2006 season. Bonfante Gardens Family Theme Park educates and inspires families to appreciate horticulture and the importance of trees in our lives. All events are FREE...
LATHAM ENTERTAINMENT AND ICON CONCERTS ANNOUNCE:
The "Crown Royal Latin Kings of Comedy" tour hosted by Paul Rodriguez will kick off at the Bob Hope Theatre in...
APRIL – JUNE 2006 COMMUNITY EVENTS
AT BONFANTE GARDENS FAMILY THEME PARK
Bonfante Gardens Family Theme Park, a non-profit organization, offers a variety of special events and entertainment that families can enjoy together during our 2006 season. Bonfante Gardens Family Theme Park educates and inspires families to appreciate horticulture and the importance of trees in our lives. All events are FREE...
Ticket revenue will allow Jazz Festival to draw 'name' acts
Creating a bigger "buzz" -- and selling a few more hotel rooms -- is behind a plan to make fans pay to attend the 2006 Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival, organizers say.
Men to totter around in heels for a cause
High on the list of sentences I never thought I'd write: I'm looking forward to slipping into high heels next month.
Five Business-Focused Organizations Sponsor San Jose Mayoral Candidate's Debate
March 22, 2006—San Jose, CA—An early indication of how San Jose will vote for
its next mayor may result from the straw poll that nearly 1000 attendees
will cast at the "Big Five San Jose Mayoral Debate" on March 30. This
is the only debate where audience members can vote for their favorite candidate
See San Jose through eyes of the paying visitor
San Jose's future lies in the hands of 380,000 voters and by November we will know our fate. Once in office, the next mayor must acknowledge a key entity who, despite not being a resident, continues to drive economic impact...
THE WAY TO SAN JOSE
A weekend getaway to downtown San Jose? You Bet. By Martha Ross
TAKE A WALK ON THE DARK SIDE AT SPOOKY CALIFORNIA EVENTS
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.)— There is more to Halloween than the cackles of witches and groans of monsters. Destinations throughout California offer a wide variety of eerie special events, including pumpkin festivals, fright walks, haunted mansions, and...
San Jose hotels report January jump A rise in individual travelers coming through
town helped boost occupancy averages at San Jose's 14 major hotels in January. -by Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
Springtime is a time to go off your diet and fatten up for the coming year. At least, that seems to be the case at the Embedded Systems Conference, coming up in early April. The catalog of exhibitors, booths, speakers, and presentations is already fatter than it's been in many years.
City of San Jose to host inaugural San Jose cycling classic -by Jonathan
Vatner
At Whose Service? How CVBs strive to please both members and meeting planners
-by Steven Brewster
American Musical Theatre of San Jose Boosts Downtown Economy -By Nancy Marino
$1 billion vision for San Jose. A fledging group of cultural
enthusiasts is lining up support for a $1 billion-plus plan to
transform downtown San Jose into Silicon Valley's sports, entertainment and
cultural mecca. -By Andrew F. Hamm and Timothy Roberts
Finding your way in San Jose - Colorful San Jose
hosts RCMA 2006. Here's your introduction to what this remarkable city offers. -By
RCM Staff Report
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