San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Names Lisa Hasenbalg Director of Arts & Culture Marketing

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) has hired Lisa Hasenbalg as Director of Arts & Culture Marketing. In her new position, Hasenbalg will promote San Francisco as a cultural destination to local, national and international visitors, travel trade professionals and journalists and serve as a liaison to the city’s thriving arts community. “A large part...

San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau releases 2009 tourism figures

Visitors to San Francisco down 5.8%, Visitor spending down 7.8% from 2008 March 10, 2010 — The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) has released its annual estimate of the economic impact of the tourism industry in San Francisco. In 2009, San Francisco welcomed 15.4 million visitors, a decrease of 5.8 percent from 2008. These visitors spent $7.8 billion in 2009, a decrease of...

San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau introduces Neighborhood Membership Grants

Unique “Only in San Francisco” businesses can receive membership and mentoring Feb. 18, 2010 – The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) will award as many as ten Neighborhood Membership Grants this year to unique “Only in San Francisco” businesses located throughout the city, with an emphasis on those operating outside the traditional visitor areas. “We’re launching...

February/March 2010: What’s New in San Francisco?

“What’s New” is a listing of new venues, attractions and activities compiled by the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB). Past editions of “What’s New” and a list of “Recent and Coming Attractions” are available in the Media section of the SFCVB’s Web site, www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com. The next edition of “What’s New” will be sent in March 2010. Public transit...

Leave your sweet tooth in San Francisco where artisan chocolate flourishes

Only in San Francisco, with its rich and lucious history of food, can one find four of the nation’s 11 major chocolate manufacturers and a disproportionate number of unique boutique chocolatiers.The Bay Area is home to some of the greatest chocolate factories in world including: The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, See’s Candies and Scharffen Berger Chocolate (recently acquired by the Hershey...