The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Selects Eleven as Advertising Agency of Record

de Young Museum ‘King Tut Exhibit’ Focus of First Assignment for Independent San Francisco Agency August 24, 2009 – The San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) has selected independent San Francisco agency Eleven, Inc., as agency of record in a private review, announces Matt Stiker, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, SFCVB. This is the second tour of duty with...

August 25th, 2009 by admin 

San Francisco committed to welcoming gay and lesbian visitors

May 26, 2009 – San Francisco continues to welcome gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender visitors, in light of today’s decisions from the California Supreme Court upholding Proposition 8 while validating the 18,000 same sex marriages performed between June and November. Proposition 8 was an initiative on the November 2008 ballot, which added a new section to the state Constitution specifying...

May 26th, 2009 by admin 

Karen Bell returns to the SFCVB as managing director, development

Karen Bell has been named the new managing director, development, for the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB).  In her new position, Bell will create and implement a development/partnership plan that provides a mutually beneficial relationship between businesses in the visitor industry and the SFCVB, which is the City’s official visitor promotion agency. She will also oversee...

April 23rd, 2009 by thouseman 

Months of Magic, Milestones, Music and Merriment

Read it here first!  Brand new and unlike anything else: Eccentricities of .  Every Friday and Saturday night, starting in April, audiences will gather in a cozy Victorian setting at the Chancellor Hotel Union Square, 433 Powell St., to enjoy an old-fashioned Magic Parlor, “abounding with local anecdotes and lore presented by captivating and consummate conjurers and tale-tellers.”  What a great...

March 30th, 2009 by ajackson 

The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Names Leonard Hoops as Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer

The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) has named Leonard Hoops as executive vice president and chief customer officer.  He was previously executive vice president of sales and marketing. Hoops joined the SFCVB in December 2006 and has helped lead the organization to record-breaking convention sales results, with his team generating more than 2.36 million future hotel room nights...

March 18th, 2009 by thouseman