Destination: Long Beach Meeting & Event Planning City Guide
Featured Venue
The Queen Mary Hotel
1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach, California, 90802-6331
562-499-1646
562-436-3185
306
80,000 sq ft
The historic Queen Mary combines all the elegance of a bygone era while incorporating modern amenities. With 14 ballrooms and salons totaling 80,000+ sq. ft., the Queen Mary can host any event, social gathering or corporate meeting!
Destination Articles
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Catching up with Southern California
By Nikki Gloudeman
December 31, 2012
Setting trends is second nature to Southern California, a region consistently in the throes of buzz-generating new development. Planners who have never booked in this inspired region of the country will find the fresh inventory enticing; those who have booked here, even frequently, will be pleased that the meetings product rarely feels stale.
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The United Nations of California
By Sandi Cain
December 28, 2011
California is well known for its Spanish and Mexican heritage, but it also boasts roughly 70 other ethnicities, reflected in delightful museums, restaurants and cultural centers throughout the state.
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The Insider’s Guide to Alberta
By Nikki Gloudeman
September 23, 2011
The best of Alberta from those who know it best
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Long Beach, Calif.
By Jessie Fetterling
January 28, 2011
Long Beach, California’s fifth-largest city, offers up the unexpected. For example, it happens to be home to the world’s largest mural and the nation’s skinniest house. It’s also one of the few coastal towns that “doesn’t roll up the sidewalks at 5 p.m.,” says Allison Lesser, vice president of sales for Visit Long Beach. “It offers a downtown and coastal experience all in one location,” she says.
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Southern California Confidential
By Nikki Gloudeman
June 30, 2010
To many, Southern California is a place of sunshine, flip-flops and endless sand. It’s where you can ride a Ferris wheel along the Santa Monica Pier, run beside the crashing waves of La Jolla or shop in perfect weather at a downtown farmer’s market.
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Snapshot: Long Beach, Calif.
By Macie Schreibman
January 28, 2010
A beach town in California isn’t rare. One with a 400,000-square-foot convention center within walking distance of the ocean, more than 3,000 guest rooms in its downtown and a CVB dedicated to personal attention, however, is. And that’s just the beginning of what the city of Long Beach, geographically located between Los Angeles and Orange County, has to offer for meetings.
Learn about Long Beach for Event Venues, Services & Meeting Destinations
Destination Description
Smart Stats:
Number of Meetings Hotels: 34
Total Hotel Rooms: 5,086
Number of Special Events Venues: 36
Local Convention Centers: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
Local Airports: Long Beach Airport (LGB), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), John Wayne Airport (SNA)
Local CVB: Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau Pismo Beach CVB, Redondo Beach CVB
Smart Snapshot:
Long Beach, California’s fifth-largest city, offers up the unexpected. For example, it happens to be home to the world’s largest mural and the nation’s skinniest house. It’s also one of the few coastal towns that “doesn’t roll up the sidewalks at 5 p.m.,” says Allison Lesser, vice president of sales for Visit Long Beach. “It offers a downtown and coastal experience all in one location,” she says.
Unlike some other towns in the SoCal area, Long Beach offers meeting-goers more than just another beach party. With its variety of neighborhoods—from 4th Street to Cambodia Town to Downtown—it offers the same cultural experience found in major cities up and down the West Coast. And its nightlife offers the same glitz and glam of pre-Hollywood days, when starlets frequented the city’s boardwalk.
In fact, during the early 1900s, movie making was Long Beach’s single largest industry. Since then, a number of movies—Casablanca, Lethal Weapon, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Gone in 60 Seconds and American Pie, to name a few—have been filmed here throughout the years, which “speaks to the fact that it has a variety of areas and options,” Lesser says. “You can experience the best of all worlds in Long Beach.”
p.m.,” says Allison Lesser, vice president of sales for Visit Long Beach. “It offers a downtown and coastal experience all in one location,” she says.
Unlike some other towns in the SoCal area, Long Beach offers meeting-goers more than just another beach party. With its variety of neighborhoods—from 4th Street to Cambodia Town to Downtown—it offers the same cultural experience found in major cities up and down the West Coast. And its nightlife offers the same glitz and glam of pre-Hollywood days, when starlets frequented the city’s boardwalk.
In fact, during the early 1900s, movie making was Long Beach’s single largest industry. Since then, a number of movies—Casablanca, Lethal Weapon, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Gone in 60 Seconds and American Pie, to name a few—have been filmed here throughout the years, which “speaks to the fact that it has a variety of areas and options,” Lesser says. “You can experience the best of all worlds in Long Beach.”
