Smart Meetings

Consistently ranked among the top international cities by travelers and planners, San Francisco can help you produce record-breaking attendance for your meeting. Let us provide the tools and assist you in making your San Francisco experience memorable and successful.

For nearly 100 years the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau has worked on behalf of its members to promote San Francisco as the destination of choice for conventions and leisure travel. The Bureau is an outgrowth of the San Francisco Convention and Tourist League, a non-profit, local business association founded in 1909 to reclaim the City's position as a world-class destination in the wake of the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire.

The Bureau continues that mission today, aggressively marketing and selling San Francisco to attract visitors. The Bureau is a private, not-for-profit, 501(c)6 membership organization, headed by a Board of Directors made up of 45  business leaders from various companies, elected by the membership. Additionally, in 2003, the Bureau established a 501(c)3 foundation to raise scholarship funds for students enrolled in local hospitality management programs and to produce educational programs.