Southern California | Destinations
Beach Beauties (Orange County)
Discover Orange County’s coastal communities to experience all of Southern California’s fun-in-the-sun allure
Eighty-eight percent of meeting planners say location is the most important criteria when planning a meeting. In that regard, O.C. rocks.
Beach Beauties (San Clemente)
Discover Orange County’s coastal communities to experience all of Southern California’s fun-in-the-sun allure.
San Clemente is the southern outpost of coastal O.C., with the U.S. Marine base Camp Pendleton separating it from the northern end of San Diego County. Just 15 square miles in size, it grew from a village established by Father Junipero Serra after he built the nearby Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1776.
Boomtown!
No less a wit than H.L. Mencken called Los Angeles "Nineteen suburbs in search of a metropolis." Well, we say, H.L, it's time to give it a rest.
It has been joked that Los Angeles has no downtown because everybody in Southern California drives and nobody walks. But in reality, downtown Los Angeles is bustling and undergoing growth and revitalization. It’s also large, comprised of distinct neighborhoods and districts.
Breaking Character
Southern California exudes classic appeal, but you’ve got to come see the latest version
It can be argued that no country in the world has made a stronger impression—either false or accurate—on the global population than the United States.
Costa Del Sol
Orange County’s coastal communities offer fun-in-the-sun and meetings allure
Coastal Orange County segues seamlessly from Los Angeles south to San Diego for 42 scenic miles. Along its Pacific shore are sandy coves, sheltered harbors and a handful of beach and waterfront towns that individually, and collectively, offer great appeal.
Downtown and Hollywood
Reinventing L.A.
Where cranes and hardhats are more ubiquitous than celebrity sightings (well, almost).
Dreamscape
Take a meeting, as they say in Southern California, and unleash all the energy and creativity the region will inspire in your group.
Palm Springs Desert Resorts is world-famous for its superb resorts and first-class meeting and conference facilities. It continues to be a favorite destination for meetings and conventions, thanks to its beautiful, sweeping vistas, towering mountain ranges, national monuments and relaxed lifestye.
Dreamscape
Take a meeting, as they say in Southern California, and unleash all the energy and creativity the region will inspire in your group.
Palm Springs Desert Resorts is world-famous for its superb resorts and first-class meeting and conference facilities. It continues to be a favorite destination for meetings and conventions, thanks to its beautiful, sweeping vistas, towering mountain ranges, national monuments and relaxed lifestye.
Free-For-All
Come to L.A.'s Wetside and tank the tried-and-true
Saturday morning, while stopped at an intersection on Sunset Boulevard, I had an epiph-any about Los Angeles, my native city.
GO WEST!
Stay and Play on L.A's Westside
When your next-door neighbor is a 500-lb gorilla, you can’t do the Fay Wray woe-is-me thing. You’ve got to seize the day and take charge of your own destiny.
Having It All
As Ivana put it, don't get even, get everything!
As Ivana put it, don't get even, get everything!
Inland Empire
Central Planning
The Inland Empire's central Southern California location with diverse locales and facilities, offers exceptional values for your meetings.
Lotusland (Ojai)
With great ranchos, vineyards, a castle, and Eden-like resorts, California's Central Coast carries the meeting experience off into another time and place. The natural setting of a lovely verdant valley surrounded by rugged peaks made Ojai the perfect location for the recreation of the idyllic "Shangri-La" in Frank Capra's 1939 version of The Lost Horizon.
Lotusland (Oxnard)
With great ranchos, vineyards, a castle, and Eden-like resorts, California's Central Coast carries the meeting experience off into another time and place.
Oxnard is the southernmost of Central Coast cities, with more than seven miles of public beaches and water activities centered around Channel Islands Harbor, gateway to the five-island national park and marine sanctuary.
Lotusland (San Luis Obispo)
With great ranchos, vineyards, a castle, and Eden-like resorts, California's Central Coast carries the meeting experience off into another time and place.
Nearly 80 miles of coastline fringes western San Luis Obispo County, located midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Lotusland (Santa Maria)
With great ranchos, vineyards, a castle, and Eden-like resorts, California's Central Coast carries the meeting experience off into another time and place.
Called "The American Riviera.", like the Côte d'Azur, in both climate and topography. For the past century wealthy sun-seekers from other parts of the country have built palatial homes and cultivated extraordinary gardens, strongly recalling a South-of-France style.
Lotusland (Santa Ynez)
With great ranchos, vineyards, a castle, and Eden-like resorts, California's Central Coast carries the meeting experience off into another time and place.
Santa Barbara's primary wine country supports over 70 wineries and has 24,000 acres of vineyards. But there is much more.
Lotusland (Ventura City)
With great ranchos, vineyards, a castle, and Eden-like resorts, California's Central Coast carries the meeting experience off into another time and place.
Founded in 1782 as San Buenaventura, the City of Good Fortune, Ventura is one of the oldest communities in California.
Lotusland (Ventura Country
With great ranchos, vineyards, a castle, and Eden-like resorts, California's Central Coast carries the meeting experience off into another time and place.
Ventura County is a seaside region that also doubles as a major agricultural area, producing strawberries, citrus, cut flowers, vegetables and other crops. Mild temperatures year-round benefit both segments of the economy—plus meetings held there, especially in fall and spring.