| January 01, 1998

Hotel Online Press Releases Also: San Francisco CVB Awards the 1998 Silver Cable Car Award to Sunset Magazine San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Announces 1998–99 Officers A projected total of 800 meetings were booked in fiscal year 1997/98, 55 of these will meet in the Moscone Convention Center in the future; 745 will meet, self-contained, in individual hotels. These 800 meetings booked will utilize 1,467,000 hotel room nights. Throughout fiscal year 1997/98 the total number of travel agencies receiving assistance numbered 9,900. In addition, the Bureau’s Tourism Division hosted 2,100 travel agents and tour operators in “fam” trips to familiarize them with the City. The multi-lingual staff at the Bureau’s Visitor Information Center, located at Fifth and Market streets, assisted 740,000 walk-in visitors in fiscal year 1997/98. In addition, they responded to 200,000 phone inquiries, 14,000 mall inquiries, and mailed 50,000 visitor kits. Journalists from around the world receiving assistance in person, by phone or mall numbered 1,260. Proactively, the Bureau’s Public Relations Department distributed 47 news releases throughout the fiscal year. Contact: Laurie Armstrong 415/227-2603 http://www.sfvisitor.org/