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  About SDCVB


Funded in part by our members, the San Diego Tourism Promotion Corporation with City of San Diego Tourism Marketing District Assessment Funds, the County and Port of San Diego.



 SDCVB Building
 • The home of the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau
The San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau (San Diego CVB) is a private, non-profit, mutual benefit corporation composed of approximately 1,100 member organizations, businesses, local governments, and individuals seeking a better community through the visitor industry. San Diego CVB members include tourism-related entities in such categories as lodging, dining, arts & attractions, shopping, and transportation, among others, as well as other companies indirectly involved in the visitor industry.

As a sales and marketing organization, the main objective of San Diego CVB is to promote and market San Diego County as a vacation destination and convention site. San Diego CVB also represents and supports the interests of the visitor industry as a whole. The majority of funding received by San Diego CVB is derived from the Transient Occupancy Tax on hotel rooms. (This tax is levied on all hotel rooms in the county and was originated to support the promotion of the area.) As a membership organization, San Diego CVB also receives financial support from member dues and promotional assistance from the membership through donated in-kind services.

San Diego CVB employs a staff of about 65 full-time people and 20 people on a part-time basis.

San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau Contact Information:
2215 India Street
San Diego, CA 92101
619-232-3101
E-mail: sdinfo@sandiego.org

Find out about Job Openings at the Bureau

Learn more about our Visitor Information Centers.

Chairman: Jim Oddo
President & CEO: David Peckinpaugh
Executive Vice President
and Chief Strategy Officer:
Christine Shimasaki
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships: Kerri Verbeke Kapich

 Senior Vice President of Sales:

 Margie Sitton
Vice President of Sales: Steve Schell
Director of Worldwide Military & Defense Affairs: Dale Vandergaw
Vice President of Community Relations: Salvatore Giametta
Director of National Public Relations: Joe Timko
Director of Travel Industry Development: Brian Said
Director of Visitor Services: Sue Mason

Director of Human Resources: 

 Althea Salas
Director of Information Technology: Isabel Sauerbrey
Interactive Marketing Manager: Nader Shatara


EASTERN REGION SALES OFFICE
1600 Duke Street Suite 510
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 647-6880
Fax: (703) 706-5305

CENTRAL REGION SALES OFFICE
676 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 3150
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 943-5399
Fax: (312) 943-0399







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