Welcome to Costa Mesa, The Best of Southern California
Located in Southern California’s vibrant Orange County, cosmopolitan Costa Mesa is home to South Coast Repertory Theatre, the Orange County Performing Artscenter, Reneé and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and South Coast Plaza, The Ultimate Shopping Experience. Nearby are beaches, Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure. Ten amenity-packed luxury hotels feature more than 2,225 guestrooms.
To schedule media interviews and site visits, please contact Dan Pittman at 714.282.9994 or via email at dan@pittmanpr.com For general information, please call the Costa Mesa Conference & Visitor Bureau at 714.435.8530.
Overview The City of Costa Mesa offers an unbeatable combination of space and services for business and leisure travelers at nine luxury hotels located in an exciting, amenity-packed destination that is conveniently accessible by car, rail or air. For shoppers, there's the incomparable South Coast Plaza shopping resort, where they can enjoy a virtual visit to 17 countries without leaving the center. Designated the "City of the Arts," Costa Mesa is home to the Theatre District, including the world-class Orange County Performing Artscenter, Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory (SCR) Theatre and many fabulous restaurants. The city is a unique, upscale destination for sophisticated travelers and is rich in venues, events and activities of particular interest to the cultural tourist. However, its central location also makes it an ideal "base camp" for exploring all that Southern California has to offer.
Guestrooms/Meeting Space
There are more than 101,100 square feet of exceptional meeting space and over 2,225 guestrooms in Costa Mesa's ten luxury hotels with prices and amenities to suit just about every meeting planner's needs. Services include complete catering, A/V and technical support, computer data ports in meeting rooms, convenient business-support centers, complimentary local transportation and much more.
Costa Mesa Conference & Visitor Bureau
The bureau consists of nine luxury hotels plus two representatives from the City of Costa Mesa, and currently has a staff of four. Independent advertising and public relations consultants, as well as local hotel marketing and sales managers working under the direction of Diane Pritchett, the bureau's executive director, support marketing efforts.
Hotels
The ten hotel members of the Costa Mesa Conference & Visitor Bureau include the Ayres Hotel & Suites(714.549.0300), Best Western Newport Mesa (949.650.3020) Costa Mesa Marriott (714.957.1100), Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa (714.540.7000), Holiday Inn (714.557.3000), Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites (949.631.6000), Rmada Limited & Suites (949.645.2221), Residence Inn by Marriott (714.241.8800), The Westin South Coast Plaza (714.540.2500) and the Wyndham Hotel (714.751.5100).
Annual Overnight Visitors
The number of overnight guests staying at the city's hotels during the year 2001 exceeded 300,000.
Markets Served
The bureau primarily targets meeting and group business, state associations and leisure travel originating from major feeder markets, including Southern and Central California, San Francisco, San Diego, Scottsdale, Phoenix and Tuscon. Secondary targets include domestic and international travelers via wholesale and direct sales.
For More Information
For specific hotel information, contact the sales departments at each of th hotels. The bureau is prepared to assist each meeting planner from the initial site selection to the completion of the meeting or event. For general information, 714.435.8530. The toll-free information number is 866.918.4749. Visit Costa Mesa online at www.costamesa-ca.com.
