Gaylord Hotels and Marriott International have opened the $ 1.3 billion Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center in Chula Vista (San Diego County), California, marking that the first west coast of the brand and the first new real estate is. The resort, developed in collaboration with Rida Rida Development Corporation, plays the largest hotel center and the Balzaal.
“With more than 477,000 square meters of event space, including the largest hotelball hall in the state, it is California to compete with hotels.” Ultimately, this expansion reinforces the position of California as a top termination for national and international meetings. “
The 36-hectare house on the water, which anchor the 535 hectare Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan, comprises 1,600 rooms and 477,000 square base on indoor and outdoor meetings. The resort offers 135,000 square meters of event lawns and terraces, 67 breakout rooms and four ball halls, including at 140,049 square foot ball room and exhibition hall.
First new Gaylord since 2018
Gaylord Pacific is the first new building of the brand since the opening of Gaylord Rockies Resort in Colorado in 2018.
The port of San Diego projects $ 475 million in annual economic impact of the resort.
“What we see in terms of interest and bookings gives us the confidence that this real estate will arrive exactly the right moment for the West Coast Meetings Market,” says Peter Borum, Director Marketing and PR for Gaylord Pacific.
Market headwind
The launch of the resort coincides with Visit California, which releases a new prediction on 5 May, anticipating the total visitation in the state to fall 1% to 268 million visits this year. This is the first projected decrease in the annual over-youar in visiting since 2020.
In Adionion, predictions for 2025 predictions for a 9.2% decrease from international trips to California, partly due to the weakening of consumer sentiment, limited air bridge of important world markets and a strong American dollar that makes trips more expensive for visitors from other countries.
“Although fluctuations in international journeys are always beer, Gaylord Pacifi is unique to thrive because of a continuous focus on the domestic group and conversion activities,” said Scott Seibert, the general manager of the Gaylord Pacific. “High -quality, compelling meeting experiences will continue to grow and Gaylord Pacific is built to meet that requirement.”
