Billing itself as the “Best of the San Francisco Bay Area,” the San Francisco Peninsula team promotes a side of the region many thought they already knew—the south side, where another world is waiting beyond the legendary Dock of the Bay city sittin’ on the northern tip.
“When we say ‘south of San Francisco, north of expectations,’ you feel like you’re in the middle of everything. People don’t know there’s so much just a short distance away,” says Maggie Lang, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer for the San Mateo County/Silicon Valley CVB. “When you’re in the Redwoods, you’d never know that the city of San Francisco is 20 minutes away,” she adds, referring to spots like Muir Woods, where groups can experience these towering natural wonders without taking a long drive.
For meetings and conventions, the peninsula checks in with 54 hotels specifically serving groups, says CVB Director of Sales Donna Palmer.
“Our Hyatt Regency has the largest ballroom on the peninsula,” she says of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, whose Grand Peninsula Ballroom spans 18,150 square feet.
Palmer says the peninsula has long drawn innovators and other people who think outside the box. “Agritourism started here and we pioneered culinary fusion,” she says. “You can find yoga and meditation rooms and prayer rooms here. We’re known as the healthiest county in America.”
Here’s another innovation planners will want their groups to experience—Waymo driverless shuttles. And why not? Robotaxis are old news here.
“They’re self-driving and they’re multiplying throughout the peninsula,” Palmer says. “They’re so space-age looking… and they’ll tell you, ‘fasten your seatbelts.’”
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