Tag: Calif.

Study reveals cities with highest, lowest travel taxes

Discriminatory travel taxes and fees on travel-related services can add up quickly for travelers. A recent study by National Business Travel Association (NBTA) and Concur, the world’s leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services, determined that discriminatory travel taxes and fees such as car rental, hotel and meal taxes impose an average increased cost on visitors of 56 percent on top of general sales tax.

“The business and travel communities are increasingly concerned about the [...] Read more

Santa Clara hotels change flags

Three Santa Clara, Calif., city hotels changed flags in February 2010. The Joie de Vivre property dropped its Best Western affiliation and is now simply the Avatar Hotel. [...] Read more

Bakersfield convention hotel

The Padre Hotel in Bakersfield, Calif., opened February 1, after two years and $18-million in renovations. [...] Read more

San Jose keeps Star Trek: The Exhibition

Star Trek: The Exhibition will continue its only Bay Area appearance at The Tech Museum in downtown San Jose, Calif., through April 11, 2010. [...] Read more