In-Demand San Francisco Looks to the Future


Skift Take

While San Francisco is in the midst of a huge boom in travel demand, it also has several knotty issues to solve in order to remain a premier U.S. destination for events.
I visited San Francisco a couple weeks ago for a Skift Megatrends event and was surprised by how many problems a wealthy and progressive destination can have from the perspective of a business traveler. Is San Fran really a great place to hold an event? Following a delicious burrito, I sat down one afternoon with San Francisco Travel President and CEO Joe D'Alessandro to talk about the challenges the city faces as both a dynamic destination for events and a social victim of its own econo