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Travel Weekly
16-05-2025
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Gaylord Pacific opens near San Diego
Gaylord Hotels has opened its first property in California: the Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center in Chula Vista (about 8 miles south of San Diego). The $1.3 billion development has 1,600 hotel guestrooms, including 89 suites, and 477,000 square feet of meeting and event space. The Gaylord Pacific is billing the 140,049-square-foot California Ballroom & Exhibit Hall as the "largest convention center and ballroom of any hotel in California." The complex is home to 12 food and beverage outlets, including an Old Hickory Steakhouse (a signature Gaylord concept), Treo Kitchen + Bar (open all day), Growlers Sports Bar & Taproom, Oeste Bar (serving bites such as oysters Rockefeller, black garlic aioli waffle fries and crab cake sliders) and the Taiyo sushi restaurant. A king bay view room at the Gaylord Pacific. Photo Credit: Gaylord Hotels Recreational offerings include a waterpark with multiple pools, waterslides, a lazy river and a wave pool, with the Relache Spa & Salon and a fitness center also on offer. The Gaylord Pacific is the fifth Gaylord hotel and the first to open since the Gaylord National opened in Maryland in 2008. It is also the first new Gaylord hotel to open since Marriott bought the brand in 2012. Gaylord's flagship hotel, the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, opened in 1977. Gaylord convention hotels in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Orlando areas opened in the early 2000s.
Skift
15-05-2025
- Business
- Skift
Gaylord Bets $1.3 Billion on West Coast Meetings With New Pacific Resort
The long-awaited Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center has officially opened. It's a high-stakes investment in California's competitive meetings market amid economic uncertainty. Gaylord Hotels and Marriott International have opened the $1.3 billion Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center in Chula Vista (San Diego County), California, marking the brand's first West Coast presence and its first new property since 2018. The resort, developed in partnership with RIDA Development Corporation, features California's largest hotel convention center and ballroom. The 36-acre waterfront property, which anchors the 535-acre Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan, includes 1,600 guest rooms and 477,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space. The resort offers 135,000 square feet of event lawns and terraces, 67 breakout rooms, and four ballrooms, including a 140,049-square-foot ballroom and exhibit hall. First New Gaylord Since 2018 Gaylord Pacific is the brand's first new property since the opening of Gaylord Rockies Resort in Colorado in 2018. The Port of San Diego projects $475 million in annual economic impact from the resort. "What we're seeing in terms of interest and bookings gives us every confidence that this property is arriving at exactly the right time for the West Coast meetings market," said Peter Borum, director of marketing and PR for Gaylord Pacific. Market Headwinds The resort's launch coincides with Visit California releasing a new forecast on May 5, anticipating overall visitation in the state to decline 1% this year, to 268 million visits. This is the first projected year-over-year decline in visitation since 2020. In addition, forecasts for 2025 predict a 9.2% decline in international trips to California, due in part to weakening consumer sentiment, limited airlift from key global markets, and a strong U.S. dollar that makes travel more expensive for visitors from other countries.
