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Anaheim Sets New Tourism Record, Again

Anaheim’s tourism record fell again in 2017, in part as a result of a larger convention center, as well as its two popular theme parks, Disneyland and California Adventure Park. Visit Anaheim reported 24.2 million visitors to the city in 2017, a 5% increase over the previous year, and a 30% increase over 2012’s mark. This year marks the fifth straight record-setting year for visits to the SoCal destination, according to Anaheim’s official tourism organization.

Those visits boosted spending by 6.2% to $8.62 billion in 2017, compared to the previous year. Spending was spread across a number of sectors, including hotel accommodations, which experienced a 1.7% increase in visitors.

New development projects underway are anticipated to sustain tourism for years to come, including Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, updates to Downtown Disney, Pixar Pier (opening June 23 at Disney California Adventure, pictured above), and two hotels. A 20,000-square-foot expansion of the 1.8-million-square-foot convention center also helped.

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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