From CNBC:
- Oracle
is moving its annual OpenWorld conference from San Francisco to Las
Vegas and it signed a three-year agreement with the Caesars Forum for
the move.
- The San Francisco Travel Association estimates the move will cost San Francisco $64 million a year.
- The
travel group told members that Oracle cited San Francisco’s high hotel
prices and “poor street conditions” as reasons that attendees were
unhappy with the city.
Oracle’s OpenWorld conference, one of the biggest annual technology
events in San Francisco, is moving to Las Vegas in 2020 and will remain
in Sin City for at least three years.
According to an email that the San Francisco Travel Association (SFTA) sent to its members on Monday, Oracle has signed a three-year agreement to bring its flagship event to the Caesars Forum in Las Vegas.
“Oracle
stated that their attendee feedback was that San Francisco hotel rates
are too high,” the email, which was viewed by CNBC, said. “Poor street
conditions was another reason why they made this difficult decision.”
The
SFTA, a private nonprofit organization that promotes San Francisco
tourism, said it’s issuing a cancellation bulletin, covering five days
and over 62,000 room nights in October 2020, October 2021 and September
2022....MORE
The "poo" in the headline is
"fāke™ news i.e. not mentioned in the story. But honestly, it's all that visitors to San Francisco talk about.
