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Longtime civic leader and former Newport Beach Mayor Dennis “Denny” O’Neil passed away on Jan. 6 in Corona del Mar after a long battle with fibrosis of the lungs. He was 78. O’Neil was the vice chairman of Newport Beach and Company, the private nonprofit marketing arm...

Newport Beach loves England, and England loves Newport Beach judging by the success of Newport’s 2015 UK marketing campaign that drew more than 50,000 people to our city. Last winter, Visit Newport Beach launched the “Picture Perfect” campaign, which featured a clear-sided truck...

If there was a theme to the Newport Beach & Company’s annual Marketing Outlook Dinner held at the Island Hotel on Oct. 21, it was “All Systems Go!” According to information presented during the dinner, the Traveler Sentiment Index, which measures the ups and downs of the...

The Visit Newport Beach Inc. Conference Sales team has hired Michelle Devine as National Account Director. Devine has more than 20 years of group sales experience, including ten years of leadership at two Newport Beach luxury properties. “We were diligent with the recruitment...

Tourism is alive and well in Newport Beach, according to Gary Sherwin, President of Visit Newport Beach and its umbrella organization, Newport Beach and Company. Sherwin provided an overview of his organization’s activities and initiatives that support Newport Beach as a...

At last week’s Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce luncheon held at the Five Crowns Restaurant, representatives from Newport Beach and Company – the destination marketing entity for the city of Newport Beach –  made a presentation that detailed the changes that...

Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, Richard Luehrs, has announced that he plans to retire Tuesday from the position that he has held for more than 30 years. The announcement came in the form of an email to Chamber of Commerce members from Tim Brown, Chairman of...