Situated next to the Silicon Beach enclave, small-but-mighty Marina del Rey has attracted a boatload (!) of seriously good restaurants over the past few years -- to the point where it’s now one of LA’s strongest food destinations.
Located in the heart of the beautiful Los Angeles coastline and only four miles from LAX, Marina del Rey offers over 100,000 sf of waterfront meeting space and 1,100 hotel guest rooms. All five of the Marina’s main hotels have undergone renovations in the past few years, and group business can utilize recently updated meeting spaces in key properties.
The Los Angeles County Design Control Board has approved final design changes for a new hotel complex and adjacent wetlands park in Marina del Rey, bringing closure to a nearly 20-year development process slowed by multiple lawsuits and design changes.
Ready or not, two Kimptons, a Waldorf Astoria, hipster hotels in downtown L.A. and in Marina del Rey are set to open this year in Southern California.
An upsurge in tourism-related spending is propelling unprecedented economic growth in Marina del Rey, according to a report commissioned by the Marina del Rey Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Marina del Rey CVB reports 21% increase in tourism showing substantial demand for planned growth.
Marina del Rey’s First Hotel Re-Opens with New Guestrooms, Marina-Facing Pool and Chic Indoor-Outdoor Restaurant in Time for Marina’s 50th Anniversary.
And now, 50 years after it opened, the marina is trending again. Once-dowdy industrial areas east of Lincoln Boulevard are sprouting new loft-style housing, modern condo and apartment buildings are going in along the margins of the basins, and even Fisherman’s Village and its iconic, kitschy lighthouse are set to be redeveloped.
Study finds a 21% single-year increase in visitor spending on the heels of hospitality upgrades.
The Waterfront Hotel Captures Elements of the Marina in its Newly Enhanced Guest Rooms, Suites and Club Lounge.