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# Santa Monica Visitors Bureau Brings in More Hotel Tax Than Rivals
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/092004-story-20040920/
- Published: 2004-09-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:07:24.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Santa Monica, #archive-import

2003 Santa Monica Convention and Visitor’s Bureau: Budget: $1.5 million Amount brought into TOT: $19.5million 3,544 hotel rooms Newport Beach Convention and Vistor’s Bureau: Budget: $1.3 million TOT: $1.2 million 2,600 hotel rooms West Hollywood Convention and Vistor’s Bureau: Budget: $1.1 million TOT: $8.8 million 2,000 hotel rooms Long Beach Convention and Vistor’s Bureau: Budget: $4.7 million TOT: $12 million 4,000 rooms

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 20, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/092004.pdf?ref=smdp.com)