Article: Controversy racks tourism agency as visitor woes grow. (Southern California; Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau)

Controversy racks tourism agency as visitor woes grow

The tourism industry in Southern California woke up New Year's morning with a hangover and a black eye but a smile on its face.

Last year was not a good year for tourism in the Southland, particularly Los Angeles' long suffering convention market, but a December development had even the most pessimistic industry observers confident that the new year and new decade would mean much more than a new calendar.

The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau -- torn by turmoil, accusations of mismanagement and inefficiency and continued delays in a Convention Center expansion -- made what many ...

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