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Visit Berkeley: In the News

 

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BERKELEY IN THE NEWS????? WINTER 2019
Berkeley's late 2018 media wave is rolling into '19 with splashy press and posts in national & international travel and lifestyle magazines, websites, and fast-growing social media audiences.? By the numbers, Visit Berkeley tallied 49.8 million impressions (print circulation, website UVMs, broadcast audience) with an advertising value of over $580,000.? Select coverage highlights are displayed below.? Interested in working with Visit Berkeley as we tour travel media?? Please contact us!
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Western Living (CA) Dials in to Berkeley Time
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Western Living is a glossy magazine for an affluent audience of 145,000 Western Canadians (many consider it Canada's Sunset Magazine).? The writer, John Burns, was toured by Visit Berkeley and partners Graduate Berkeley and the Berkeley City Club.? in Western Living's go-to hotel and destination feature.?
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Smarter Travel? Spotlights Berkeley in Two Features
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The award-winning Smarter Travel website featured Berkeley in a pair of recent stories.? "." by executive editor Christine Sarkis explored diverse corners of the city from a local's perspective.? And "" by Jamie Ditaranto included Berkeley (the only California destination to make the list).?
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SheKnows (and loves) Berkeley Boutique Hotels
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Freelance writer Amelia Edelman visited Berkeley over a whirlwind autumn weekend with highly engaging results.? Edelman's featured two Berkeley properties:? the Hotel Shattuck Plaza and the Berkeley City Club.? SheKnows'? audience of (mostly) millennial moms totals an impressive 790,000 UVMs; a Berkeley City Guide is in the pipeline for 2019.?
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USA Today 10Best Covers Berkeley's Quirky and Sophisticated Sides
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Independent travel writer Lois Alter Mark spent a memorable weekend in Berkeley that resulted in two stories in USA Today's 10Best series.? The post took a Chez Panisse/ BAMPFA course; the version visited lesser-known points of interest like the Fairy Post Office and Aftel Archive of Curious Scents.? Both sent scores of web visitors to and partner sites.
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Germany's Abenteuer und Reisen Hearts Berkeley
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Working with Visit California, Visit Berkeley hosted a delegation of German travel writers with wunderbar coverage results now coming in! Leading things off is "San Francisco and Beyond," a multi-page feature story in Germany's leading travel magazine Abenteuer und Reisen (Adventure and Travel), slated for March 2019 -- just in time for distribution at , the world's largest tourism expo.?
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New York Times' Frugal Traveler Gets Berkeley into the Budget
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The New York Times' in a July article that garnered enormous attention locally and beyond.? The story touched on virtually every business district in the city in addition to UC Berkeley and Tilden Regional Park.? Berkeley spirit runs strongly throughout the well-researched piece.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:? Talkin' Berkeley Revolution
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Minnesota's largest circulated daily newspaper, the Star Tribune featured a written by Donna Long.? Ms. Long's travel was coordinated by Visit Berkeley and included time in the Telegraph Avenue and North Shattuck / Gourmet Ghetto districts.? The 550,000 print circulation of the paper was complemented by a web post with another 260,975 UVMs. ?
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Good Grades for Berkeley in National Magazine Curve
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The nation's best-selling lesbian magazine, Curve featured a sensational write-up on Berkeley in its Winter 2019 issue.? Curve editor-in-chief Merryn Johns' "Beautiful Berkeley" piece covered three full magazine pages with nice shout outs to the Hotel Shattuck Plaza, Berkeley City Club, BAMPFA, Chez Panisse, and Donato & Co. as it focused on travel experiences in the Telegraph Avenue, Elmwood and Downtown districts.???
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Weekend Sherpa Explores? Cal Secret Spots
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Berkeley begins with the UC Berkeley campus, the sylvan and stone complex at the soulful heart of the city.? Visit Berkeley offers a new guide, , for newcomers and locals alike to discover new corners of the campus. The popular California, called the guide one of the 10 best Bay Area things to do for 2019.? Cal Secret Spots is available free from and .?
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Berkeley Art & Culture Hotline
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